Antigone

Written by: Sophokles
Newly translated and adapted by: Kenneth Cavander

Directed by: Andy Wolk

Recommended for Ages 12+
Run Time: 90 minutes, no intermission

We have Free Special Events Following These Shows:

Friday, May 22 at 8:00pm - After Words: A casual post-show discussion with Artistic Director Nike Doukas, exploring how the show resonated, raising new questions, and continuing the conversation.

Monday, June 1 at 8:00pm - Meet the Artists: A post-show conversation with the actors, where they share insights, behind-the-scenes stories, and answer your questions.

“And if I die
I will die happy.”

Antigone’s decision to oppose her uncle Kreon’s edict and bury her brother’s body sets into motion a series of events that will challenge the bonds of family, law, and justice. Kenneth Cavander (The Curse of Oedipus) returns to Antaeus in a powerful new adaptation of Sophokles’s Antigone

Directed by Andy Wolk, this Greek tragedy delves deep into the clash between duty to the state and loyalty to one’s kin.



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You can purchase TeenTix tickets at Antaeus in two ways:

TeenTix tickets can be purchased in two ways:
Preview performances: TeenTix tickets can be purchased for previews in advance over the phone, or day-of in person.
Regular Performances: TeenTix tickets are only available for regular performances in person (day-of) when the box office opens 1 hour before the showtime.




Enjoy a special Antigone-inspired cocktail at our neighboring bar, The Famous, crafted to celebrate the show!


The Famous
154 S Brand Blvd
Glendale, CA 91204

"Under new ownership, we are Glendale’s favorite neighborhood bar - featuring craft cocktails, eclectic wines, local beers, and a bevy of nonalcoholic options. With themed nights nearly every day we are open (Tuesdays - Sundays), we’ve got something for everyone. Asian and female-owned since 2024. We are honored to support The Antaeus Theater Co in their upcoming production. Come in for the Antigone!"

Cast

At ANTAEUS: (Founding Member) Hedda Gabler (Stage Raw Award), As You Like It (Ovation Award nomination), Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Ovation Award nomination), The Curse of Oedipus and others. Theater: Most recently as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (La Mirada Playhouse), Mark Taper Forum, American Conservatory Theater, South Coast Rep, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Matrix Theatre, La Mirada, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep and the California, Oregon, and Utah Shakespeare Festivals (Fallstaff Nomination 2015, title role in King Lear at USF). Tony was an associate artist, actor, and director at Berkeley Rep from 1980-1990. Directing Credits: SavagesFilumenaThe Night of the Iguana (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), The TempestThe Merchant of Venice (California Shakespeare Theater), All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Film: BlowMask of ZorroAnnabelleMeddler, John Sayles’ Lonestar, and soon to be released La Llorona. TV: I’m Dying Up Here, Dexter (recurring), Shooter (Recurring), NCIS, The Mentalist, Stargate SG1 (Bra-Tac), Continuum (Kagame series regular), Once Upon a Time (recurring as Gepetto), Castlevania. VO & Mo-Cap: Walden Pond, World of Warcraft, Fallout, Black Ops.
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At ANTAEUS: The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Diana of Dobson's, The Hothouse, The Curse of Oedipus, You Can’t Take It With You, Mother Courage and her Children, Trial By Jury, Patience, The Man Who Had All the Luck, The Wood Demon. A founding member and early co-artistic director. Other Stages: Hillary and Bill (Victory Gardens Theater), The Imaginary Invalid, Glengarry Glen Ross, The First Picture Show (American Conservatory Theater), 36 Views (Laguna Playhouse), Archy and Mehitabel: A Back Alley Opera (The Yard, Chilmark), Temptation, The Wood Demon (Mark Taper Forum), Sex Parasite, Largo Desolato (Taper, Too), The History Boys (Ahmanson Theatre), Durango (East West Players), A Christmas Carol (Dallas Theater Center).
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Kaci Hamilton*

