Do You Mind If I Sit Here?
A powerful new play exploring social issues, interclass dialogue, and the possibility of communal improvementAward-winning playwright Marcus Youssef and his collaborator James Long take readers to the future with the riveting new play Do you mind if I sit here? Thirty years from now, three social planners visit Vancouver’s Russian Hall, long abandoned due to earthquakes and flooding, with a seemingly straightforward task: repurpose the hall for common use. But the trio soon discover the project won’t be as easy as they’d thought. An eccentric squatter has made the damaged hall his home, and he not only possesses a trove of Soviet industrial films on 16-mm stock but also refuses to leave. Do you mind if I sit here? is a witty theatrical allegory about the possibilities of radical transformation, in which Youssef and Long dare us to imagine a future borne from our most important beliefs, fears, and hope.
A powerful new play exploring social issues, interclass dialogue, and the possibility of communal improvementAward-winning playwright Marcus Youssef and his collaborator James Long take readers to the future with the riveting new play Do you mind if I sit here? Thirty years from now, three social planners visit Vancouver¿s Russian Hall, long abandoned due to earthquakes and flooding, with a seemingly straightforward task: repurpose the hall for common use. But the trio soon discover the project won¿t be as easy as they¿d thought. An eccentric squatter has made the damaged hall his home, and he not only possesses a trove of Soviet industrial films on 16-mm stock but also refuses to leave. Do you mind if I sit here? is a witty theatrical allegory about the possibilities of radical transformation, in which Youssef and Long dare us to imagine a future borne from our most important beliefs, fears, and hope.
| Autor: | Long, James Youssef, Marcus |
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| ISBN: | 9781772014495 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Ingram Publishers Services |
| Veröffentlicht: | 29.01.2024 |
| Schlagworte: | FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic FICTION / Science Fiction / Humorous |
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