author: Chris Pence
Fate Works Her Own Dread Work: Antigone at Spotlighters Theatre
âGrief teaches the steadiest minds to waverâ â Sophocles, Antigone
Man versus woman, government versus people, morality versus legality. These themes have forever been debated on the theatrical stage, though no discussion has been more powerful than Sophoclesâ Antigone, currently in production at Spotlighters Theatre. One of Sophoclesâ most cherished works,
Death is fairer than life; it comes for everybody and does not discriminate. âEverybody got a time coming. Canât nobody say they ainât got a time coming.â We all live on borrowed time from the start of our existence; nobody is getting out alive. On a play that opens with its conclusion in plain sight, driving you back through the events of how it ended up that way, August Wilsonâs Seven Guitars is a harrowingly beautiful theatrical experience,
What makes a city hum? Who gives it life? Evita! Evita! And Silhouette Stagesâ current production of the Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita will have the whole city of Columbia more than just humming. Youâll cheer. Youâll cry. Youâll be moved. Directed by Daniel Douek, with Musical Direction by Ginny Moses, and Choreography by Amie Bell, this tragically beautiful tale of Argentinaâs first ladyâ the first âprincess of the peopleââ is in gloriously capable hands under Daniel Douekâs direction and his production teamâs innovative practices on stage.
Dreams are dreams. Awake is awake. Know the difference. But if you donât knowâ or donât want to know? In stunningly beautiful narrative that blend magical realism with the burning yen to simultaneously connect oneâs past to oneâs future, Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea is playing a limited engagement with Sisters Freehold currently at The Peale Museum for the next two weekends. This evocative coming-of-age journey, written by Nathan Alan Davis and directed by Makeima Elise Freeland,