BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231209 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:Antigone: Performance at SSU DESCRIPTION:Sophocles? timeless story centers on Antigone\, a young Theban woman determined to bury and honor her two brothers\, both killed fighting for the throne on opposite sides of a civil war. Upon their deaths\, her uncle Creon is crowned Theban ruler. He determines that her brother Eteocles is to be honored for his part in the conflict. He brands her rebellious brother Polynices a traitor who will be publicly shamed in death\, leaving his body unburied beyond the city walls. Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle she dares to say 'No' and in an act of civil disobedience\, forges ahead with a funeral alone. Speaking truth to power she puts humanity before hubris even at risk to her own life. A new translation by Anne Carson For mature audiences. Salem residents receive free admission on Friday\, December 8. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Sophocles? timeless story centers on Antigone\, a young Theban woman determined to bury and honor her two brothers\, both killed fighting for the throne on opposite sides of a civil war. Upon their deaths\, her uncle Creon is crowned Theban ruler. He determines that her brother Eteocles is to be honored for his part in the conflict. He brands her rebellious brother Polynices a traitor who will be publicly shamed in death\, leaving his body unburied beyond the city walls. Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle she dares to say '\;No'\; and in an act of civil disobedience\, forges ahead with a funeral alone. Speaking truth to power she puts humanity before hubris even at risk to her own life. A new translation by Anne Carson For mature audiences. Salem residents receive free admission on Friday\, December 8. LOCATION:Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts\, 356 Lafayette Street UID:e.2160.18004 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260509T174210Z URL:https://www.salem-chamber.org/events/details/antigone-performance-at-ssu-12-08-2023-18004 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR