The next Greek Play will be our 25th Anniversary production ofSophocles’ Antigone
October 3, 4, 5, 2025, at 4pm
Sophocles’ Antigone pits the title character against Creon, the current ruler of Thebes. Antigone’s brother Polynices has died while attacking Thebes to regain the throne from his brother Eteocles, who also dies in the conflict. Creon decrees that Eteocles may be given a proper burial, but that Polynices must be left for the birds and dogs, since he traitorously raised an army against his hometown. Antigone defies the order and buries her brother, and Creon condemns her to death. Their actions set in motion many unintended consequences. The play dramatizes the conflicts we still have between public and private, male and female, law and religion, state and family.
Our production of Antigone in 2000 revived the Greek Play tradition, and we’ll be celebrating a quarter century of the renewed series in 2025!
Please explore our site for more information about the Greek Play tradition at Randolph College, the current play, and Greek drama.
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