600 Highwaymen, USA
A Thousand Ways- A Phone Call
Written and Created by Abigail Browde & Michael Silverstone
Just when you think you might be getting a little cynical about the theatre … think about 600 Highwaymen. The New Yorker
Obie Award-winning theatremakers, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, known for exhilarating performances that challenge the very definition of theater, have created a quietly radical response to this new world with A Thousand Ways. Both performances present a new chance at making contact with a stranger. It is a chance at being heard, a brave moment to show up.
A Phone Call
You and another audience member – both strangers –call into a shared phone line and are met by a narrator’s voice. Guided by a carefully crafted set of directives, a portrait of another person will emerge through fleeting moments of exposure.
This is an invitation. Will you attend?
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This production was commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, Stanford Live at Stanford University, and Festival Theaterformen, and was originally commissioned and co-conceived by Temple Contemporary at Temple University, USA. Original support for the production was provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia.
This simple but sublime production ... touches the deep wellsprings of our attraction to theater. The New York Times on The Record★ ★ ★ ★ ★