THEATER at MITThe 2025 Spring Theater Arts Production (21T.100)ANTIGONICKadapted from Sophocles’ Antigone by ANNE CARSONdirection by BLYTHE DE OLIVEIRA FOSTERmentorship of design and production students by SARA BROWN“I AM BORN OF LOVE NOT HATRED” - ANTIGONEA wedding bouquet. A community in conflict. A family pulled apart by war. Witnesses, messengers, conversations in the dark, and many, many acts of love…Participate in this immersive staging of the spirited debates about love at the heart of Antigonick, a contemporary, and visual translation of Sophocles’ Antigone, by Anne Carson with illustrations by Bianca Stone. What are some of the practical, everyday ways that we live through loss? How do we respond when individual values, the natural world, and laws of the state collide? Crack an egg, bake a cake, and help us imagine what hope could look like here…In collaboration with: Verose Agbing, Fara Alade, Mustafa Al-Obaidi, Daina August, Katrina Chan, Yiding Chen, Shifty Celestin, Andrew Emmel, Fadi Farag, Emi Grady-Willis, Yunseo Jo, Maha Yawar Khan, Mingpei Li, Lisa Li-Liang, Juno Matthews, Ariel McGee, Alayo Oloko, Tea Picconatto, Alex Tran, Katherine Warner, Xinyu XuMay 1-38pm in W97+May 42pm in W97345 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)PRODUCTION TEAM:Direction: Blythe de Oliveira FosterMentorship of Design and Production Students: Sara BrownStage Management: Lily BarnesDirector of Production: Maggie MooreTechnical Direction: Joseph Lark-RileyAssistant Direction: Katrina Chan & Xinyu XuCo-Set Design: Sara Brown & Alayo OlokoCostume Design: Chloe ChapinAssistant Costume Design: Verose AgbingCostume Alterations: April McCoyChoreography: Alissa CardoneAssistant Choreography: Kate WarnerComposing and Sound Design: Christian FredericksonLighting Design: Kevin FultonAssociate Lighting Design: Alayo OlokoVideo Design: Klara BallayVideo Engineering: Emi Grady-WillisDramaturgy: Maria De SimoneProps: Jonathan FajorsActing Coaching: Shifty CelestinSenior Administrative Assistant, Theater Arts: Yi (Jennifer) TuDirector of Communications: Dan PecciHead, Music & Theater Arts: Jay Scheib

This concert is in-person only and will not be livestreamed

Friday, May 2, 8pm Kresge AuditoriumProf. Wasalu Jaco (aka Lupe Fiasco) MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, Frederick Harris, Jr., Music DirectorArrangers: Prof. Evan Ziporyn, Matthew Michalek (G), Kevin Costello, ’21View the LivestreamTo close out Artfinity, Grammy Award-winning rapper and MIT visiting professor Wasalu Jaco (Lupe Fiasco) collaborates with the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble to premiere music inspired by MIT's public art collection. "Ghotiing," Jaco explains, "is plein air painting meets field recording meets rap." He elaborates on its role in his MIT Rap Theory and Practice course: "We take a novel approach to in situ rap creation through field activities called 'Ghotiing,' where students brainstorm, write, and record in outdoor settings, expanding their creative horizons.” The concert also includes performances by Prof. Jaco’s MIT rap students and MIT Hip-Hop dancers.This event marks Jaco's first public performance of his own Ghotiing works. Members of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble (MIT FJE) will provide arrangements for Jaco's raps and perform additional pieces inspired by visual art. The ensemble and music director Fred Harris previously collaborated with Jaco and his rap students in spring 2024.About the ArtistsLupe Fiasco https://www.lupefiasco.com/MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble https://mta.mit.edu/music/performance/festival-jazz-ensembleFred Harris https://mta.mit.edu/person/fred-harrisThis project is presented as part of Artfinity, an Institute-sponsored event celebrating creativity and community at MIT. Artfinity is organized by the Office of the Arts.Seating Policy Your registration through Eventbrite guarantees you a seat until 15 minutes before the event start time. 15 minutes before the concert start time, we will release open seats to the standby list. If you were not able to register through Eventbrite, you may join the physical standby line in the Kresge Auditorium Lobby up to one hour before the concert start time.

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