Antigone
September 18 - October 3, 2015
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Antigone
by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Lewis Galantiere September 18-October 3, 2015 Directed by Janet Kish and Produced by Andrea Patreau Movement Direction by Jane Deluzio This provocative adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy presents a world of honour, treachery and fateful consequences. Jean Anouilh’s modernized version uses the classic Greek tragedy Antigone to explore the disturbing moral dilemmas of our times. |
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CAST
Chorus AMANDA CORDNER Antigone KAYA BUCHOLC Ismene CARLY TELFORD Haemon CHRISTOPHER OSZWALD Creon SCOTT MOORE Page CHRISTINA LEONARD Nurse SARA STAHMER * Guards ERIK MRAKOVCIC RENEE AWOTWI PATRICK FOWLER Eurydice MARTHA BREEN Messenger PATRICK FOWLER * appears with the permission of Canadian Actors' Equity Association |
CREATIVE/PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Janet Kish Producer: Andrea Patreau Associate Producer: Carina Cojeen Stage Manager: Christina Clarke Assistant Stage Manager: Kaylen MacKenzie Movement Direction:Jane Deluzio Scenographer: Teodoro Dragonieri Lighting Design by Kelsey Laine Jacobson Costume Design by Martina Christensen and Brianne Christensen Sound Design by Jeff Jones Scenic Artist: Sara Ahmadieh Rad Makeup Artist: Eleanor MacVeigh |
SPECIAL EVENTS
Art Installation: We invite you to peruse our Antigone themed art installation created by the renowned multi-discipline artist Teodoro Dragonieri in collaboration with Sara Ahmadieh Rad. This exhibition in the Alumnae Theatre's lobby will be up for the run of the show.
Opening Night Reception: Meet the actors and production team in the lobby at the end of the show on opening night - Friday, September 18th. Light refreshments will be served.
Social Media Night: On Saturday, September 19th, we invite our audiences sitting in the last three rows of the house to text, tweet and send messages via Facebook about and during the performance. No flash photography, please.
Women of Courage: In the spirit of Antigone, you are invited to join us at 12 noon on Sunday, September 20th for our pre-matinee panel discussion introducing you to six ordinary women who have exhibited extraordinary courage. Moderated by Alumnae Member Marinka Yossifon, guest panelists include:
Meagan Tuck - singer and actor living as an amputee
Rachel Lauren Clarke - trans-woman and LGBTQ activist
Tessa Hill and Lia Valente - 14 year old sex education activists (“We Give Consent”)
Tasvinder Kaur - exiting from an arranged marriage
Andrea Patreau - overcoming mental illness.
Art Installation: We invite you to peruse our Antigone themed art installation created by the renowned multi-discipline artist Teodoro Dragonieri in collaboration with Sara Ahmadieh Rad. This exhibition in the Alumnae Theatre's lobby will be up for the run of the show.
Opening Night Reception: Meet the actors and production team in the lobby at the end of the show on opening night - Friday, September 18th. Light refreshments will be served.
Social Media Night: On Saturday, September 19th, we invite our audiences sitting in the last three rows of the house to text, tweet and send messages via Facebook about and during the performance. No flash photography, please.
Women of Courage: In the spirit of Antigone, you are invited to join us at 12 noon on Sunday, September 20th for our pre-matinee panel discussion introducing you to six ordinary women who have exhibited extraordinary courage. Moderated by Alumnae Member Marinka Yossifon, guest panelists include:
Meagan Tuck - singer and actor living as an amputee
Rachel Lauren Clarke - trans-woman and LGBTQ activist
Tessa Hill and Lia Valente - 14 year old sex education activists (“We Give Consent”)
Tasvinder Kaur - exiting from an arranged marriage
Andrea Patreau - overcoming mental illness.
