Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Double Edge Theatre uses a dream-like melding of puppetry, live music and video projections to tell the true story of Maarten Soetendrop, a Jewish actor who may have staged his own kidnapping to awaken his community to a resurgence of anti-Semitism. The Disappearance is based on the short story by award-winning Mexican-born writer Ilan Stavans.
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Just terrible. It was even just an hour play. Acting was good. But, the play was awful.
way too avant garde and hard to hear
The Skirball features an extraordinary museum, changing exhibitions, engaging entertainment, Zeidler's Cafe and Audrey's Museum store--all in a stunning architectural setting designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie.
The innovative Double Edge Theatre presents its latest work, a world premiere, exploring questions of identity and the ways in which individuals are defined, yet marginalized, by culture.
The Disappearance, based on the short story by award-winning Mexican-born writer Ilan Stavans, presents the harrowing, based-in-fact story of Maarten Soetendrop, a Jewish actor who may have staged his own kidnapping to awaken his community to a resurgence of anti-Semitism. Through an evocative, dream-like melding of puppetry, live music, and video projections, Double Edge Theatre addresses urgent questions of guilt and conscience in an atmosphere of mystery and discovery. A Q&A with Stavans and members of the theater company follows the performance.
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