Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical

Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical is a new musical with music and lyrics by Chris Rayis and a book by award-winning writer Ken Cerniglia (Hadestown, Newsies, and Peter and the Starcatcher), directed by Elizabeth McKoy.

Set in 1989 Thebes, California, the musical reimagines Sophocles' Antigone through the lens of the AIDS crisis, queer activism, political division, and grassroots resistance. As a community grapples with grief, power, and memory, Antigone 1989 asks what we owe one another in times of crisis and who gets to shape the stories we leave behind.

The production will make its international debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, presented at the Gilded Balloon Patter House in August 2026.

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