Often, as in my case, those heroes' journeys break more than they fix — a lesson the adoptive siblings in Julia Izumi’s new work Regretfully, So the Birds Are, learn in a literal trial by fire.
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Welcome to the Calais Jungle, a real-life migrant encampment that stood from January 2015 to October 2016. A notorious purgatory on so many slow, expectant journeys, where there was little food, water, space, tents, clothing. Where children played in the European mud. Where the power of a well-told story could generate empathy, understanding, action. Where there was more hope than I’ve known in my lifetime.
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Personally, I think the show deserves a name change. DARK DATING STORIES gets my vote.
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Instead of receiving a gift in return for their effort and intention, the audience members are asked to validate Sam Morrison’s identity and pain.
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‘note to a friend’ teeters in an uncomfortable no-man’s land between opera and contemporary theater.
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The Bowery Mission’s exhibition at High Line Nine, entitled “A Legacy of Transformation,” tells a 150-year-long story of faith with God as the author.
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