6/8/2023 0 Comments Self accusation peter handkeAnd I cannot decide whether that was part of the aesthetic picture being created or if it was simply fuzzy decision making on the part of the production. There is a neutrality embodied by both performances dictated by the text and director that results in movements, interaction, and intonation both thought through and solid, but never entering the world of excellent. The two inundate us with identical text of their upbringing: how they perceived the world, and more importantly how they “indicated the indicated objects” To my left stands a female Kris Roth holding a silver suitcase and to my right a male Jerry Herbilla, who seemed in demeanor to be channeling Jason Schwartzman in Rushmore, also holding a silver suitcase. ![]() We are presented with two performers in grey who look back on their lives, and as it’s repeated to us, the two are stripped of personal identity. As luck did have it, the signal was wrong, and the piece, once it began evolved into a smart forty minute foray into semiotics in the summertime. Considering that it was 10 minutes before the performance, and I was the only audience member there, it became more a portent than anything else, only to be worsened when another man arrived, and I wondered if his ‘hurumphing’ (really, he did) was in fact a part of the show. Theatre Du Jour and DC Arts Center collaborate to bring us Peter Handke’s Self Accusation! In the DC Arts Center itself, this simple blackbox builds an auditory atmosphere all abuzz in preparation for the big night.
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