Is Art even possible?

Artists exist to create Art. Why does the state of the world today make them question that purpose and has it always been so? Susanna Fournier and ted witzel have been asking themselves that, and why they keep trying to give up Art (and failing) for twelve years during which time the world has just got even more fucked up. The result is take rimbaud; a play by Susanna Fournier, directed by ted witzel currently playing at Buddies in Bad Times in partnership with the Howland Company.

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Witch! What? Why?

In 1621 one Elizabeth Sawyer, inevitably a poor, old woman, was hanged as a witch in London.  A play, The Witch of Edmonton, loosely based on the trial and events leading up to it, hit the boards shortly after.  It was a popular success.  Now Jen Silverman has taken the framework of that Jacobean tragicomedy and grafted onto it a critique of late stage capitalism.  The result is Witch, currently playing at Soulpepper in a production directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster.

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