Here an Antigone, There an Antigone

Three Bay Area companies adapt the same Greek tragedy at the same time. Read all about it in my   Theatre Bay Area magazine feature. 

Elissa Beth Stebbins and Madeline H. D. Brown work on Cutting Ball’s Antigone at the Grotowski Institute in Poland. Photo by Magda Madra of the Grotowski Institute.

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Xtigone
February 14–March 8
African-American Shakespeare Company
Buriel Clay Theatre
African-American Art & Culture Complex
762 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA
www.african-americanshakes.org

Antigone
February 19–March 29
Cutting Ball Theater
Exit on Taylor
277 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA
www.cuttingball.com

Antigonick
March 18–April 29
Shotgun Players
Ashby Stage
1901 Ashby Avenue
Berkeley, CA
www.shotgunplayers.org