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Dreck Productions is proud to present the US premiere of DIRT
as part of the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival.
DIRT was the most performed solo show in the German speaking
world in the last decade. Renowned German theatre magazine
THEATER HEUTE awarded Robert Schneider best new playwright
of the year for his play DIRT.
THE PLAY:
“My name is Sad. My name is Saddam. Actually my
name is Saddam. Saddam is a first name, Adolf is also a first
name, or Jesus.” He is an illegal immigrant from
Iraq. He loves the English language. He sells roses to forty-year
old men who buy themselves forty-year old women. He loves
the American culture. He has never sat on a park bench in
this city. He misses home. He loves life. And he wants to
die. His name is Sad but he is not sad.
“Award winning play about racism and the havoc it wreaks
on the human spirit.”
ROBERT SCHNEIDER (author): His first novel,
Schlafes Bruder (Brother of Sleep) appeared in 1992 and immediately
became a worldwide success, with over 200 reviews. Translated
into 24 languages, Schneider received numerous awards including
the Premio Grinzane Cavour (the most important literary prize
in Italy for foreign-language literature), the Prix Médicis
(Paris, France), among many others. In 1993, his dramatic
monologue, DRECK (DIRT) premiered at the Thalia Theater in
Hamburg. The piece was awarded the Dramatist's Prize at the
"Potsdam Theater Days," and was selected by the
jury as the "best contemporary stage work".
PAUL DVORAK (translator): Professor of German
at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where he
has been teaching German language, literature, and culture
since 1974. He also serves as program coordinator for the
six residential language programs that comprise the Virginia
Governor?s Foreign Language Academy. His area of research
expertise is modern German, and especially Austrian, literature.
In addition to Robert Schneider?s Dreck (Dirt), he has published
translations by and about Arthur Schnitzler, Franz Kafka,
Stephan Hermlin, and Alfred Kolleritsch, among others. A frequent
traveler to Europe, he has been the recipient of several Fulbright
and National Endowment for the Humanities awards for study
in Germany and Austria. He is presently editing volume two
of Modern Austrian Prose: Interpretations and Insights for
Ariadne Press.
DAVID ROBINSON (director): Recent credits
include God’s Country, Coriolanus, Into the Woods, Blinding
Light, Sisyphus, Revenge, Un-conscious, Lovers and Madmen
at venues such as Seattle Shakespeare, Greenstage, American
Play Lab, Brit/American Theatre Festival, Dimensions Theatre
Project.
CHRISTOPHER DOMIG * (actor): Recent NYC credits
include first national tour of Great Expectations (Pip) with
TheatreworksUSA, world premiere of Secrets, (Karl Jung) at
the Player’s Club. Regional Credits: Colorado Shakespeare
Festival. WaterTower Theatre, Greenstage in Seattle. International
Credits: Der Kleine Hobbit, Der Zerrissene, Lystrata. MFA
Southern Methodist University
Equity approved Showcase
(*) are AEA members involved
in the production
CONTACT
Mr. Domig at chrisdomig(at)yahoo.com
or at (646)-322-0080, www.dirt-nyc.com
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