Sophocles News

'If at First' and 'The Big Match', the first two comedies in this collection were produced and directed Off Broadway by Gary Beck for the traditional theatre going audience.

Redtwist Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its next production, Antigone, adapted by Anne Carson and directed by Christine Freije, June 23 – July 31, at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. 

Narçisse Theatre Company presents their second annual 'ITALIAN LAKE FREE THEATRE SERIES' production, 'ANTIGONE' by Sophocles will be held at Italian Lake Park, Sept 2-10th. Admission is free to the public.

Set in 1892, 1992 and 2022, this energetic, powerful production follows four women who live, breathe and play football. Whilst each of them faces very different obstacles, the possibility that the beautiful game will change their lives - and the world - is tantalisingly close.

State of the Union - American Sketches a poetry collection by Gary Beck is available now. 

 New York Classical Theatre is producing New Visions, a developmental program of original plays by inspired by “classics.” Readings are free and open to the public.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre has announced full casting and production details for THE ISLAND by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona, directed by Mikael Burke. THE ISLAND opens Saturday, April 9th at 8pm.

Playwright Shey Rivera Ríos has vividly refreshed this work as a story for our time and AntigonX, at the Wilbury Theatre, is vibrant and visually stunning.

Wilbury Theatre Group presents the world premiere of AntigonX, a queer, Latinx interpretation of Sophocles' classical Greek tragedy, written and co-directed by Shey Rivera Ríos. Set in Puerto Rico, AntigonX blends ritual and myth in a poetic meditation on seeking out hope during dark times.

Director and writer Gary Becks has released a new poetry book, Lacerations. Lacerations is a poetry collection that looks at the many injuries we incur, mentally, emotionally and physically as we strive to do better in this difficult life.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre have today announced full casting for their forthcoming production of 101 Dalmatians (12 Jul – 28 Aug), a newly commissioned musical written by Douglas Hodge (music and lyrics) and Johnny McKnight (book), from a stage adaptation by Zinnie Harris.

Cleveland Play House's Artistic Director, Laura Kepley, in her comments in the playbill for ANTIGONE states, 'We originally programed ANTIGONE to be produced during the 2019-2020 season. The play was in its second week of rehearsals when we had to make the heartbreaking announcement that the production was cancelled.' The rampant COVID epidemic had struck the theatre world!

Playwright Darren Murphy breathes new life into Sophocles' Greek tragedy Antigone. He distils this ancient story into an intense 70-minute two-hander, ripped from today's post-Covid headlines and pulsating with the spirit of Sophocles' original tragedy.

Wilbury Theatre Group presents the world premiere of AntigonX, a queer, Latinx interpretation of Sophocles’ classical Greek tragedy, written and co-directed by Shey Rivera Ríos. Set in Puerto Rico, AntigonX blends ritual and myth in a poetic meditation on seeking out hope during dark times.

Cleveland Play House will present an urgent, strikingly relevant take on the classic Greek play, Antigone. Freely adapted by Emily Mann from the play by Sophocles, the epic tragedy runs March 5 – 27, 2022 in the Outcalt Theatre at Playhouse Square.

A modest audience was drawn into the reeks and roars of a rare production of Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy on Saturday night around the intimate, runway-style stage at Quintessence Theater in Philadelphia, directed by Alexaner Burns. Actor Steven Anthony Wright leaving a definitive stamp on a challenging role as the savaged Philoctetes.

Love's Labor's Won performs at The Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, Colorado in the Grace Gamm Theater.

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, continues Season XII: Breaking the Cycle with Seamus Heaney's poetic rendition of the final episode of the Trojan War: The Cure at Troy starts previews January 26, with an Opening Night on Saturday, January 29.

The national tour of the Tony award-winning musical HADESTOWN is getting ready to make its way down to New Orleans at the Saenger Theatre, running from December 28 through January 2.

Rovaris will marshal the company’s musical forces once again on Friday, Jan. 21 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 23, at 2:00 p.m., this time in the company’s concert debut in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, for a program featuring Igor Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex and George Walker’s Lilacs.