TCC Presents Antigone

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TCC PRESENTS MODERN TAKE ON SOPHOCLES’ CLASSIC

GREEK TRAGEDY, ANTIGONE

Chesapeake performances, April 2-5; Norfolk performances, April 10-12

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (March 24, 2008) – This April, Tidewater Community College’s theatre season presents its annual spring play, offering a powerful, modern interpretation to Sophocles’ Antigone. This drama focuses on war, religion, family relationships, pride and power, which sometimes corrupts. It is as poignant today as it was 2,500 years ago.

The performance dates are as follows:

Chesapeake Studio Theatre - April 2-5 at 8 p.m. and April 6 at 2 p.m

TCC Roper Performing Arts Center - April 10-12 at 8 p.m.

For directions, please visit http://www.tcc.edu/welcome/locations.

For more information and tickets, please call 822-5219 or visit the TCC Theatre web site at http://www.tcc.edu/academics/divisions/academicC/theatre/CurrentSeason.htm. Reservations are highly advised as seating will be limited. Ticket prices are: $8 for adults, $5 for students (a two-for-one deal is available for TCC students) and $5 for seniors.

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Tidewater Community College - the largest provider of higher education and workforce development services in Hampton Roads - enrolls over 38,000 students annually, the second largest undergraduate student body in Virginia. The 35th largest community college in the nation, TCC is among the 20 fastest-growing large two-year institutions in the United States. Founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, the college serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne and George Roper Performing Arts Center in the theater district in downtown Norfolk, the Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth and a regional Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. Forty-six percent of the region’s residents attending a college or university in Virginia last fall were enrolled at TCC. For more information, visit www.tcc.edu.