Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, the former king of Thebes. She is willing to face the capital punishment that has been decreed by her uncle Creon, the new king, as the penalty for anyone burying her brother Polyneices. (Polyneices has just been killed attacking Thebes in an effort to gain rightful control of the throne as posthumous punishment for this attack that Creon has forbidden the burial of his corpse, choosing to bury his brother Eteocles with solemn rite.) Obeying all her instincts of love, loyalty, and humanity, Antigone defies Creon and dutifully "buries" her brother's corpse. Creon, from conviction that reasons of state outweigh family ties, refuses to commute Antigone's death sentence. By the time Creon is finally persuaded by the prophet Tiresias to relent and free Antigone, she has killed herself in her prison cell. Creon's son, Haemon, kills himself out of love and sympathy for the dead Antigone, and Creon's wife, Eurydice, then kills herself out of grief over these tragic events. At the play's end Creon is left desolate and broken in spirit. In his narrow and unduly rigid adherence to his civic duties, Creon has defied the gods through his denial of humanity's common obligations toward the dead. The play thus concerns the conflicting obligations of civic versus personal loyalties and religious mores.  The play explores the choices and consequences of decisions and in defiance of authority.  Utilizing 6 unique greek choruses Feldshus' rendition captures the essence in a language easily understood and carried to the stage.