←Recommendations of Antigone's Sister

A stunning take on the Antigone myth. A brutal exploration of how women were treated in Ancient Greece and how things have not changed that much. An ending full of hope. Would love to see this staged one day. Produce this play.

This play is both tragic and funny. Black comedy is peppered through a painful indictment of ancient (and current) aspects of human culture. The relationship between Antigone and Ismene is so complex and well-crafted. The safety of being owned is beautifully contrasted with the elation of freedom, even in the face of death. The entire story is in the questions women ask themselves every day in every culture. It's intense.

Goldman-Sherman revisits the Antigone myth, giving full voice to the still "radical" notion that women are people and deserve justice. Goldman-Sherman seamlessly blends classic tropes with modern sensibilities and creates a play that challenges at every turn and is well worth first prize at the festival of Dionysus. Bravo.

I have always likened playwriting to poetry. Capturing big ideas in compressed bursts of words and rhythms. Emma Goldman-Sherman’s work epitomizes this notion. It is pure poetry. Riveting and unrelenting. A testimony to how the heart of a story can beat for over a thousand years and still be vital and resonant.

A powerful retelling of the Antigone story that feels resonant and timely. I'm especially impressed by the structure of this play and the effective use of the ensemble parts and the chorus. The play does an excellent job of complicating the idea of reluctant rebel women, and I will be thinking about this play long after I am done reading it. I hope to see it staged one day!

I have always been drawn to the dichotomy between Antigone and Ismene and this play does a fantastic job of examining the feminine power each character possesses. The theatricality of exploring what we as women owe to ourselves and each other is really remarkable and I love the convention of an all female cast!

Beautifully crafted and so haunting- the descriptive language and theatrical elements ignite my "director brain" in a way that hasn't happened in a long time! Goldman-Sherman has a gift for translating raw, painful emotion into truly active text. These characters have a heightened musicality to their language, but it feels contemporary at the same time. Thank you for this gorgeous story!

Antigone's Sister is filled with such raw emotions of the possibilities of what our world could have been like if we had all only started out on the same footing in life and had been given the same possibilities of equality from the very start of life. I loved the theatricality of the staging and the language which gives it a sense of calm to the reader and audience member even though you are screaming inside of how wrong our world was and is. Thank the gods Goldman-Sherman is there to bring this injustice to light with her beautiful words.

The use of the chorus in this script is extremely effective. The repetition and reversals in language add a sense of heighten theatricality. The piece moves beautifully like a score. It is a world created to dwell in and ponder questions of gender, roles and names.

This is EVERYTHING. Sorry to be blunt, but I enjoyed this so much. The kind of play you want to read over and over and can't seem to put down. It's such an incredible gift to the actors and to the audience to learn about these characters in this way. Forgive me for being a bit of a nerd, but this is how you make history engaging and come alive. A true gift! LOVE!