Masterclass 2026: Getting to Know Antigone
Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
Moderated by Ryan McRee
12:00pm-4:00pm (Both Days)
$150 for two 4-hour sessions
This Academy class is open to everyone—from theater enthusiasts and newcomers to seasoned actors looking to deepen their understanding of Antigone.
Getting to Know Antigone
A two day workshop with Ryan McRee
As a way to prepare for Antaeus’s next production, we invite you to explore Kenneth Cavander’s new translation and adaptation of Sophokles’s story of one individual’s stance against the state: Antigone. Our Company dramaturge, Ryan McRee, will lead you through an in-depth exploration of this Greek classic. You’ll read sections of the play aloud, discuss how actors approach the roles and the scenes, and learn about how Greek plays were originally performed. Ryan will also discuss how Kenneth Cavander has stayed faithful to the story, while making it feel relevant to our times, and hear a bit about the goals of this Antaeus production. As always, participants will have a chance to share their own impressions and ask questions of Ryan and the group.
*Please note, students under 18 require permission from the moderator to take this academy class. If you’re in this category, please reach out to us at academy@antaeus.org.
About Ryan McRee
Ryan McRee is a director, dramaturg, and educator working in the greater Los Angeles area. Currently pursuing his MFA in Performance Pedagogy at Loyola Marymount University, part of his research traces dialectical character development in various dramatic models, especially tragedy. His theatre history course at LMU particularly emphasizes the civic nature of Greek tragedy and how theatre stages societal conflict, angst, and desire. Dramaturgy credits at Antaeus include Everybody, Measure for Measure, Eight Nights, The Abuelas, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and The Little Foxes. Ryan also authors Antaeus’ student matinee study guides, and has done so for All My Sons, Cymbeline, The Glass Menagerie, Twelfth Night, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Winter’s Tale, and SHE. He has his B.A. in Theatre and Narrative Studies from the University of Southern California.
