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The Last Cargo Cult Interviews

In THE LAST CARGO CULT, groundbreaking monologist Mike Daisey (If You See Something Say Something) returns to The Public with the story of his journey to a remote South Pacific island whose people worship America and its cargo. This narrative is woven against a searing examination of the international financial crisis that gripped the globe at the same moment. Confronting the financial system that dominates our world, Daisey wrestles with the largest questions of what the collapse means, and ...

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The Brother/Sister Plays Audience Reaction

Featuring Sterling K. Brown, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Brian Tyree Henry, André Holland, Marc Damon Johnson, Sean Allan Krill, Nikiya Mathis, Kianné Muschett, Heather Alicia Simms. Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water By Tarell Alvin mccraney Directed by Tina Landau How far will fast, beautiful Oya go to make a mark in the world? IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER is the intoxicating story that charts a young girls thrust into womanhood and her subsequent fall into the murky waters of life. Part 2: The ...

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The Brother/Sister Plays Interview

A trilogy of modernday stories of kinship, love, heartache and coming of age from Tarell Alvin mccraney, the winner of the New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award and Steinberg Playwright Award. Playing now - December 13 Tickets on sale now! Featuring Sterling K. Brown, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Brian Tyree Henry, André Holland, Marc Damon Johnson, Sean Allan Krill, Nikiya Mathis, Kianné Muschett, Heather Alicia Simms. Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water By Tarell Alvin mccraney Directed ...

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Idiot Savant

Featuring Willem Dafoe, Joel Israel, Alenka Kraigher, Elina Löwensohn, Eric Magnus and Daniel Allen Nelson Marie asks the Idiot Savant, But what makes certain words magic? What follows is a wild theatrical odyssey that could only have sprung from the fantastical mind of Richard Foreman (THE THREEPENNY OPERA), New Yorks legendary avant-garde genius. This new work is a philosophical comedy, in the great tradition of Ionesco and Preston Sturges. From precise existential and metaphysical ...

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Willem Dafoe Idiot Savant Interview

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Idiot Savant Interviews

Video interviews with Richard Foreman, the writer and director of IDIOT SAVANT, along with cast members Willem Dafoe, Alenka Kraigher and Elina Löwensohn. IDIOT SAVANT plays October 27 - December 13 at The Public Theater. Visit www.publictheater.org for more information.

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