Anti-Gone俺抬杠?!

What happens when Antigone is the one who refuses to bury her brother?

Anti-Gone俺抬杠?! reimagines Sophocles’ Antigone in a rural Chinese village during the 1980s, where Antigone’s family is haunted by the legacy of the Cultural Revolution. The feud between Antigone’s brothers over the rightful ownership of the house and the ethos of the revolution carries on after their death; whereas Antigone defies all traditions and refuses to pay tribute to her dead brother for his acts against the family. Her rejection of Confucian “natural laws” transforms her into a vilified figure—the new “Creon” of her family—haunted by the land’s spirits.

二十世纪八十年代初的中国华北农村，一间灵堂静静伫立。

灵堂内，刚刚去世的老博不愿离开人间，还想继续完成他的革命梦想。他早已去世的双胞胎弟弟老艾从冥府赶来，想阻止哥哥把后辈们搅得不得安宁。

灵堂外，二者的妹妹老安坚决不肯吊唁自己去世的大哥。她的双胞胎妹妹老伊早已放下昔日和哥哥们的恩怨，与老安爱和稀泥的丈夫老海一起使出浑身解数，想要说服老安尽释前嫌。

在同一屋檐下长大的一家人如今不共戴天，而爷爷俄狄浦斯写下的家族大凶之命数正高悬于老博的孩子之上。

The show will be performed either in English or in Mandarin Chinese each night. Please choose the performance to your liking of language.

Surtitles will be provided.

Friday March 21 @7:30 PM (Mandarin Performance)

Saturday March 22 @2:30 PM (English Performance)

Saturday March 22 @7:30 PM (English Performance)

Sunday March 23 @2:30 PM (Mandarin Performance)
@ Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre of A.R.T/New York!

"I hole onto one truth. That life is no charity. You must fight for it, you must struggle for it—that’s life." ——Antigone, ANTI-GONE俺抬杠?!

"俺就一粗人,俺就记得住一条理。生活不是老天爷赏的，全是靠自己杠出来的。“——老安《ANTI-GONE俺抬杠?!》

“I go by many different names. In Chinese lore I am Fan-Yi the hysteric lady of the house; in Western literature I am Bertha the crazy woman in the attic. But for now, just call me sister Zhao." ——Spinx, ANTI-GONE俺抬杠?!

“姐姐啊，有很多个名字。以前的歌里面我的名字叫窦娥，后来的戏里我的名字叫繁漪。在西方的小说书里叫我贝沙，中国的历史书里叫我秋瑾，现在嘛......叫我五贞就好啦。”——司芬克斯《ANTI-GONE俺抬杠?!》

“Western doctors call it 'hysteria,' but when it arrived in our land, it was renamed to 'the Menopause.'"——Eunuch, ANTI-GONE俺抬杠?!

“西方的医生称其为'歇斯底里'症，传入我朝后改名为’更年期‘。”——大太监《ANTI-GONE俺抬杠?!》

Written by Yiwei Lu

Directed by Dejing Eloise Wang

Produced by Zihe Tian

Creative Team

Dramaturg: Octavia Washington & Zihe Tian

Scenic Designer: Junran Charlotte Shi

Costume Designer: Yinxue Wang

Lighting Designer: Zijun Neil Wang

Sound Designer: Henry Shen

Hair & Makeup Designer: Yinxue Wang

Graphic Designer: Eunha Chung & Linxi Jiang

Associate Lighting Designer: Yuxun Sherry Wu

Production Team

Assistant Producer: Eunha Chung

Marketing Director: Zihan Gao

Concessions Manager: Linxi Jiang

Production Stage Manager: Carina Jiang

Stage Manager: Jinxian Chang

Assistant Stage Manager: Xuelai Han

Subtitles Operator: Daisy Dai

Cast

Tianyue Tina Qiu, Zhi Qu, Jaden Zhao, Lana Zhang, Luna Peng, Yuchen Zhou

Host or Publisher ANTI-GONE俺抬杠?!