ANTI-GONE

俺抬杠?!

Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre, A.R.T., NEW YORK, NY

Mar 21-23, 2025

Greenside @Georges Street,

Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK

Aug 13-16, 2025

Production Photos Credit: @charlotteshidesign, @yvonnelou

Anti-gone 俺抬杠?!

HAIMON/EUNUCH (Double Cast)

In a Northern Chinese village in the 1980s, on the final day of a three-day burial ceremony, the mourning hall becomes a battleground.

Polynikes, the eldest son of the Oedipus family, lies in his casket, but his spirit lingers in the human world. His late brother Eteocles waits to escrot him into the afterlife. Meanwhile, their surviving sisters are at odds. Antigone refuses to honor the brother she despises, and Ismene tries to keep her from causing more trouble. At the same time. Polynikes’ young children attempt to force their way into the adult world with their own childishly almighty will.

What should have been a solemn funeral spirals into chaos.

As incense burns and tempers ignite, class struggles rage beyond the grave, coffins talk back, and ghosts settle old scores. Welcome to the ultimate family feud—where the dead won’t stay silent, and the living refuse to let go.

WRITTEN BY YIWEI LU

DIRECTOR: DEJING “ELOISE” WANG

SCENIC DESIGN: JUNRAN “CHARLOTTE” SHI

LIGHTING DESIGN: ZIJUN “NEIL” WANG

COSTUME & MAKEUP DESIGN: YINXUE WANG

SOUND DESIGN: HENRY SHEN

ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGN: CHRISTY PANG

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: CARINA JIANG

STAGE MANAGER: JC, LINXI JIANG (EFF), XUELAI HAN (EFF)

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: XUELAI HAN, XUAN GE (EFF)

PRODUCER & DRAMATURG: ZIHE TIAN

WITH PERFORMANCES BY TINA QIU, YUNYI JOY YANG (EFF), LUNA PENG, LANA ZHANG, JADEN ZHAO, YIWEI WILL LU (EFF), YUCHEN ZHOU, AND ZHI QU.

PRESS: ANTI-GONE 俺抬杠?! to Premiere at A.R.T./New York in March

Published by Broadway World

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PRESS: 中文話劇「俺抬槓?!」 外外百老匯上演

Bilingual Play ANTI-GONE 俺抬杠?! Made its Debut at Off-Off-Broadway Venue

Published by World Journal

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PRESS: Anti-Gone, A Bilingual Burial-battle Reimagines Antigone Going from NYC to Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025

Published by THEATRE-NEWS.com

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REVIEW: Anti-Gone - Family, Memory, and The Weight of The Past

Reviewed by Lin Song

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