BROTHERS By Martin Schwartz These are impressions by playwright/theater director Martin Schwartz about the Work in Progress showing we presented a month before the show opened. A hot Sunday a few weeks ago, March 30. I walk the block and a half from where I live to CounterPULSE for a work-in-progress showing of Homo File. I am psychically prepared to listen to human speech and to watch human bodies on a black stage. I write and direct for the stage,
THE GINZBURG GEOGRAPHY Alla Boara Old Ones Remain Revolution on Borgo San Constanzo Marciar, Marciar Guerra di Popolo Winter in Abruzzo La Filera Corso Re Umberto La Situazione Memoria Piazza Quadrata These 3 Friends La Lega Texts as cited. All music by Jewlia Eisenberg except when cited. ALLA BOARA Traditional O the grasshopper sings on the prongs of the rake There are reapers that count for nothing O the grasshopper sings on the blade of the sickle There are rakers
recently, preparing the ginzburg geography, i have been deep in italian partisan music. i learned a lot of these songs, probably too many... i am all set to do a program for very old men in bologna. anyway, after thinking about this a lot, i concluded that you can divide the songs in a variety of ways. unsurprisingly, there's not songs about people who do the grunt work of starting political parties and then get tortured to death for putting out the
What sustains people in severely oppressive situations? How do you hope when hope seems beyond possibility? How do you unify and inspire when organizing is punishable by death? These are the central questions explored by The Ginzburg Geography, a music performance by Jewlia Eisenberg and Charming Hostess. The Ginzburg Geography is based on the life and work of Natalia and Leone Ginzburg, Italian Jews famous for anti-fascist resistance and intellectual brilliance. Natalia was raised in an atheist and socialist environment
Event Featured Image Output
Event Linkable Title
Event Start Date (Clean)
Nov. 23rd, 2024 @ 8:00PMEvent Detail Button
CounterPulse
80 Turk St, San Francisco, CA 94102
© Copyright 2024 | CounterPulse.org | Website created and managed by Fearless Digital Journey