Our show opens a week from tonight. The nerves started hitting this week, which is good. It's sort of a theatrical fight or flight response. Amped up pressure helps move things along. It has also helped knock off some of the running time. At the beginning of the week it looked like a 4 and half hour show. As of the middle of the week it looked like 3 hours. I'm pretty sure we can pare it down by another half hour. So what is this show about, you may be asking yourself. Well, here is the abstract:
What does it mean to be a patriot or a terrorist in a time of war, especially when alliances keep changing? Meet Hugo, a political activist grappling with this question in the half-fictional country of Illyria. Jean-Paul Sartre depicts a land that is clearly ravaged by war and a people who share a basic human desire for survival. But patriot or terrorist? It all depends on who's looking through the lens.
For some this is an easy idea to wrap ones head around. Of course our definitions are based on our own personal views. And of course I understand that my views are coloured by my experience. For others, not so much. What's right is right. Of course my views are correct. If they weren't, why would I believe them? Anyone with an opposing view is absolutely wrong. Truth is a static thing, they say. But is it? I leave that to you, gentle reader. Are you able to separate yourself from your prejudices enough to understand the other? I hope so. In the end, when the bullets are done flying, if we can't talk to each other, there's little point. I hope you all come and see the show. Cheers.
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