Ilona Piotrowska
POOR, POOR LEAR
theatre · nina sallinen & ilona piotrowska · Ages 17+ · United States
In this original dark comedy, a 90-year old Grande Dame of the Scandinavian Theater has chosen Shakespeare’s King Lear as her farewell performance. Staged in her apartment, the diva slowly sees the parallels between her life and that of King Lear’s, questioning her priorities, past choices.
In this original dark comedy, a 90-year old Grande Dame of the Scandinavian Theater has chosen Shakespeare’s King Lear as her farewell performance. Staged in her apartment, the diva slowly sees the parallels between her life and that of King Lear’s, questioning her priorities, past choices.
GLINT, ADAPTED FROM OBLIVION BY DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
theatre · needtheater · Ages 18+ · United States
Glint is an adaptation of the David Foster Wallace story, "Good Old Neon" in the Oblivion collection. During the play, a man explains to an audience why he committed suicide and what happens after you die. Stark and powerful, the text carries with it the weight of its author's own suicide in 2008.
Glint is an adaptation of the David Foster Wallace story, "Good Old Neon" in the Oblivion collection. During the play, a man explains to an audience why he committed suicide and what happens after you die. Stark and powerful, the text carries with it the weight of its author's own suicide in 2008.
