by Sarah Gancher
directed by Jean Randich.
In a deserted
neighborhood in post-communist Budapest, young bohemians squat in an abandoned
building and build a bar. Reclaiming the Jewish identity their parents’
generation abandoned after the Holocaust, they create a vibrant new subculture
that combines big ideas and intense debates with wild parties. Friendships form
and fray, couples recombine, people change, the neighborhood is transformed.
But when authoritarianism and anti-Semitism make a surprise comeback in the
country at large, will the place they built survive? A tale of friendship,
idealism, and coming of age, set against the backdrop of Hungary’s current
terrifying slide into dictatorship—and the global rise of right-wing populism.
Music arrangement and direction: Bruce
Williamson
Designs by:
Sue Rees (set and projections)
Olivera Gajic (costumes)
Evan Grey Caldwell (lights)
Miran Kapor (sound)
Timothy Atkinson, Larry Dembski, and Keely Durkin (puppets)
Dramaturgy by:
Rob Ascher and Soumya Rachel Shailendra
Sue Rees (set and projections)
Olivera Gajic (costumes)
Evan Grey Caldwell (lights)
Miran Kapor (sound)
Timothy Atkinson, Larry Dembski, and Keely Durkin (puppets)
Dramaturgy by:
Rob Ascher and Soumya Rachel Shailendra
Assistant
directed by:
Inas Gacanin
Inas Gacanin
Stage
Managed by:
Florence Gill
Florence Gill
Live video, wireless feeds, recorded imagery,
tables, chairs, bar, painted wall, graffiti, staircase, puppet booth, hanging window frames, hanging books, wooden spoons, Winnie and Tigger ( my dogs), immersive
environment
May 2019
Bennington College
