Bonjour,
We had a very exciting opening weekend for “Antigone.” We were packed all three nights and it was wonderful to see so many of you there. Reviews and press are already coming out and they’ve been great. There was also a very nice feature piece in The Argonaut (see the link below). Seats are going fast! Make your reservations now!
“WOW!”
“The compelling, thought-provoking latest from City Garage….as timely and as it is relevant. Director Frédérique Michel once again displays her distinctive visual flair in staging LaBute’s adaptation’s U.S. Premiere….Michel signals from the get-go that this will definitely not be your ancestors’ Greek tragedy….City Garage scored a major coup last year with the World Premiere of Neil LaBute’s If I Needed Someone, and they’ve done it again with LaBute’s contemporary take on Antigone.” — Steven Stanley Stage Scene LA
“With Antigone, City Garage furthers the conversation about ethics and the role everyone plays in deciding when to obey and when to resist.” — Bridgette Redman, The Argonaut
“Directed by Frederique Michel, this Antigone brings a very old classic into the period of the moment….[a] marvel.” — Rich Borowy, AccessiblyLive
Antigone
By Jean Anouilh, Adapted by Neil LaBute
August 15 – September 21, 2025
Acclaimed playwright Neil LaBute brings a fresh edge to the classic tale of a fierce young woman determined to stand up to authority—even at the price of her own life. Working from the 1944 text by French playwright Jean Anouilh—written during the occupation—LaBute asks the same question here as Anouilh did under the Nazis: what price must an individual be willing to pay to defend their beliefs? Antigone faces down her uncle, the dictator Creon, insisting on proper funeral rites and burial for her slain brother, something Creon has forbidden on pain of death. In this deadly battle of wills, Antigone, one of the great classical heroes of Greek tragedy, refuses to compromise, even to the point of self-destruction. In a troubled time, where autocracy is on the rise and the free expression of ideas are under assault, Antigone speaks for all those unwilling to give in and go along.
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