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Antigone in Harlem is an innovative and rigorous program in which students learn the history, culture and politics of ancient Greece. The vitally important art form of Greek Tragedy is not taught in most NYC schools and Sophocles’ Antigone is an excellent text to engage and challenge young minds.

Aquila Theatre and Frederick Douglass Academy (2581 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard) are delighted to present Sophocles’ Antigone, at Frederick Douglass Academy.

The performance is the capstone event of the Aquila Theatre’s Antigone in Harlem program at Frederick Douglass Academy. Since September of this year, teaching artists from Aquila have been working intensively with FDA students three days a week after-school on reading and understanding ancient Greece through English class visits, liaising with faculty, and generating a new enthusiasm for Greek Tragedy at Frederick Douglass Academy. This new program has been made possible by generous support from the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation.

Scenes from Sophocles’ Antigone, will play on Wednesday, December 10th 2008 at 7pm at Frederick Douglass Academy, 2581 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (149th Street and 7th Avenue). For more information and reservations, please call (212) 491-4419 or email: IRosado3@schools.nyc.gov.

For more information, visit www.aquilatheatre.com