One-person play - guest performance by the Viennese theater theater2go
The reception of antiquity in contemporary American theater: in WRECKS, Neil LaBute transposes the protagonist from the Oedipus myth to the reality of American life. Edward Carr is given away as a baby, builds up a rental car "empire" and finds the love of his life in his older wife Jo-Jo. But behind this American dream lies the Greek myth. What is tragedy here? And how does Edward Carr, the modern Oedipus, deal with guilt and responsibility?
The American author Neil LaBute likes to explore the depths of the human soul in "stories that are as fantastic, interesting and remote as possible", as he says himself. In doing so, he draws on material from Greek myths.
Our production WRECKS was selected by Theaterland Steiermark as a festival contribution for the Theatertage Weissenbach in Austria in 2022.
With: Peter Wälter
Followed by a panel discussion with representatives of Anglophone Literatures and Classical Philology at the University of Greifswald
Admission free, donation welcome, pre-registration at info@theater2go.at
theater2go
We are an independent ensemble from the Viennese OFF theater scene that has been touring Austria, Germany and Switzerland since 2015. We perform on OFF stages, at festivals and do performance projects for universities. We also like to follow up our productions with discussions in order to engage in an exchange with our audience. In 2025, we will be touring Germany, Austria and Switzerland with our productions WRECKS by Neil LaBute and the play development ZWANGSVOLLSTRECKUNG based on Ingrid Lausund. A production of the play LAIOS by Roland Schimmelpfennig will follow in 2026. Information about us can be found at wwww.theater2go.at.
