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Chicago. Present Day. Who is putting guns into the hands of children? Xtigone’s brothers have both been killed in drive-by shootings by each other’s rival gangs. Xtigone’s uncle, Marcellus da Man, calls a press conference on CNN (Constantly Negative News) to announce that the bodies should be buried instead of uncovering the truth of violence in the streets of The City. Will Xtigone go against her powerful...
Chicago. Present Day. Who is putting guns into the hands of children? Xtigone’s brothers have both been killed in drive-by shootings by each other’s rival gangs. Xtigone’s uncle, Marcellus da Man, calls a press conference on CNN (Constantly Negative News) to announce that the bodies should be buried instead of uncovering the truth of violence in the streets of The City. Will Xtigone go against her powerful uncle and risk death by uncovering her brother’s bodies? Using hip hop poetry, dance, and slick language, this re-imagining of Sophocles’ Antigone tells the story of the ill-fated Xtigone and her quest for her community’s truth. Xtigone was developed at in Italy at LaMaMa’s International Symposium for Playwrights under the auspices of Pulitzer Prize Winner Lynn Nottage, and was a finalist for the Kennedy Center College Theatre Festival.