Forever Repeating the 20th of November
I saw The 20th of November the other night, attended by an audience so sparse I felt a pang of sympathy for performer Sina Gilani, who smiled from the far end of the Chamber as we trickled in. The play …
20th of November
Will I Come Out Alive
This piece is also available in Farsi. “Gentlemen, I am tormented by questions; answer them for me.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground “20th of November” by means of deploying the technique of Brecht’s “Alienation Effect” places us, the audience, before a …
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The Evil, The Egg, and The 20th of March
It is the first day of Spring. On the afternoon of March 20, 2015, I sit down with Brendan to discuss the possibility of coming onboard as Assistant Director of his next production. At the time I have no idea …
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Brendan Healy on The 20th of November
It is the morning after the opening of The 20th of November. I find myself in a doctor’s office. It’s not just any doctor’s office. It’s my cancer doctor’s office and, having gone through testicular cancer a number of years …
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Approaching the Other
This is not a play about a school shooting, nor is it a morality play about the rightness or wrongness of this action. The playwright knows it is an act of terror; the character knows it is “bad”; the audience …