The Abreact proudly presents Hungarian playwright George Tabori's masterpiece"The Cannibals"
running August 1st through the 16th at The Zeitgeist Gallery and Performance Venue.
George Tabori, who died in 2007 at the age of 93, is a Hungarian-bornplaywright and director, and is regarded as a very significant figure in 20th century theater, especially as a translator of Bertolt Brecht. This dark, disturbing, and yet warmly human play, was the first play after World War Two to occur wholly in Auschwitz, where Tabori's father died in 1944.
The story of two Auschwitz survivors who reunite 25 years later, they are joined by the children of those who perished to re-enact the dinner partythat determined all of their fates. This epic story of history and memory,described by Tabori as a "horror farce", uses a unique mix of psycho-drama,revue, and tragi-comedy to examine the terrible choices these men wereforced to make, and brings the death camp's slogan, "One man's death isanother man's bread", horribly and viscerally to the stage.
The play is directed by the winner of Boxfest 2007, Alison Christy, and features a powerful lineup of familiar faces, along with some new ones,including- Dax Anderson, Keith Kalinowski, Katie Galazka, Linda RabinHammel, Josh Campos, Lisa Melinn, David Legato, Sandy Menzel, SeanPavarenti, Rob Rose, Frannie Shepard-Bates, Carolin Hayes, and LaurenSchafer.
Show times and dates are:
Fri. and Sat. August 1 - 2 at 8pm
Sunday August 3 at 4pm
Fri. and Sat. August 8 - 9 at 8pm
Fri. and Sat. August 15 - 16 at 8pm
Admission is $10.00 at the door.
Reservations can be made by phone at 313.485.0217 or atreservations@theabreact.com
For additional info visit www.theabreact.com and www.zeitgeistdetroit.org