CNR DRAMA TO PRESENT A STAGED READING OF
THE GREEK TRAGEDY ANTIGONE

NEW ROCHELLE, NY, April 10, 2007 – On April 19, The College of New Rochelle’s (CNR) student theater group, CNR Drama, will perform a staged reading for the College Community of Jean Anouilh’s Antigone. The reading will take place at 7:00 p.m. in Romita Auditorium on CNR’s main campus, 29 Castle Place, New Rochelle. The role of Antigone will be played by School of Arts and Sciences international student Sakina Laksimi, who is a native of Morrocco.

 “The issues addressed in Anouilh’s interpretation of Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy – the struggle between individual conscience and political authority, the differences between female and male sensibilities, and the nature of human suffering – are as relevant in contemporary society as they were in ancient Greece,” says director Laurie Peterson Castaldo.

A Colloquium: “Speaking Truth to Power: Antigone in the 21st Century,” moderated by CNR Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Daniel McCarthy, will follow the performance at 8:15 pm. CNR faculty panelists will include Professor of Classics Dr. Ann Raia, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Dr. Jennifer Scuro, and Associate Professor of English Dr. Nick Smart.

CNR Drama’s first production (as “The Dramatic Society”) was Tennyson’s The Princess performed on June 12, 1906. Today, CNR Drama has the distinction of being the campus club with the longest uninterrupted tenure in the College’s history. The group most recently performed Susan Stroman’s Tony Award-winning Contact.

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