Antigone” gave us the original “bad girl,” but its themes go beyond that. How do adaptations keep making Sophocles’ ideas about democracy and theater new?

Anna Ziegler’s feminist take on Sophocles tries to tie in reproductive politics, but the play keeps trampling over its own ideas.

The Cal Poly Humboldt Department of Dance, Music, and Theatre will present “Antigone” directed by Cynthia Martells. Opening night is Nov. 7 at the Gist Hall Theatre on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus.

Ours is a moment for the Greeks. The virulence of our self-inflicted plagues, the scale of our rage, our complicity, our impotence; the ongoing howl against whatever new and monumental crime has been ...