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You say I idealize women? Possibly.
Who can say. What’s wrong with a woman being idealized
a bit now and then? – Marguerite Duras
Celebrated Parisian stage director Irina
Brook presents a vivid interpretation of Marguerite
Duras’s collection of essays on daily life, La Vie Matérielle,
and Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own.
The production features a diverse ensemble of female performers
including Nicole
Ansari (HBO’s Deadwood, West End & Broadway productions
of Tom Stoppard’s Rock and Roll, Théâtre du Soleil),
Obie-award winning actress, director, and writer Winsome
Brown, novelist and former editor of French Vogue Joan
Juliet Buck who was last seen in the film Julie and
Julia, famed British folk-rock diva Sadie
Jemmett, and concert violin soloist Yibin
Li.
Packed with music, girl-talk, and refreshing frankness,
this evening is a festive gathering of talents; an experience
of sharing these authors’ extraordinary words while cooking,
laughing, crying, singing, and dancing together in an imaginary
and theatrical kitchen.
Irina Brook, daughter of director Peter Brook and actress
Natasha Parry, has directed theater and opera productions
throughout Europe. Her Paris-based theater company, Compagnie
Irina Brook, is currently on tour with four different
productions. Brook is a recipient of the prestigious Chevalier
des Arts et des Lettres.
In
English
Venue
Tinker Auditorium
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022 |
Nicole
Ansari appears courtesy of the Actor's Equity Association.
In the Words of Duras is
created in partnership with the Baryshnikov Arts Center,
Anthology Film Archives, and the Cultural Services of the
French Embassy in New York. It is made possible with the
support of Culturesfrance, the Cultural Services of the French
Embassy in New York, the Délégation Générale de l’Alliance
Française, the Florence Gould Foundation, and FACE.
FIAF's Winter 2010 Season Sponsors: American
Airlines, the official airline of FIAF; the Cultural
Services of the French Embassy; Culturesfrance; the Florence
Gould Foundation; New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs;
and New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency. |
