• "Mythic, poetic, ancient and new, Antistrophe is an answer, in this case, to ideas of agency, the male/female binary and other ideas of love and the nature of storytelling. It seems to me the tragedy of inescapable internalized oppression and would make a beautiful, sad and imagistic play."

    Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • "It’s new, it’s exciting, it’s refreshing, and most of all it’s got a great message and is unbelievably current. I laughed and I cried and I laughed some more. I’ll be thinking about this piece for a long time to come. Brava!"

    MN Fringe Audience Review

  • "This play is superbly written [...] Evokes the massive, tragic emotional landscape of classic Greek storytelling while still feeling wholly modern and original."

    MN Fringe Audience Review

  • "Very appropriate for our time."

    MN Fringe Audience Review

After allowing a charming stranger onto her beach, a young woman must fight to maintain propriety over her identity as everything she once found sacred becomes weaponized against her. This Neo-Greek tragedy is a reflection on female sexuality, bodily autonomy, and all the things we hold sacred in a world eager to strip us of our agency.

Antistrophe premiered in 2024 as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Antistrophe to an Andro-Sapphic Tragedy

Cast Size: 7

Estimated Run Time: 50 Minutes

Content: drama, absurdity, heightened language, mythology, dramaturgical notes, combat, intimacy, CW for relationship abuse

Claire McFarland as Reno. Photo by Connor Mason

Claire McFarland as Reno. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Jaiden Lindsey as Glare, Claire McFarland as Reno, and Ian Mason as Eclipse. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Jaiden Lindsey as Glare, Claire McFarland as Reno, and Ian Mason as Eclipse. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Jaiden Lindsey as Glare and Ian Mason as Eclipse. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Jaiden Lindsey as Glare and Ian Mason as Eclipse. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Claire McFarland as Reno and Abbie Rasmus as Pique. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Claire McFarland as Reno and Abbie Rasmus as Pique. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Claire McFarland as Reno, Caleb Ryan Jones as Dublin, and Jaiden Lindsey as Glare. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Claire McFarland as Reno, Caleb Ryan Jones as Dublin, and Jaiden Lindsey as Glare. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Mackenzie Hahn as Thursday and Abbie Rasmus as Pique. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Mackenzie Hahn as Thursday and Abbie Rasmus as Pique. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Claire McFarland as Reno and Hunter Adkins as Tolstoy. Photo by Connor Mason

(L-R) Claire McFarland as Reno and Hunter Adkins as Tolstoy. Photo by Connor Mason