As one whose hair has always evoked *some* sort of reaction in most people, I feel I have a special bond with these two guys. And they both pushed the conventional boundaries of the theatrical traditions of their day with evocative portraits of the bleak and humorous landscape of the human condition. They moved me incredibly the first time I read them back in college. The very first scene I performed as a Drama major was from "Miss Julie" by August Strindberg, and I became downright obsessed with Samuel Becket about a year later after reading his novel Malloy. So, it seems only fitting to visit them again as part of the Silence Project.
Or maybe it's just about the hair.
The program for the June performance will now be Strindberg's "The Stronger" and Samuel Beckett's "Rockabye", with a short audio piece in between gleaned from the comments left on this blog and materials gathered from live interviews.
If you were looking forward to "Request Concert", don't worry. There are still plans in the works to mount this production at a later date. And we are in serious talks with a local radio personality who was recently silenced. He's very interested in being involved.
Stay tuned for more information, updates, and comment requests soon!
