Antigone

Exit Theatre
277 Taylor St. San Francisco

Synonymous with political protest, Antigone is Sophocles' masterpiece about tyrannical power and civil disobedience. When a new king comes to power in a city devastated by civil war, he demands that the body of a rebel attacker be left to rot in the streets. Anybody who defies him risks death. But the dead soldier's outraged sister, consumed with grief, is determined to give her brother proper burial rites. As these two monumental wills collide, we learn that love can be just as dangerous as war. Bay Area actress Madeline H.D. Brown takes the title role in this unique staging that uses a cappella music and movement to bring you into this world.