{"id":10952,"date":"2022-07-08T13:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T17:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=10952"},"modified":"2022-08-09T15:25:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T19:25:32","slug":"detroit-mercy-theatre-company-earns-national-honors-for-antigone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2022\/07\/08\/detroit-mercy-theatre-company-earns-national-honors-for-antigone\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Mercy Theatre Company earns national honors for ‘Antigone’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Detroit Mercy Theatre Company<\/a> production of Sophocles’ Antigone<\/em>\u00a0has been honored at the 2022 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival\u2019s national competition. It is the first Detroit Mercy show since 1978 to receive such recognition.<\/p>\n

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Detroit Mercy students Jade Sibert, left, as Ismene and Kaelyn Johnson as Antigone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Antigone<\/em>\u00a0was honored for Special Achievement in Ensemble Performance for the 11-member cast and Seth Amadei received Special Achievement in Lighting Design.<\/p>\n

The show, in a new translation by Diane J. Raynor, was presented in October 2021, under the direction of Sarah Hawkins Rusk, who is an adjunct professor of theatre at Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n

Antigone<\/em>\u00a0was chosen to compete in the national festival after being honored at the KCACTF\u2019s Region III competition early this year.<\/p>\n

Read more about the production.<\/a><\/h4>\n

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