About the Project
Independent producer, director and actor Adam Kern is pleased to announce a production of KRAPP’S LAST TAPE, by Samuel Beckett. Kern will stage and perform the piece, which previously played in Seattle in 2022. Beckett’s work is set in the future, and strongly resonates with our almost?-post-Covid world.
It’s about creating art in isolation and coping mechanisms we use to keep our anxiety at bay and our dreams alive. Kern suggests that “as we work our way out of Covid, many artists have had to find ways of keeping their art alive. Social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram have given us a voice again, and for some an opportunity to make a living, but the sense of community that is also integral to our lives isn’t as clean cut as in the real world.”
“Online we project more confident, positive versions of ourselves, but we hide much of what is under the surface. When something is wrong, we frame it as a positive so our followers will see value in, and be moved by our seemingly “raw truth”. Even then, we are still hiding behind our online characters as we curate endless streams of “content” only to substitute passive likes for more meaningful connections.”
Krapp’s Last Tape is a story about following a singular vision to the inevitable death of a dream. The death of a dream can be a devastating blow, but if you allow yourself to be adaptable, dreams don’t have to die – they can evolve. If you let them.
Production Team
