The threads of the past and present collide and interweave as four friends and their families take radically different paths in an effort to give themselves new lives after the dissolution of their home country. The protagonist ("She") is at the center of this web, listening to those who have stayed and tried to build new lives in the shadow of violence; to those who immigrated thousands of miles live and simultaneously in the open and in isolation; and to her teenage goddaughter, who wants to know what's wrong with all of these adults and when She can visit. Who are you when your home no longer exists on a map? Can divorce stop the cycle of violence? Is her mother's phone bugged? If so, why won't she stop calling?
Brief Connections, Slovakia. Written by: Vladislava Fekete. Translated by: Zuzana Flaskova. Directed by: Patrice Miller. With: Hershel Blatt, Adam Files, Andrea Gallo, Nalina Mann, Derrick Peterson, Dina Rose Rivera, and Katarina Vizina.
Followed by a post show discussion.
Free and open to the public. Online registration required.
This event is organized by the Vaclav Havel Center and BBLA, in association with Untitled Theater Company No. 61 and the Consulate General of Slovakia in New York.
The Spring Stage Readings is part of the 2024 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Dark Dreams organized by the Vaclav Havel Center (VHC) and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association (BBLA).
The program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. The festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.