NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this event (originally scheduled for 3/18/20) has been postponed until further notice.
The Department of Religious Studies and Classics and Borderlands Theater present:
A reading of Antigone at the Border by Marc David Pinate
Playwright and Arizona native, Marc David Pinate appropriates the Greek classic of Antigone to explore the social and psychological impact of U.S. immigration policy on Latinx border communities. Set in the fictional city of Thebes, Arizona, a fictional construct whose history and culture exist in the imaginary between the contemporary southwestern United States and mythological ancient Greece, the action revolves around the conflict between Antigone Guzman, a DACA recipient and humanitarian worker and her uncle, Creon Cardenas, a 37 year veteran of the Border Patrol recently promoted to Chief Border Patrol Agent.
Featuring ensemble members from Borderlands Theater (Tucson) and Teatro Bravo (Phoenix). An audience talkback will immediately follow the reading. As a work in progress, Pinate, looks forward to feedback from Greek scholars and students of classical Greek literature.
Thanks to a student-faculty interaction grant, refreshments will be available.
