NEWS
Rawya el Chab, Sophie Morrison, Romeo Torres Photo: Raven Watson
PERFORMANCES:
March 21 - April 6, 2024
Wednesday - Saturday at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm
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LOCATION:
The Brick Theater
579 Metropolitan Ave. Brooklyn
www.bricktheater.com
TICKET INFO: $20 - $35
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April 3 @ 8:00 pm Mask only performance & post show conversation with Diaspora Alliance
THE BANALITY OF EVIL
By Meta-Phys Ed.
Presented by The Brick Theater
March 21- April 6, 2024
Based on Hannah Arendt’s controversial idea “The Banality of Evil”, and her scandalous New Yorker article about the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in 1963. Meta-Phys Ed.’s THE BANALITY OF EVIL is a neo-noir courtroom drama about a “show-trial on trial”, and the mystery about how everyday people become war criminals.
Performed by: Rawya El Chab, Romeo Torres, Sophie Morrison
Director: Jesse Freedman
Costume Designer: Karen Boyer
Sound Designer & Composer: Eamon Goodman
Scenic Designer: Nora Marlow Smith
Lighting Designer: Elizabeth M Stewart
Stage Manager: Jennifer Deane
Production Manager: Grady Shea
Technical Director: Grady Shea
Assistant Director: Stewart Harrison
Associate Costume Designer: Al Rosenberg
Original Designs by: Kyu Shin (Scenic), Yi-Chung Chen (Lights) and Avi Amon (Sound)
A workshop of THE BANALITY OF EVIL premiered at the The Tank in 2022. This version includes an additional 60 minutes of new material.
cw: fog, descriptions of genocide
THE BANALITY OF EVIL was developed in residency at Target Margin Theater (2022) and was presented as workshop at The Tank, a home for emerging artists (2022).
SPECIAL EVENTS:
One night only:
The Wednesday, April 3rd performance of THE BANALITY OF EVIL will be followed by a special post-show conversation about the instrumentalization of Antisemitism in the 21st century.
Jesse Freedman, Artistic Director of Meta-Phys Ed. will be joined by Shoshana Brown, US Director of Pedagogy and Training for the Diaspora Alliance and Organizer with JFREJ Jews For Racial and Economic Justice.
Co-sponsored by Jews For Racial and Economic Justice & the Diaspora Alliance
Masks are required for all audience members for April 3 performance and post-show event.
About Meta-phys ed.
MISSION AND HISTORY:
Meta-Phys Ed. creates original performance works that explore the relationship between religion, spirituality, culture and politics; often drawing inspiration from sacred and classical text. Their work draws from many different performance disciplines including theater, dance and performance art.
Meta-Phys Ed. was founded in 2011 by Jesse Freedman and Rabbi Bronwen Mullin, and it continues to emanate from their shared interest in ancient Jewish text, contemporary forms, and experimental process.
Now under the Artistic Direction of Jesse Freedman, Meta-Phys Ed. is a diverse collaboration of artists and intellectuals. They have presented work at The New Ohio Theater, La MaMa, The Exponential Festival, The NY Fringe, IRT Theater, The Brick, Dixon Place and The Doxsee @ Target Margin Theater. They are recipients of the IRT 3B Development Residency, and a Target Margin Theater Artist Residency.
LEADERSHIP
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President: Sarah Chandler
Secretary: Benjamin P. Feldman
Treasurer: Abigail Teller
Jesse Freedman
ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP:
Artistic Director: Jesse Freedman
FOUNDERS:
Co-Founder: Rabbi Bronwen Mullin
Co-Founder: Jesse Freedman
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Meta-Phys Ed. is a 501(c)(3) organization and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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