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Next Up: Dream of Autumn by Jon Fosse

My next gig onstage: Dream of Autumn by Jon Fosse

Monday night, November 18 at the International Voices Project we unveil a staged reading of Jon Fosse’s Dream of Autumn. Fosse won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2023 for his work.

Dream of Autumn was translated into English by Sarah Cameron Sunde. The piece features quite a tension filled family reunion gathering at a cemetery. That’s actually a mild description of this piece the takes some twists and turns with time along with a dip into the wild world of magical realism. I doubt you’ll ever look at a gravestone the same way again.

The staged reading is free, and The International Voices Project is an organization I’ve worked with for years and certainly one that deserves support for bringing voices from other countries to Chicago.

Come check us out.

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The Lehman Trilogy Diaries: Dancing on the Edge of the Light

We’re right there on the edge. On the edge of completing this production of The Lehman Trilogy. On the edge of creating something special. It’s all there, ready to come into complete focus. Everyone can feel it. It’s like dancing on the border between the light and the dark. One step either way and you have a good show or a great show.

We’ve got two more rehearsals left. Some gaps to close. Some hard decisions to make on those we can’t. The rest is about sharpening the focus. Everyone’s working full tilt.  We’re like the tightrope walker in the play. He eventually falls. We won’t.

Onward.

You can find more of my writings on a variety of topics on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome and check out The Lehman Trilogy Diaries here.