Even Judith Butler, the high priestess of the modern feminist movement, praised the performance of international director Elli Papakonstantinou, which brings Antigone into the present day through the bodies of contemporary femininities, such as Nalyssa Green.

Rage, disappointment, and fear surge within you as you watch violence span the entire length of a woman’s life, from the time she is a girl. The story of the girl is primeval, much like the fear that is implanted within her and takes her over.

The experience of fear, like any lived experience or action, is right there—completely real, taking on a material existence upon and inside a woman. Even if she has not survived a sexual assault, the fear of assault leaves its tangible consequence on our body and soul.

"I loved the performance and I am grateful that you translated the piece into English and other languages. It is socially powerful and wonderfully experimental. It moved me and made me feel deeply grateful for feminist art that connects our rage with solidarity," Butler stated.

Denouncing violence, the production serves as a site of resistance and challenges gender constructs at their very root, while simultaneously offering care and tenderness to Woman...

"Whatever does not remain hidden is revealed, and whatever is revealed changes," offering hope that gender-based oppression will transform into the healing of gender trauma, and into liberation from every form of gendered captivity.