The sound of a thousand rifles
fire at once
through heavy fog
a sudden burst of light
blinding like the scream of a child
voices, inaudible at first,
then unrecognizable,
resolve as sobbing wails
a figure enters
then two
then ten
then fifty
Woman, child, and man
They are Antigone
.
1: Mic Check!
ALL: Mic Check!
1: Mic Check!
ALL: Mic Check!
1: I am Antigone
ALL: I am Antigone
1: Tonight you will hear
ALL: Tonight you will hear
1: My Story
ALL: My Story
A staged reading of a new play by Robert Kelly
MONOLOGUES FOR ORPHEUS
will be peformed by (program director) Thomas Bartscherer, (program faculty) Marjorie Folkman, Florian Becker, Lynn Behrendt, Mikhail Horowitz, and Paul La Farge
Friday, February 24th and Saturday, February 25th at 8 PM in Bard Hall.
Admission is free.
The play will be preceded by a musical induction featuring
Three Ancient Greek Songs for Tenor and Bassoon
by American composer Adrienne Elisha
performed by Peter Laki and David Adam Nagy.