THEATER
WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 15 - 18, 2019 (continuing through JULY 13)
7:00 PM WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY
2:00 PM SATURDAY

Theater of War: Antigone in Ferguson
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn

Free (by registration)
https://www.stannholytrinity.org/event/antigone-in-ferguson/

We long ago saw, in The Gospel at Colonus, how eloquently and effectively a gospel chorus could function as the chorus in a Greek tragedy.  Now, in the wake of the murder at Ferguson, Missouri, that approach takes its gloves off.  A rotating cast of high-powered New York actors reads excerpts fromSophocles's Antigone (about, as I don't have to tell you, resisting oppressive governmental power), with choral interjections by members of Brooklyn and Ferguson gospel choirs:  activists, police officers, youth, citizens.  An audience discussion follows -- not, the creators of this piece emphasize, a post-performance "talk back", but rather an integral part of the piece.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  It's funny to say so about such a homey place, but Polish standby Teresa's shines like a beacon in the food desert that is Montague Street.