Anti-Gone 俺抬杠?!

Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre, A.R.T. / NEW YORK
Mar 21-23, 2025

PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY JUNRAN (CHARLOTTE) SHI, YVONNE LOU.

ANTI-GONE 俺抬杠?!

LIGHTING DESIGNER

In a Northern Chinese village in the 1980s, on the final day of a three-day burial ceremony, the mourning hall becomes a battleground.

Polynikes, the eldest son of the Oedipus family, lies in his casket, but his spirit lingers in the human world. His late brother Eteocles waits to escort him into the afterlife. Meanwhile, their surviving sisters are at odds. Antigone refuses to honor the brother she despises, and Ismene tries to keep her from causing more trouble. At the same time. Polynikes' young children attempt to force their way into the adult world with their own childishly almighty will.

What should have been a solemn funeral spirals into chaos.

Welcome to this sinkhole of a mourning hall.

PLAYWRIGHT
YIWEI WILL LU

DIRECTED BY
DEJING ELOISE WANG

SCENIC DESIGN: JUNRAN CHARLOTTE SHI

COSTUME DESIGN: YINXUE WANG

SOUND DESIGN: HENRY SHEN

LIGHTING DESIGN: ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: YUZHU CARINA JIANG

PRODUCER
ZIHE TIAN

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