Frontline US nurses star in online theatre staging of Greek play 'Antigone'

A groundbreaking arts project by and for nurses, 'The Nurse Antigone' presents dramatic readings of Sophocles’ 'Antigone' on Zoom - featuring professional actors and a chorus of frontline nurses - to help frame powerful, guided discussions about the unique challenges faced by nurses before, during, and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: AP

During the pandemic, people have made a lot of noise about nurses, cheering them on and banging pots and pans. But have we really listened to them?

Rank-and-file nurses are getting a chance to talk about how they've navigated the last few harrowing years as part of a theatre project that is hosting a free Zoom reading of Sophocles’ 2,500-year-old play Antigone.