The Syracuse University Department of Drama continues their 2025-26 season with “Antigonick,” a contemporary adaptation of Sophokles’ tragedy by Canadian poet Anne Carson.
Directed by Matthew Winning and Erica Murphy, performances of “Antigonick” will be held Nov. 14-22 in the Storch Theatre at the Syracuse Stage/Syracuse University Drama Complex, 820 E. Genesee St. Tickets are available through the Syracuse Stage Box Office at www.syracusestage.org/drama or by phone at 315.443.3275.
Kreon, the King of Thebes, demands that the mutinous Polyneikes’ body rot in the fields. Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, refuses to let her dead brother suffer such disgrace and buries him, setting off a fatalistic chain reaction that will ripple across the ages.
“Carson’s adaptation of ‘Antigone’ challenges us to see how history has continued to repeat itself over the millennia and asks our modern audience to consider what will we do with the limited time we have,” says co-director Murphy.
Audacious and irreverent, “Antigonick” gives Sophokles a bold update, breathing new life into this ancient meditation on tyranny, tragedy and one woman’s powerful act of civil disobedience.
“Antigonick”
By Sophokles
A new version by Anne Carson
Directed by Erica Murphy and Matthew Winning
Scenic design by Robert John Andrusko
Costume design by Grier Coleman
Lighting design by Austin Boyle
Sound design by Kevin O’Connor
Voice/verse coaching by Celia Madeoy
Dramaturgy by Mady Mohat
Production stage managed by Dassi Cohen
Stage managed by Fotini Lambridis
Chair, Department of Drama
Eleanor Holdridge
Cast
Emily Pellecchia (Antigone)
James Ragen (Nick)
Cameron Chamberlain (Kreon)
Clarq Benét Bishop (Ismene, Chorus)
Peter Dessert (Haimon, Chorus)
Amanda Kearns (Guard, Chorus)
Hazel Kinnersley (Teiresias, Chorus)
Corrin Pulliam (Eurydike, Chorus)
Delaney Teague (Boy, Chorus)
Elise Varoli (Messenger, Chorus)
Salma Mahmoud (Chorus Leader)
Lauren Schweers (Chorus Leader)
Lucy Foss (Chorus)
Jamie Mack (Chorus)
Emma Mills (Chorus)
Rodrigo Moreiro (Chorus)
Brooke Phelan (Chorus)
Understudies
Jessica Chien (Swing)
Royal Lysander Crosbie (Swing, Haimon)
Lucy Foss (Eurydike)
Jamie Mack (Guard)
Salma Mahmoud (Antigone)
Emma Mills (Messenger)
Rodrigo Moreiro (Kreon)
Brooke Phelan (Ismene)
Delaney Teague (Teiresias)
Additional Credits
Movement captain: Lauren Schweers
Dramaturgy advisor: Katie McGerr
Textual consultant: William Robert
Assistant directors: Fiona Church, Sam Ryan
Student props supervisor: Natalie Steinberg
Assistant scenic designer: Emma Henry
Assistant costume designer: Abby Thurmon
Assistant lighting designer: Harry Mullin
Assistant stage managers: Jack Anderson, Sylvia Marcantel
Production Staff and Run Crew
Faculty advisor to student designers: Robert John Andrusko
Faculty advisor to stage managers: Don Buschmann
Light board operator: Mason Baas
Sound board operator: Sarah Hiciano
Deck (run crew): Claire Arveson, Josh Cooper, Aileen Espino, Reese Hornick, Allyson Makalous
Dressers (run crew): Addison Goad, Lillian Kopacz, Katie Swansig, Audrey Tresnan, Julia Zhu
Costume maintenance: Gabriel Dutari, Sarah Madden
Production assistants: Allyson Makalous, Sassy Stevenson
Electrics: Jed Daniels, Andy LiDestri