Written By: Franz Kafka
Translated By: Mark Harman
Academy Directed By: Henry Akona
”Original Music for Emperor” by: Martin Bresnick
Performed By: Markus Hirnigel, Makana Madeiros, and Chad Beebe
Piano performance and arrangement By: Maria Dessena
Music Theater performance
Mark Harman's new translations of Kafka shorts. One is about an ape who has learned to be human. Read and performed by Markus Hirnigel, directed by Henry Akona in a music hall vein. The other is a new music piece by Martin Bresnick with speaking percussionists (Makana Madeiros and Chad Beebe).
Producing partners:
The Austrian Cultural Forum
The Consul General of the Czech Republic in New York
Producing organizations: Rehearsal for Truth International Theater festival honoring Vaclav Havel, AFHLE, Hungarian House and The New Stage Theatre Company.
ABOUT THE 2024 REHEARSAL FOR TRUTH INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL
Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival, honoring Václav Havel, is a showcase of contemporary European theater organized each year in New York City. Conceived in 2017 as a shared endeavor of the Václav Havel Center (VHC) and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association (BBLA), the festival honors the legacy of Czech playwright, dissident and political thinker Vaclav Havel.
Each edition of Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival addresses current sociopolitical trends in Central and Eastern Europe, offering New York audiences a unique opportunity to witness the region’s theatrical zeitgeist.
The program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The festival is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.