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THIS PLACE IS A DESERT
Conceived and directed by Jay Scheib (Boston–New York)
in collaboration with media artist Leah Gelpe
Produced by Shoshana Polanco

Running Time: 110 min
The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street
$15 tickets: publictheater.org or 212-967-7555

She wants to disappear. She has an affair.  She feels worse.   Partially seen and partially screened, This Place is a Desert  follows four lovers as they demolish each other in an attempt to defy their irreparable loneliness.  See the action in fragments—through windows, reflected in mirrors, through partially-drawn curtains and projected live onto a wide screen looming above the stage architecture. A lone cinematographer careens through the wreckage of bankers and writers, nuclear disasters, and accidents that might better have been avoided.. This play is  a motion portrait parody of human loves and human emotion increasingly diminished.

“Taking a cue from the work of Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, Scheib conjures a life's worth of tragedy and comedy, and relates them in the most fascinating way possible.” -   The Mass Media

Jan 9 – Jan 20: Wed Jan 9 at 8pm; Thur Jan 10 at 1pm; Fri Jan 11 at 9:30 pm; Sat Jan 12 at 2 pm; Sun Jan 13 at 7 pm; Wed Jan 16 at 7 pm; Sat Jan 19 at 4 pm; Sun Jan 20 at 7 pm