Antigone

Blocking--constant motion--why?

Music--how was it conceived/used?

Why such a short run?

Casting?

Why the messenger and chorus in cahoots?

Why Creon only could talk to messenger/chorus?

Costumes? Half-modern half Greek?

Show in general--why half-modern, half-Greek?

What was theme/message of this show?

Exits--construction issues? Why were the exits so small?

Arena staging decision? Why?

Why minimal props?

Why color-blind casting?

WWII guards--costumes totally modern, not Greek . . . why?

zippers and boots--huh?

why did the director decide to do this show?

What were the artists trying to do?

What were the biggest challenges for the actors in this show?

Why did the adapter of the play choose to make this version?

What was the audience experience? why?

Why not use the actual lights on the poles as motivated lighting for certain scenes? Why not more dimming during the scene changes?


Bertolt Brecht--German playwright-director 1930's to 1950's . . . calling attention to the act of staging a play--big political motivations