Metamorphosis / I'm a Bug???
Accompany Gregor, Grete, Mrs. Samsa, Mr. Samsa, or the Act of Creation Herself in this staged reading of a five-actor immersive adaptation of Franz Kafka's seminal novella The Metamorphosis.
Produced in conjunction with I'm a Bug????, a micro-mini day camp for children ages 4 - 14.
CHICAGO DRAMATISTS
(798 N Aberdeen Ave.)
Metamorphosis / I’m a Bug???
"What good is a life knitted together for someone else?"
Accompany Gregor, Grete, Mrs. Samsa, Mr. Samsa, or the Act of Creation Herself in this staged reading of a five-actor immersive adaptation of Franz Kafka's seminal novella The Metamorphosis.
Produced in conjunction with I'm a Bug????, a micro-mini day camp for children ages 4 - 14.
Performance Note: Metamorphosis will be performed in the theatre, and I'm a Bug???? will take place in the lobby. Both experiences are 80 minutes long, and will occur simultaneously)
Jess Wright Buha is an internationally-produced, award-winning playwright and audio dramatist. She recently wrote a critically acclaimed audio drama for Marvel (X-Men: Age of Orchis, Radio Mode), and her work also received the BBC Best Podcast Award in 2021 for Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery. Buha has had over forty stage plays produced, including literary adaptations of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Joyce’s Ulysses, by such companies as Lifeline Theatre, where she is an ensemble member, Filament Theatre, the Gift Theater, South Africa’s National Children’s Theatre, and many others. She has also written a variety of immersive theatrical experiences, physically spanning areas as small as one room or as large as the entire Portage Park neighborhood. She recently co-created and wrote the Soundlab series, four informational videos produced by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and used by elementary music educators around the world.
Photo: Jess Wright Buha
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