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Kafka in Tel Aviv, A new play written and directed by Peter Sampieri

Kafka in Tel Aviv
A new play written and directed by Peter Sampieri,
with translation by Lia Parisi '14
October 10-20

A locked apartment door on a shadowy corner in downtown Tel Aviv. The cries of a hundred cats fill the air as American blogger Nina Stern waits. Obsessed with the writings of Franz Kafka, she’s traveled 6000 miles from New York to Tel Aviv to view the manuscripts. Through a bizarre series of events Kafka could never imagine, his papers land in the hands of a Tel Aviva cat-lady who won’t let anyone in. Meanwhile Israel and Germany are locked in a political battle over who owns these priceless lost works. As Nina spirals closer to the ultimate truth, the story leaps back-and-forth in time from Kafka’s Prague to contemporary Tel Aviv, building to the final question:

Who owns a work of art, the creator or the viewer?

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This multi-layered new work promises to be a visually rich production featuring original puppet design by Professor Jane Hillier-Walkowiak.

October 10-12, 17-19, 7:30 pm  
Sunday, October 20, 2 pm 
Callan Studio Theatre
352 Lafayette Street

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Speech Communication pre-show discussion:
Beyond and Beside Kafka's Art: Family, Politics and Culture
Thursday, October 17, 6:30 pm

PURCHASE TICKETS TODAY

$15 general/$10 students and seniors
Free with Salem State student ID (Salem State students may pick up tickets one hour prior to curtain)

Online: salemstatetickets.com
By phone: 978.542.6365

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