Heads up, thespians: This ain’t your grandmother’s Antigone! Spirited theater troupe BarnArts brings Sophocles’ classic tale of loyalty and morality to Barnard Town Hall — with a twist. Rather than resuscitate the Athenian tragedian’s original work from 440 BC, the players instead tackle poet Anne Carson’s 2015 translation, possibly for the first time in the state’s stage history. Carson’s reimagining employs snappy modern language and allows the nine intrepid actors to manifest a bit of freshness and humor while still remaining true to the source material. As director Erin Bennett observes, “Grief and tragedy are not relegated to the shadows.”
