How far would you go for honor?

Performances
October 13, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. Free Preview
October 14-16, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
October 16, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

THE STORY: A theatrical explosion of myth and revolution, TOO MUCH MEMORY is a retelling of the classic Greek story of Antigone set firmly in the present. This inventive adaptation straddles a line between the classic Greek tragedy and modern storytelling. Children fight to break away from their parents' shadows; a trophy wife agonizes over her diminishing role in both public and private spheres; and soldiers required to obey their commander-in-chief reject their roles in the battle between order and unrest. At its heart the story is the same: Antigone defies the ruler Creon's law and her sister's pleas in order to give her brother, who has been labeled a traitor, an honorable burial. Caught in her attempt, Creon decrees that Antigone be buried alive, despite her engagement to his son, Haemon. A play about collective history, TOO MUCH MEMORY explores what this means as we try to revamp and refocus it.

PRESS: " …vitally lucid update of Sophocles' Antigone. It's as if Laura Bush had suddenly emerged from the shadows at a presidential press conference, commandeered the podium and announced: 'I have something to say.'" —NY Times. "TOO MUCH MEMORY helps you remember why we do these bloody old tragedies, again and again." —Time Out New York. "The play successfully returns a sense of urgency to the theatre. In an age of being bashed over the head with so-called facts, facts that often overlook the truth of the matter, facts that are given a spin to benefit who is speaking them, it is important that theatre such as this be seen and discussed by as many people as possible." —OffOffOnline.com.

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service

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