Anton Piatigorsky: Two Plays
by Anton Piatigorsky
The Offering: Drawing
on the classic tales of biblical patriarchs, The Offering explores
timeless problems of communication between fathers and sons. In a trio
of episodes, the play follows four generations of a single family as
it struggles towards an ambiguous triumph.
“Intense and sparse yet with
a heartfelt core.” — plays INTERNATIONAL
“The Offering ...
operates on a level of theatrical precocity about which theatregoers
can usually only daydream ... ultimately as fresh and engaging a demonstration
of the dramatic possibilities of comedy as you’re likely to encounter
on any stage.” — eye magazine
The Kabbalistic Psychoanalysis
of Adam R. Tzaddik: Psychic conflicts take on mythological significance
in a play about a young man's obsession with a sacred Jewish text. The
play chronicles the psychoanalysis of Adam Tzaddik as he and his doctor
uncover the root of Adam`s denials and desires.
“To raise such [intellectual]
questions without losing the human thread would be too much for most
scripts, but to do so with such humour, compassion and verbal dexterity
— that’s something special.” — eye magazine
“A one-act play of such tight
structure, such cerebral content and such sure drama that the thoughtful
theatregoer could hardly fail to be impressed. Piatigorsky believes
in a theatre of ideas and his achievement here ... is to rely simply
on Adam’s emotional voyage for all the play’s drama. Indeed, Piatigorsky
structures the piece like a taut little thriller.” — The Globe
and Mail
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