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Swing Space Company Performance Lab 115 Plays Caucasian Chalk Circle at The Chocolate Factory
LMCC Swing Space Company Performance Lab 115 plays Caucasian Chalk Circle at The Chocolate Factory from June 25 to July 11.
PL115's new production of Caucasian Chalk Circle re-imagines Brecht's master work as a distinctly American fable. Set in a half-finished building taken over by squatters, and using modernized "disaster ballad" folk songs to drive the story, the company mines material from their six-month residency with Mabou Mines (2007-08) to bring the play into contemporary relief.
With the economy at a standstill, ongoing wars, and a disintegrating environment, our society is closer to the dark landscape of Brecht's mythical Grusinia than perhaps at any time since his own post-war Germany. By focusing on the divide between the haves and have-nots, and how quickly fortunes can change, the production asks: what is our responsibility to each other in times of crisis?
June 25-July 11, 2009 Wed - Sat at 8PM
Tickets are $15 Purchase tickets
The Chocolate Factory 5-49 49th Avenue Long Island City, NY