TEIRESIAS/SENTRY 2
At ANTAEUS: Debut. At South Coast Repertory: The Little Foxes, Pacific Playwrights Festival, Raisin in the Sun (u/s), A Christmas Carol (u/s). Other Local Theaters: The Davidson/Valentini Theatre (Los Angeles LGBT Center), Hudson Theatres, African American Theatrical Ensemble. Regional Theaters: Ashland New Plays Festival, Commonwealth Shakespeare Theatre, The Player’s Theatre, Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre, Perseverance Theatre. International: World Shakespeare Congress (Brisbane, Australia). TV + Shorts: Getaway, The Life and Death Of…, Dying Cowboy, Rotten Apple, Good Mourning. kacihamilton.com 
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At ANTAEUS: Native Son (Antaeus Theatre Company/Kirk Douglas Theatre - 2019 Block Party). Other Credits: Gunshot Medley: Part 1 (Rogue Machine Theatre/WLCAC – Ovation Award Nominee); DomesticatedAnimal FarmVenusThe Crucible (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); The Royale (American Theater Company/BTAA - Best Featured Actress); Luck of the Irish (Next Theatre Company); A Raisin in the Sun (Milwaukee Rep/Timeline Theatre); My Kind of TownIn Darfur (Timeline Theatre); Failure: A Love Story (Victory Gardens Theater). TV/Film: Delilah (OWN), BoschChicago MEDMasters of Sex, Magic Funhouse and Boss. Proud member of AEA & SAG-AFTRA.
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Peter Mendoza was born and raised in East Los Angeles. He studied theater, stage combat, and dance at East Los Angeles College. At ANTAEUS: Belyaev in Three Days In The Country. Other Theater: Oscar in Sweat (Mark Taper Forum), Elliot in Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Oedipus in Oedipus El Rey (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Digital Stage), Henry Reyna in Zoot Suit (Mark Taper Forum, U/S); Hason in Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles (The Rep. Theatre of St. Louis); Rafael in La Piedra Oscura; Don Carlos in Los Empeños de una Casa, Paco in Salon Mexico, Don Juan Tenorio in El Burlador de Sevilla (Bilingual Foundation of the Arts). TV: Perry Mason (HBO), From Scratch (Netflix), Shooter (USA), NCIS (CBS), Snowfall (FX), Casual (HULU), On My Block (Netflix). Film: Dead Bullet, Nathan's Kingdom, Parasites, Tecato, Hello to Never, Ana Maria in Novella Land.
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Ann Noble is a Chicago Native with over twenty-five years of professional experience in the theatre as an actor, playwright, director and educator.  In addition to teaching at Antaeus, she currently teaches at Berg Studios (Technique I & II) as well as at the Hyperion Arts Center/Studio A Dance (Scene Study).  As a director, her recent credits include Smoke with LifeChild Productions and Moonshine Mamas with Two Heads Are Better Productions.  With Antaeus, she recently directed two of the Classic Sunday Readings of Shaw’s St. Joan and Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure, which she is slated to co-direct in its full production this winter with Armin Shimerman.  As an actor, her credits with Antaeus are Hedda Gabler, The Crucible, Macbeth, Peace In Our Time, The Liar and The Malcontent.  Her other theatre acting credits include: BLISS, or Emily Post is Dead  with Moving Arts; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, and Stanley Ann: The Unlikely Story of Barack Obama’s Mother all with LA’s LGBT Center; Other Desert Cities with ICT of Long Beach; American Dead with Rogue Machine; Orange Flower Water with the Victory; Belfry with Malibu Playhouse; An Ideal Husband with Sierra Madre Playhouse; The Fall To Earth, Bedroom Farce and London’s Scars with the Odyssey; Betrayal with ETC of Santa Barbara; Sidhe, And Neither Have I Wings To Fly, The Friendly Hour, Big Death & Little Death, Shove and Bunbury all with the Road; and over six productions with South Coast Rep.  She also teaches acting and writing to incarcerated/at risk youth at several schools/institutions around LA including Homeboy Industries, and also works as a theatre director/instructor for youth at LA’s LGBT Center and LA’s Museum of the Holocaust.  She is the current Casting Associate for Antaeus, and, also, will be directing Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar for Warriors For Peace this fall.
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Linda Park has been a series regular on Star Trek Enterprise (CBS), Raines (NBC), Women's Murder Club (ABC) and Crash (Starz). She recurs on Bosch (Amazon), For All Mankind (Apple TV) and Fairfax (Amazon). Her favorite guest star appearances have been The Mentalist (CBS), Castle (ABC), The Affair (Showtime), Claws (TNT) and Amazing Stories (Apple TV).
Antaeus shows have been Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Uncle Vanya, Top Girls, You Can't Take It With You and Mrs. Warren's Profession. Other theater credits include: Love In American Times (San Jose Repertory Theater); Facing Our Truth, The Trayvon Martin Plays (Kirk Douglas); All My Sons (The Matrix); and Elektra (Getty Villa).
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Production Team

Andy Wolk

Director

Kenneth Cavander

Author

Sibyl Ann Wickersheimer

Scenic Designer

Jared A. Sayeg

Lighting Designer

Angela Balogh Calin

Costume Designer

Carter Dean

Sound Designer

Lawrence Shragge

Composer

John McElveney

Props Designer

Jen Albert

Intimacy & Fight Director

Carter Vickers

Assistant Set Designer

Isaac Mailach

Music Editor

Jasmine Leung

Production Stage Manager

Caledonia Wilson

Assistant Director

Melissa Graff

Assistant Stage Manager

Claire Fogle

Assistant Stage Manager
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule

"Transports Sophokles's work off the pages of a high school syllabus and directly across the threshold of our comfort zone."

Evan Henerson, Broadway World

"... poignant and powerful."

Michael Doherty, Mostly Shakespeare

" ...this modern-dress staging shows why the play continues to resonate 2500 years after it was written"

Sarah Hunter, Larchmont Buzz