Megan Gonzalez | The Rider
The Greek tragedy will be performed Wednesday through Sunday. GABRIEL MATA/THE RIDER
Antigone, the Greek tragedy in which a sister defies a king in order to properly bury her brother, will open at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Albert L. Jeffers Theatre on the Edinburg campus.
Theater Lecturer Richard Edmonson will direct “Antigone,” (an-tig-uh-nee), written by the playwright Sophocles and translated by Don Taylor.
This will be Edmonson’s fifth student production. His past productions include “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Real Women Have Curves,” “Evita: The Musical” and “The Miracle Worker.”
“People have come up to me afterwards and said, ‘Thank you. These are great stories. You did a great job with this,’ and that makes me feel really good,” Edmonson said.
The main cast is composed of Priscilla Perales (Antigone), Aubrey Lopez (Ismene), Tom Pearson (Creon), Gerrad Christian (Haemon), Kent Smither (Teiresias) and Selina Soto (Eurydice).
“It’s a little overwhelming just ’cause so many people have been saying how wonderful the role is. It’s sending out a message and … I’m more than happy to be playing Antigone,” Perales said.
A dress rehearsal is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
In addition to the Wednesday showing, the play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free for UTRGV students, faculty and staff, who may bring one guest to the performance. Reserve seating is $15; general admission, $10; and non-UTRGV students with school ID, $5. Children below third grade will not be admitted.
For more information, call Elva Galvan, theater business manager, at 665-3581 or email elva.galvan@utrgv.edu.
