Antigone
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Charles Duncombe, (310) 773-6971
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September 2, 2025
City Garage extends US Premiere of “Antigone” adapted by Neil Labute
City Garage is extending its hit production of the US Premiere of “Antigone” by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Neil LaBute. The show will now run through Sunday October 5th.
Please note, the Sunday 9.28 performance will be at 2:00pm. This applies only to this date.
About the play:
Acclaimed playwright Neil LaBute brings a fresh edge to the classic tale of a fierce young woman determined to stand up to authority—even at the price of her own life. Working from the 1944 text by French playwright Jean Anouilh—written during the occupation—LaBute asks the same question here as Anouilh did under the Nazis: what price must an individual be willing to pay to defend their beliefs? Antigone faces down her uncle, the dictator Creon, insisting on proper funeral rites and burial for her slain brother, something Creon has forbidden on pain of death. In this deadly battle of wills, Antigone, one of the great classical heroes of Greek tragedy, refuses to compromise, even to the point of self-destruction. In a troubled time, where autocracy is on the rise and the free expression of ideas are under assault, Antigone speaks for all those unwilling to give in and go along.
Photo link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/56hsttx9qj5nj1f2atqsn/AEDXau_L9TTuCtpzKwbViyE?rlkey=tf35io0tetrza9z95jkkbm3fz&dl=0 Tickets: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/city-garage/antigone
Q&A, Sunday, September 7, 2025
There will be an informal Q&A with cast and crew after the 4:00pm show, Sunday, September 7th
Production Title: Antigone
Author: Jean Anouilh, Adapted by Neil LaBute
Director: Frédérique Michel
Producer/Production Designer: Charles A. Duncombe
Performances: Fridays, Saturdays, 8:00pm
Sundays 4:00pm
Sunday, 9.28 performance at 2:00pm (this date only)
New Closing date: Sunday, October 5, 2025
Tickets General Admission $30; Students/Seniors w/ID $25
Sundays, “Pay-What-You-Can” at the door only (or full price for advance reservations)
Box Office/Information: (310) 453-9939 www.citygarage.org
Performance Address: City Garage 2525 Michigan Ave. Building T1, Santa Monica, Ca. 90404
Directions: City Garage is located at Bergamot Station Arts Center. Take the 10 West to Cloverfield Exit. Turn right (north) on Cloverfield to Michigan Ave. Right on Michigan (east) to the end of the street and enter the main gate to Bergamot. Building T1 is at the west end of the parking lot across from the Metro station.
This project is supported, in part, by the California Arts Council, the Los Angeles County Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and by the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission.
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