Columbia Stages is proud to present Over There, a playful drama by Mark Ravenhill (Shopping and Fucking) and an allegory of competing ideologies set across both the Berlin Wall and consumer driven America.
“I found you. You’re here. And I was over there. But now I’m over here. I’m here. You’re my brother. I love you.”
When the mother of identical twins, Franz and Karl, defects to the West, she escapes only with Franz, leaving Karl behind. Twenty-five years later, Karl crosses the border from East to West Germany to find his other half. The two men have an intense shared connection. They know scraps of each other’s lives without speaking or seeing each other, they speak in unison, yet the gulf of ideology and upbringing between them is insurmountable. When the Berlin Wall comes down, the physical barrier between them is removed, but the struggle to connect and find unity lives on.
Ravenhill’s chilling play examines the urges and hungers released when two ideologies, two brothers, from opposite sides of the wall meet again.
“We are so excited to bring this play to New York, now at the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall.” says director, Christopher Murrah. “It provides a reflection, through the personal story of two brothers trying desperately to reconnect, of the ideas and policies that surround that period of time, and how they continue to resonate today and into the future.”
Over There
By Mark Ravenhill
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER MURRAH
PRODUCED BY NATALIE GERSHTEIN
STARRING RICK AND JEFF KUPERMAN
OCTOBER 15 – 18, 2014
Venue:
HERE
145 Avenue of the Americas, New York
(Enter on Dominick, 1 block south of Spring)
Showtimes:
Wednesday October 15 @ 8:30pm
Thursday October 16 @ 8:30pm
Friday October 17 @ 8:30pm
Saturday October 18 @ 4pm and 8:30pm
Tickets:
$15/ $5 Seniors/ FREE with Student ID (enter code: “STUDENT”).
For tickets visit here.org, columbiastages.org, or call 212-352-3101.
Box Office open after 5pm on show days or 2 hours before any performance.
This production is a part of SubletSeries @ HERE, HERE’s curated rental program, which provides artists with subsidized space and equipment, as well as technical support.
