On Thursday night, advanced acting students channeled both 440 BCE and 2025 in a futuristic adaptation of Sophocles’s classic “Antigone.”

The play is based on a contemporary version by Roy Williams. The cast and acting teacher Kimberly Taylor spent one month adapting Williams’s version to their own futuristic setting.

“In was an incredibly painstakingly detailed and collaborative endeavor to create this world, and it required input from every member of the cast and crew,” Taylor wrote on the playbill. “It is exciting to present to you, truly, our version of ‘Antigone.’”

Junior Cole Bloomfield, who played Orrin and Tyresius, said that the cast rewrote the entire script and created some completely new scenes.

“It’s more motivation to really really want to do the play well,” Bloomfield said. “Every single person in the cast played a part in writing their own lines.”

Senior Yael Gordon, who played the lead Antigone, said that the preparation for the show was intense.

“Learning fight choreography, getting bruises on my body and trying to understand the complexity of my character has definitely not been easy,” Gordon said. “But when a show takes a lot of time and effort, the end result is also a lot more satisfying.”

Likewise, Bloomfield said that the process has been long and challenging.

“There’s been a lot of things that have come up, as they always do with a play, but we’ve really progressed an incredible amount over the last couple rehearsals,” Bloomfield said.

Gordon said that this play has pushed her because Antigone is a vulnerable character.

“Having to show a side that deteriorates and is very impulsive in her actions is a little more out of my comfort zone,” Gordon said.

Sophomore Sarah Machle, who attended the play, said that it was amazing.

“I thought it was really well adapted to the original,” Machle said. “The war in the beginning was really captivating. It really drew me in. It set the stage well.”

The play, which is rated PG-13, will show again on Saturday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Alan Harvey Theater.

“I hope everyone comes and sees the show and I hope they enjoy it,” Bloomfield said.