Xtigone
By Nambi E. Kelley
Xtigone is a play that needs 9 to 30 performers (5 women, 4 men). Licensed by YouthPLAYS.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 9 to 30 performers
- Roles
- 5 women, 4 men
- Cast notes
- 5-15+ females, 4-15+ males (9-30+ performers possible).
- Running time
- About 95 minutes
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- drama
- Licensor
- YouthPLAYS
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Synopsis
Chicago. Present day. Xtigone's brothers have been killed in drive-by shootings by each other's rival gang. Her uncle, Marcellus da Man, calls a press conference on CNN to announce that the bodies should be buried instead of uncovering the reality of violence in the streets of the city. Will Xtigone go against her powerful uncle and risk death by uncovering her brothers' bodies? Using hip hop poetry, dance, and dialogue that speaks with an urban voice, this re-imagining of Sophocles' Antigone te
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