Tucson: PCC Center for the Arts presents "Antigone"

From: Carder, Carol [mailto:ccarder@pima.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 11:16 AM
Subject: Press release: Pima Community College Center for the Arts: PCC Theatre presents "Antigone" April 6-17

 

PimaCommunityCollege
Center for the Arts

contact:
Carol Carder, marketing/pr director
2202 W. Anklam, Tucson, AZ 85709
520-206-3062
ccarder@pima.edu  

Dr. Frank Pickard, director
520-206-6720
fpickard@pima.edu
 
March 1, 2011
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Pima Community College Theatre Arts presents the powerful Greek tragedy “Antigone”

what: PCC Theatre Arts presents Sophocle’s – Antigone
where: PCC Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre, West Campus, 2202 West Anklam Road, Tucson, AZ 85709
when: April 6-17, 2011, Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Preview performance on Wednesday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m.
ASL interpreters available April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
tickets: Open to the public. General seating $15 with discounts available for preview night, groups, students, seniors and PCC affiliates. Discounts are not available online.
photo call: March 22 at 6 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre
box office: Call 520-206-6986 or purchase online without extra fees www.pima.edu/cfa . Box office hours: Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. and one hour prior to performance.

Tucson, Arizona-- Pima Community College Theatre Arts presents Antigone by Sophocles with translation by Robert Fagles, under the direction of Dr. Frank Pickard. This compelling drama written over 2600 years ago grapples with some of the same themes that plague people today, such as state control versus natural law, civil disobedience and abuse of power. Like modern times, the ancient Greeks wondered how much of life is predestined and how much can be controlled.  
 
Antigone is the continuation of the tale of Oedipus and his children, daughters Antigone and Ismene, and sons Eteocles and Polynices. After Oedipus’ death, his sons arrange to share the kingdom, each taking an alternating one-year reign. However, Eteocles refuses to cede his throne after his year as king so Polynices brings in an army to do battle. The brothers end up killing each other. Oedipus’s brother-in-law, Creon, becomes king of Thebes and decides that Polynices was a traitor, and should not be given the usual burial rites, but instead left to rot in the field. Antigone is enraged at this injustice, and decides to disobey Creon’s edict and follow what she believes is right and bury her brother, even at the risk of her own death.
 
Fagles’ translation provides well-developed characters with strong, interesting dialogue, accentuating the conflicts presented in the story. Director Pickard describes the production, played out with primal sounds and black and white projections on a stark and abstract set, as a total sensory experience. “I am taking a traditional approach to a classic Greek tragedy and incorporating contemporary elements of mixed media.”
 
The play runs April 6-17 in the Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre. The Pima Community College Center for the Arts is located on West Campus at 2202 West Anklam Road, Tucson (just west of downtown). For ticket information contact the box office at 206-6986 or centerforthearts@pima.edu.
 
A photo call for the media is scheduled for Tuesday, March 22 at 6 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre. Director Frank Pickard is available for interviews by calling 520-206-6720 or e-mailing fpickard@pima.edu.

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