Woodcutters

Adapted from the novel Holzfällen by Thomas Bernhard
using the translation Woodcutters by David McLintock

Adapted by Sara Brown + Shira Milikowsky
with Adrianne Krstansky + Lauren K. Wolfe

Directed by Shira Milikowsky
Performed by Adrianne Krstansky* + Tony Torn*
Set and costumes designed by Sara Brown
Lighting designed by Abigail Hoke-Brady
Sound designed by Bozzy Karasu
Dramaturgy by Lauren K. Wolfe
Stage managed by Lily Barnes

Preview Performances

• Thursday, September 10 at 7:30pm

• Friday, September 11 at 7:30pm

• Saturday, September 12 at 7:30pm, followed by a reception

• Sunday, September 13 at 2:30pm, followed by A collective conversation examining individual agency within institutional frameworks at 4:30pm

• Monday, September 14 at 7:30pm

All performances will take place in Building W97 at MIT, 345 Vassar Street in Cambridge, MA

Please note that this event will be documented. By attending, you consent to the capture and use of your likeness in photos and/or video taken during the event. This production also contains descriptions and discussion of suicide.

Woodcutters has been made possible with the generous support and funding of MITHIC (the MIT Human Insight Collaborative) and the MIT Center for Art Science and Technology.

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*The Actor or Stage Manager appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States