The Collision / The Martyrdom
Produced by Two Headed Rep
SYNOPSIS:
Two plays created in response to Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim鈥檚 Dulcitius
In The Collision, Sisters Anise, Gudrun, and Gunch spend their days praying, washing clothes, and copying the Bible. When a mysterious object falls from the sky鈥揵ringing death, destruction, and...unsettling changes in one of the sisters鈥搕hey are forced to question: was this God鈥檚 work? Or the Devil鈥檚? And what happens when you can't tell the difference between a pervert and a prophet?
The Martyrdom asks: how do you solve a problem like Hrotsvitha? More specifically, how do we solve her 10th century comedy about three Christian virgins who triumph over the Devil by accepting their violent, corporeal deaths as a shortcut to eternal happiness with their Celestial Bridegroom? This raucous adaptation is a road trip through the last millennium with the people (and puppets) who have asked themselves this same question - in hopes that someone else might have the answer.
The Collision:
Written by Nadja Leonhad-Hooper
Directed by Lily Riopelle
The Martyrdom:
Written by Amanda Keating
Translation by Lizzie Fox
Directed by Molly Clifford
Featuring: Lizzie Fox, Halima Henderson, Layla Khoshnoudi, Emma Ramos
Show Times: Tuesday-Saturday @7:30PM, Saturday-Sunday @2:30PM
