On Sugarland | |
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Written by | Aleshea Harris |
Based on | Philoctetes and Antigone |
Date premiered | February 23, 2023 |
Place premiered | New York Theatre Workshop |
Setting | Southern United States |
On Sugarland is a 2022 American play by Aleshea Harris. The play is a loose adaptation of Sophocles's Greek tragedies Philoctetes and Antigone, and centers a teenage girl calling on her matriarchal ancestors to learn the truth about her mother who died in an unnamed, allegorical war. The play takes place in a historical Southern cul-de-sac of mobile homes. On Sugarland was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.[1]