Brief Connections by Vladislava Fekete (Slovakia)

Brief Connections by Vladislava Fekete
Translated by Zuzana Flašková

Directed by Patrice Miller

With: Olivia Baseman, Hershel Blatt, Adam Files, Andrea Gallo, Rose Kanj, Katelynn Kennedy Staggs, Nalina Mann, Derrick Peterson, Matthew Trumbull, Katarina Vizina

The threads of the past and present collide and interweave as four friends and their families take radically different paths in an effort to give themselves new lives after the dissolution of their home country. The protagonist ("She") is at the center of this web, listening to those who have stayed and tried to build new lives in the shadow of violence; to those who immigrated thousands of miles live and simultaneously in the open and in isolation; and to her teenage goddaughter, who wants to know what's wrong with all of these adults and when She can visit. Who are you when your home no longer exists on a map? Can divorce stop the cycle of violence? Is her mother's phone bugged? If so, why won't she stop calling?

Followed by a post show discussion

Part of Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival honoring Vaclav Havel, produced by the Václav Havel Center and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association.

in association with Untitled Theater Company No. 61 and the Consulate General of Slovakia in New York