New Ohio Theatre and Built For Collapse present a searing exploration of traumatic brain injuries, the medical history of lobotomies, and western culture’s insatiable desire to control and colonize. More…
A unique collaboration between the award-winning New York based theater company Built for Collapse, led by Iranian-American director Sanaz Ghajar, British playwright Nina Segal, and pop musician Jen Goma. A multi-disciplinary fantasia that questions the cost of ambition.
See it if you don't need a fully coherent story, just strong visuals & compelling performers.
Don't see it if you have little tolerance for theater experiment that leaves lots of loose ends for you to tie together yourself (or not)
Also The visual design in this piece is strong, & I love its central stage ... Read more Read less
See it if You want to challenge yourself with something unusual. Interesting themes expressed using nontraditional nonlinear techniques.
Don't see it if If you expect a plot or consistent characters. Or a full evening's activity - running time under an hour.
See it if You are deeply enamoured of the creative, downtown, experimental style in your theater, and are not disappointed when it fails.
Don't see it if You prefer that there be one story, or if multiples, that they contribute to each other and produce an evening you can throw a rope around.
See it if you want to see something vibrant and intelligent. It has something to say and it knows how to say it.
Don't see it if you dislike non-linear narrative structures or require a play to hold your hand and concisely explain itself to you
Also Violent. Disparate. Exhilarating. ... Read more Read less
See it if you love experimental non-linear, but well-constructed theatre, unafraid to explore ways of expressing ideas in unique ways
Don't see it if you hate all of the above; If you fear your 'this is what I like' paradigm being challenged