Naima Carter Russell as Antigone and Eugene H. Russell IV as Polyneices
Photo by Bill DeLoach
Georgia Shakespeare's Antigone Richard Garner gives a new take on a very old story.
Adapted and directed by Richard Garner Music by Kendall Simpson
by Lois Reitzes
The Greek tragedy of Antigone continues to find audiences almost twenty five hundred years after Sophocles wrote it. And the latest adaptation comes from Georgia Shakespeare. WABE's Lois Reitzes recently sat down with artistic director Richard Garner for a conversation about the production and what makes the story so compelling.