"STRANGERS"

'Discovery'

Scored and performed by Anthime Miller, cello

From the 2018 Co-production of The Circle Theater of New York - CTNY and Théâtre National du Luxembourg - TNL.

Recorded February 2018 at SOMA Gallery in Berlin, Germany by David J. Romero

SYNOPSIS

Written by Sloan Bradford and Isaac Bush

Directed by Anne Simon

In the near future, a fugitive arrives on an uninhabited island with an unusual, almost paradoxical geography. Little is known about the island: its structures are abandoned and in disrepair, it bears the marks of a hasty evacuation, and recent visitors are rumored to have suffered the affects of a strange and acute form of disease. As this fugitive explores the island, he discovers other people on the island who are stuck in a sort of repetitive purgatory.

Drawing on the work of Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and Albert Einstein, Strangers explores the nature of time and memory, the dividing line between magic and science, and the consequences of invention.

Following Hansel and Gretel in 2015, Strangers is the second cooperation between the TNL and the Circle Theater of New York.

TEXT: Sloan Bradford & Isaac Bush

DIRECTOR: Anne Simon

STAGE AND COSTUME DESIGN: Agnes Hamvas

LIGHTING DESIGN: Katy Atwell

MUSIC COMPOSITION: Anthime Miller

STAGE MANAGER: Daliah Kentges

ASSISTANT Mahlia Theismann

WITH: Isaac Bush, Sloan Bradford, Elisabet Johannesdottir, Arash Marandi, Stefani Mavrokordatou