When:
Monday, April 18, 2016
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM CT
Where: Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL 60614
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
John Paluch
(847) 491-8081
Group: Forum for Languages and Cultures (Buffett Institute)
Category: Academic
In The Returning we meet a mother and a father grieving the loss of their son, Gustav, whom they assume to be dead. The funeral is breath-taking, where they have filled the coffin with tings reminding them of Gustav. After a while daily life returns. The parents manage to go on with their life. One day there is a knock on the door….
Playwright - Fredrik Brattberg
Translator - Henning Hegland
Collaborators - Akvavit Theatre
Director - Breahan Pautsch