The Antipodes

In Annie Baker's The Antipodes, a group of people sit around a table telling, cataloguing, and theorising stories. Their purpose is never clear: are they brainstorming ideas for a TV show? A film? A mythology?

This is a world where ghostly fables co-exist with mundane discussions of snacks and sexual exploits, where the vague instruction to tell stories about 'something monstrous', though 'it might not be a literal monster', becomes maddeningly impossible.

Part satire, part sacred rite, The Antipodes asks what value stories have for a world in crisis.

The Antipodes was premiered at the Signature Theatre in New York City in April 2017.