Murmurs and Incantations

MURMURS & INCANTATIONS tells the story of a gay, Jewish New York performance artist with creative block who fatefully travels to Poland in an attempt to revive his art career, only to be confronted by the feisty ghost of his grandfather, a rabbi killed in the Holocaust. Harrowing, poignant and irreverently funny, MURMURS & INCANTATIONS explores the anguish and the responsibility of being an artist. It sharply examines the ways in which identity, cultural history and personal baggage affect, impede an artist.

Format: Full length, Dramedy

Cast Size:6M, 2W

Character breakdown:

BEN LEVITTS, A New York artist with creative block. Early 60’s.
LANE, his best friend. A saucy Southerner. Early 50’s.
DOVID SCHULEVITZ, The ghost of Ben’s grandfather. An old world rabbi. Early 70’s.
EVA GORZELAK, A Polish curator. Reserved and dignified.
Mid 60’s.
ZBIGNIEW, A Polish gallery technician. Hunky but sensitive. Early 30s.
MICHAEL, The ghost of Ben’s lover. Early 30’s.
HELEN, A New York socialite.
ROACH, A stoner art student. 20’s.
OTHER CHARACTERS
Gallery Guests, Art Students, Airport Passenger

Notes:

http://murmursplay.com

Study guides or support material: available upon request.

Original or Prominent Production:
New York Fringe Festival 2016

Nationality of Author: Canadian | U.S. | Israeli

Original Language: English

Production Rights Holder:

Dahn Hiuni. Date of authorship, 2016.

Experience(s) Chronicled: European Jewry Before the Holocaust | Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism | Allegoric or Metaphoric Representations | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Resistance