[Capdist-announce] American Premiere of Permanent Trespass at EMPAC Friday, October 25

[TeBordo, Kathryn]

Two traveling eulogists encounter one another in a declining architectural estate. Riffing on official political stances, they gradually open a dreamlike grasping after the principles of revolutions and their failures.

EMPAC at Rensselaer in Troy invites Capital District Theater audiences to the one-night-only American premiere of Permanent Trespass by filmmaker Bassem Saad and writer Sanja Grozdanić on Friday, October 25 at 7PM. Presented in EMPAC Studio 1 Goodman Theater, on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.


Permanent Trespass (Beirut of the Balkans & the American Century)
Bassem Saad & Sanja Grozdanić
Friday, October 25 at 7PM
Tickets: $20 general / $15 seniors / $6 students

American Premiere!
Post-show reception, included with ticket

Touching on parallel histories—including the breakdown of the former Yugoslavia and ongoing crises in and around Lebanon—filmmaker Bassem Saad & writer Sanja Grozdanić begin their jointly authored stage performance as eulogists reflecting on “professional mourning.” Eventually, Permanent Trespass unravels into a very different sort of historical reckoning. The characters must contend with the sense of an ending–of an epoch, of a revolution, of a regime.

Previously presented in Dro (Italy), The Hague, Beirut, and Frankfurt, this production is commissioned by EMPAC and NW Aalst (Belgium) to integrate a new sound score, film material, and additional experimental projection.

The artists approach this expanded version of Permanent Trespass as a cinepoem, building on avant-garde techniques for merging the sensibility of poetic writing with the possibilities of cinematic footage.


More info, tickets & plan your visit online
empac.rpi.edu

Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.
Questions? Call EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921

EMPAC at Rensselaer
50 Eighth Street
Troy, NY 12180

On the campus of RPI Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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