Amerika or, The Man who Disappeared @ OPEN FIST THEATRE COMPANY & CIRCLE X THEATRE

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Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA

Dietrich Smith’s adaptation of Franz Kafka’s first novel finds all the sly complexities and colors that, as in the source material, are camouflaged by the narrative: the eternal battle between the haves and the have-nots, the shabby treatment of individuals deemed lesser than others, and the search for a reason to be alive in our puzzling and too-often apathetic society. Read more…

Harker Jones – BroadwayWorld

AMERIKA OR, THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED plays as satire, but, like the best satire, it has an undercurrent of anxiety, because, though it was written a hundred years ago, it still feels fresh today. Read more…