Rather than presenting life as it is, our productions inspire others to make connections to their own lives and work and to see grey areas instead of looking at the world in black and white. A classic like Antigone is the perfect inspiration because its base in myth invites our patrons to find larger lessons […]

Oedipus the King – written after Antigone, chronologically first in the series Oedipus is given a prophecy stating that he would kill his father and marry his mother. He leaves home immediately in order to prevent the prophecy from materializing. Upon departing, a carriage tries to run him off the road; he kills the travelers […]

Carissa Ibert, dramaturg, sat down in conversation with Daniel Sullivan, who translated our new version of Antigone. Read on to learn all about his process and experience with Cutting Ball in the past year, from the first spark of an idea with director Paige Rogers, to the woods of Poland, to the weeks leading up to […]

During the past three days we have been studying polylphonic singing with Ola and Tomek. They are members of Teatr Zar who met and became a couple while working with the company over the past ten years. They have performed and given classes around the world, from India to Egypt to Brazil and all over […]

First day with Matej and the actors had only been here for 14 hours. We got an incredible amount of work done. It’s very VERY exciting for everyone. The work is so meaningful already. Tim’s luggage was lost in Houston and still has not arrived! They said they’d bring it today but that did not […]

For the fourth and final post in our Meet the Actors series, Cutting Ball is proud to introduce Hannah Donovan and Elissa Beth Stebbins! Hannah Donovan (Ismene) is very excited to be making her Cutting Ball Theater debut in Antigone! Favorite theatrical credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), Spring Awakening (Wendla), and An Absolute Turkey (Lucienne). Hannah received her B.A. in […]

In just a few weeks, as many of you followers of The Antigone Project probably know, the cast and team of Antigone is journeying to Poland for a two-week residency at the Grotowski Institute to study with the renowned experimental group Teatr ZAR. This group has inspired the artistic leaders of Cutting Ball for years; […]

Cutting Ball is proud to introduce two more wonderful actors from the Antigone cast: Paul Loper and Tim Green! We are in the last stretch of our Kickstarter Campaign to raise funds to send our cast, director and stage manager to Poland’s renowned Grotowski Institute for a once-in-a-lifetime residency this summer. Help us get there at our Kickstarter […]

In the midst of producing a work of theatre, between the rehearsals, design meetings, production meetings and countless cups of coffee (or tea) it is easy to forget that the roots of theatre are easily over two thousand years old (maybe older).  Theatre today is still strongly influenced by the theatre of ancient Greece, not […]

Meet Wiley Naman Strasser and Emma Crane Jaster, two more of the fabulous cast of Antigone! We’ve asked them both some questions about the upcoming trip to Poland. You can help make this invaluable trip to study with the Grotowski Institute possible at our Kickstarter page: http://kck.st/1mCecg4. Wiley Naman Strasser (Haemon) has been an artistic Associate with Cutting Ball since […]