'On the Soul and the Plague'
From CARAVAGGIO TERMINAL by András Visky
Translated by Erzsébet Daray and Ailisha O'Sullivan
Directed and Edited by Melissa Lorraine
Filmed and Performed by Eric K. Roberts
Scenic Designer Henry Wilkinson
Assistant to the Director Emily Bragg
Dramaturg Evan Hill
A retrospective of András Visky texts - MY BODY'S IMAGE, DELAYED
- an experiment in ongoing response to the isolation and silence of the current pandemic.
(15 Episodes Digitally Shared each Friday at 7pm beginning April 17, 2020)
Each of Theatre Y's 16 Ensemble members will create a weekly performance video (each Friday) of a Visky excerpt, to be released as a serial. A meditation on introspection, self-interrogation, and refracted identity, each performance will feature a new experiment with text and mirrors.
This was the Prologue released on András Visky and Samuel Beckett's Birthday
April 13, 2020 To Our Birthday — Piece for Four Hands with Samuel Beckett by András Visky
Translated by Erzsébet Daray and Ailisha O'Sullivan
From Theatre Y and featuring Ensemble Member Howard Raik
Fifteen years ago, Theatre Y was formed as a means of producing the work of playwright András Visky. This year, we celebrate him as the seed of inspiration that formed our company. Over these 15 weeks, we will host virtual conversations with co-founding Artistic Director Melissa Lorraine, the ensemble members, and András Visky. His childhood in a prison camp, his ongoing persecution under the Communist Dictatorships of Romania and his Barrack Dramaturgy make him strangely qualified to orient us through this present moment of profound grief and extreme loss of control.
In the fall of 2020 Theatre Y will officially honor András Visky and the release of his directorial film debut featuring Lorraine entitled Performing Juliet.
Theatre Y creates radically hospitable spaces for communion through critical and intimate participation. This can not be accomplished through theater right now, but we are no less determined to hear from you.
Please email us with any offering you have in response to this serial.
Music. Image. Text. Video.
We will post them all on our website for you to hear from one another.
info@theatre-y.com
