Seeking Nietzsche
Schedule
Thu Sep 26 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
6701 Hoover Rd, Indianapolis, IN, United States, Indiana 46260 | Indianapolis, IN
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Named the Most Impressive Production of a Drama in 2023 by Daniel Shock of A Seat on the Aisle, Seeking Nietzsche chronicles the life, relationships, and madness of a philosopher who shocked the world and created modernity.With the nationalist composer Richard Wagner as Friedrich Nietzsche’s surrogate father and the Nazis’ appropriation of Wagner’s music and Nietzsche’s philosophy, many have questioned whether Nietzsche and his works are on the right side of history. Seeking Nietzsche ponders who determines the answer to this question. When Nietzsche falls into madness, his nationalist sister, Elisabeth, takes over the management of his literary estate, but knowing that the siblings disagree on just about everything, Nietzsche’s friend, Lou Salomé, takes it upon herself to recover Nietzsche’s legacy and reveal his inner psychology. Meanwhile, Elisabeth outlives Nietzsche by thirty-five years and becomes close to Hitler. Influenced by Nietzsche’s theory of eternal recurrence, as well as his madness at the end of his life, the narrative jumps back and forth in time and into the afterlife to tell the tale of the ever-suffering philosopher.
General Admission: $20
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Reviews and Commentary
“I love plays and movies that have ideas or something to say. This is such a play. I was never bored in all of its 90 minutes. I will say that sometimes I would find my mind wander briefly as I considered ideas that were coming at me. But that is not a criticism, it is a joy to be engaged intellectually in a performance.” ~ Daniel Shock
“The balance and insight of Seeking Nietzsche goes beyond the documentary tasks that Eppich-Harris undertook when her fascination with Nietzsche assumed this particular form. Nothing about her examination of the Nietzsche tragedy goes too far in a search for relevance to continuing cultural anxieties. Seeking Nietzsche is on territory that honors both art and philosophy, even when both head in disastrously wrong directions.” ~ Jay Harvey
About Southbank Theatre Company
Southbank Theatre Company is a nonprofit theatre company dedicated to enriching the Indianapolis community – and beyond – through producing plays and musicals by both Indiana playwrights and playwrights of historical and contemporary significance. What makes us unique are our interests in history, politics, philosophy, and literature – and how those subjects can contribute to critical thinking, self-awareness, and social change.
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