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Katie's Tales at United Solo Festival!
The vocal and poetic piece Katie’s Tales – pre-presented in nine countries across 4 continents – is coming to the United Solo Festival this Fall. Performed by Agnieszka Kazimierska, this moving solo performance interlaces song, poetry, evocative physicality, and striking stage imagery to create the ... [ + ]dream traces of one woman's encounter with love, war, ancestral memory, and a future still-to-come. Originally created at the renowned theatre research centre: Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards / Fondazione Teatro della Toscana, this exquisite theatre performance is not to be missed!ABOUT THE PERFORMANCEKatie's life unfolds during savage times, times of waiting and becoming. Her beloved left after a recent catastrophe, with a promise to return. Together with a couple of foreign servants, she lives protected in her garden, under the shade of her cherry trees - silent witnesses of her life and of History. Every day she receives visitors, every moment could bring the return of the one who left, and Katie keeps herself ready. Sheltered in the orchard thickening with the memories and unfulfilled dreams of many generations, her own desire is taken up into the maddening whirlwinds of history. How long can she wait? Will she learn how to love again despite the excruciating pain of loss? Can she find comfort in the traditional idea of God or will he turn out to be a silent observer just like the cherry trees in her garden?Step gently but resolutely into a powerful, storied, feminine world of colour, song, and love – despite and beyond the wars and other ruins that (capital "H") History keeps throwing our way.CREATIVE TEAM:With and by Agnieszka Kazimierska (Poland)Directed by Mario Biagini (Italy)Photo by Renato EspositoProduced by Fondazione Teatro della Toscana/Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards (Italy)WHEN & WHERE:Location: Theatre Row 410 West 42nd Street, New York CityDate and Time: November 11, 2023, 7:00pm (55 minutes)Tickets are available at https://unitedsolo.org/the-annual-united-solo-theatre-festival-fall-2023/katies-tales/ With support from the Polish Cultural Institute in New York. Performance is in English, with traditional Polish songs