Havel at Columbia
Performance
Largo Desolato, a play by Václav Havel
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MFA Theatre program in the School of the Arts
Nov 03-Nov 05 Schapiro Studio, 605 W 115th Street |
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Translated by Tom Stoppard
Featuring: Brendan Bradley, Ben Ballarin, Laura Campbell, Jocelyn Greene, Neil Hellegers, Christina Bennett Lind, Tom Picasso, and Clayton Dean Smith.
Directed by
Rebecca Easton
Dramaturgy by
Abigail Katz
Vaclav Havel wrote this semi-autobiographical play in 1984, within a year after his release from prison. At once ridiculously funny and deeply unnerving, the absurdity of Largo Desolato reveals the dilemma of a political dissident and his struggle with paranoia, paralysis, and responsibility.
Friday, November 3 at 8:30pm
Saturday, November 4 at 2pm & 8:30pm
Sunday, November 5 at 3pm & 7:30pm
Largo Desolato is a Classroom Presentation from the
MFA
Theatre
program in the School of the Arts.