Arabian Nights
December 16 2021 ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Roland Schimmelpfennig is a German theatre director, dramaturg, and playwright. He was born in Gottingen in Germany. He began his career as a journalist, but in studied at Otto Flackenberg School of the Performing Arts to become a theatre director. He is one of Germany’s most celebrated playwrights, and his […]
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
“A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, . . . not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing.”
The Highway Crossing, or the Tale of a Golden Fish
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Jaan Tätte is an Estonian playwright, poet, actor, and singer. He studied acting in the drama department of the Tallinn Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1990. He became an ensemble member of one of Estonia’s best repertory theatres Tallinn City Theatre. During this time he wrote his first play […]
Machinal
“Your skin oughtn’t to curl—ought it—when he just comes near you—ought it?”
Art
“If I’m who I am because I’m who I am and you are who you are because you are who you are, then I’m who I am and you’re who you are.”
Depravity in St. Florian Valley
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Cankar is regarded as the greatest writer in the Slovene language and yet is unknown in most of the world. His plays are currently being translated from Slovene into English for the first time in history to allow for many more people to experience his genius. ABOUT THE PLAY Depravity in St. […]
The Bus Stop
ABOUT THE PLAY The Bus Stop, an absurdist play written by Chinese novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director, and translator Gao Xingjian, who received a Nobel Prize for literature in 2000. His work has been compared to Waiting for Godot, Chekhov, and Brecht. The play opens on “a bus stop in the suburb of […]
Death and The King’s Horseman
“Our world was never wrenched from its course.”
Dumb Waiter
“He might not come. He might just send a message. He doesn’t always come.”
The Seagull
“In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.”