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Writers Block: John Jesurun, FAUST/How I Rose
FAUST/How I Rose takes on a host of cultural, social, and personal politics. A high-flying diplomat, Jesuruns Faust is susceptible to love and its inevitable pain, a vulnerability exploited by his often-sympathetic, female Mephistopheles. Bedeviled by a kind of 360-degree vision, she sees everything from every point of view, simultaneously, and is the atmospheric center of the play. This story of Faust is set in modern secular times. Secular times infers that neither God nor the Devil exist and the piece explores Faust's own responsibility and motivation for his work and life.
The play itself has a particular worldview: the messiness of contemporary life. Its given setting is simultaneously before, during and after our present time. It implies a precarious international panorama of eternally shifting layers of history, time and expectations.
FAUST/How I Rose was originally commissioned by The Builders Association and Neumarkt Theater in Zurich in 1996 and performed in Europe and the US as "Jump Cut Faust". In 1998 it was directed by acclaimed Mexican director Martin Acosta at the National Theater of Mexico where it ran for several months in sold out performances. After a series of other runs in Mexico it was performed at the Cervantino Festival in Mexico and BAM's Next Wave Festival in 2004. Jesurun also directed a German version of it in Frankfurt in 1999.
JOHN JESURUN is a playwright,director,designer living in New York. His presentations integrate elements of language, film,architectural space and media.His exploded narratives cover a wide range of themes and explore the relation of form to content.They challenge the experience of verbal, visual and intangible perceptions. His work is distinguished by his integrated creation of the text,direction,set and media design. Born 1951 in Battle Creek, Michigan. B.F.A. Philadelphia College of Art/1972. M.F.A. in Sculpture from Yale University/ 1974. 1976-79/Television Content Analyst for CBS.1979-82/Assistant to producer/ Dick Cavett Show producing shows on John and Mackenzie Phillips, John Hammond Sr., Odetta and Tito Puente.
About The Writers Block:
The Writers Block Festival was created by Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project to showcase the vision of contemporary writers, performers, and artists many of whom got their start in the nightclubs, seminal performance spaces, and theaters associated in the EV/LES. The festival serves as a benefit for Howl! HELP, providing emergency financial assistance and social service support to artists who have made or continue to make their careers in New Yorks East Village and Lower East Side arts communities. 100% of ticket sales benefit the Actors Fund.
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LocationHowl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project (View)
6 east 1st street
New York, NY 10003
United States
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