Overview
- Following previews that began February 26, the world premiere officially opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater on March 11.
- The Public extended the limited engagement from the original March 22 close to April 5 at the company’s Barbaralee Theater, according to Playbill.
- Critics note strong performances and topical urgency alongside critiques of uneven writing or tone, reflecting a range from praise to pointed reservations.
- The production, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, sets the story in a modern-classical hybrid that centers a contemporary fight over control of a woman’s body.
- Principal cast features Susannah Perkins as Antigone, Tony Shalhoub as Creon and Celia Keenan-Bolger as Chorus, with design by David Zinn, Enver Chakartash, Jen Schriever and Daniel Kluger.