Antigone, presented by the girls of St. Catherine's

by Madhuri Shekar

The St. Catherine's drama club is struggling to put up its first school play—Sophocles' Antigone. As if staging this tragedy in an all girls’ Catholic school isn’t challenging enough, the cast’s beloved director ends up betraying them in an unforgivable way. And it’s almost opening night! The actors must figure out the right course of action, all while rehearsing the classic play about impossibly difficult...

The St. Catherine's drama club is struggling to put up its first school play—Sophocles' Antigone. As if staging this tragedy in an all girls’ Catholic school isn’t challenging enough, the cast’s beloved director ends up betraying them in an unforgivable way. And it’s almost opening night! The actors must figure out the right course of action, all while rehearsing the classic play about impossibly difficult choices. What is the right thing to do? And must the show go on?

Commissioned by the Alliance Theatre for their Teen Ensemble program, premiered at the Alliance Hertz Stage in April, 2015.

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  • John Perine: Antigone, presented by the girls of St. Catherine's by Madhuri Shekar
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    Compulsively readable and thought-provoking. I loved the play's parallels to the source material as Shekar's characters approach their boiling point at the peak of the action. Snappy dialogue and dynamic characterization at their best!

    Compulsively readable and thought-provoking. I loved the play's parallels to the source material as Shekar's characters approach their boiling point at the peak of the action. Snappy dialogue and dynamic characterization at their best!

    ”
  • Daniel Prillaman: Antigone, presented by the girls of St. Catherine's by Madhuri Shekar
    “

    A staggering powerhouse of a script. Just absolutely incredible and impeccably executed across the board, from its layered, delicious parallels with its source material, to the pitch-perfect pacing, to the ethical questions it leaves in its wake. As theatre practices and abuse of its artists by those in power comes further into question, this play is a reckoning in so many ways, from class to gender to religion and more, and it is always the youngest of us who suffer the most. We should be doing this play everywhere. Highly recommend.

    A staggering powerhouse of a script. Just absolutely incredible and impeccably executed across the board, from its layered, delicious parallels with its source material, to the pitch-perfect pacing, to the ethical questions it leaves in its wake. As theatre practices and abuse of its artists by those in power comes further into question, this play is a reckoning in so many ways, from class to gender to religion and more, and it is always the youngest of us who suffer the most. We should be doing this play everywhere. Highly recommend.

    ”
  • Grace Everett: Antigone, presented by the girls of St. Catherine's by Madhuri Shekar
    “

    Shekar has mastered the vocabulary and mannerisms of teenage girls and put it into a striking piece of writing. ‘Antigone’ is a brilliant fusion of nostalgia, modernism, and classic theatrical techniques.

    Shekar has mastered the vocabulary and mannerisms of teenage girls and put it into a striking piece of writing. ‘Antigone’ is a brilliant fusion of nostalgia, modernism, and classic theatrical techniques.

    ”
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Development History

  • Commission, Alliance Theatre, GA, 2014

Production History

  • Professional, Sacred Fools Theater Company, 2020
  • Workshop, The Movement Theatre Company with Hypokrit Theatre, 2019
  • Workshop, Alliance Theatre, 2015