The Kafka Project by Walt Jones

Directed by Walt Jones

World premiere by Walt Jones and the COMPANY

One of the most acclaimed and influential twentieth-century writers, Franz Kafka is renowned for prophetic and profoundly complex stories. His works are characterized by a grotesque vision of the world in which an individual undergoes a transformation in ways that society often finds reprehensible.

The Kafka Project is a collectively-created sampling of six of Kafka’s bizarre world of works, along with entries from his diaries and letters.

The centerpiece of this haunting evening – The Metamorphosis – follows the six-legged nightmare of traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who awakens one morning to discover he has been transformed into a giant bug. In a dramatic flurry, Gregor scrambles over walls, furniture and down banisters (without the aid of wires or harnesses in this theatrical production), conveying the wrenching sense of a terrified creature being drained of life as our actor seems to defy gravity on the out-of-kilter set. Click here to read more about exciting collaborations for the production.

Click to read the Kafka Project Program.

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“Kafka’s work is mysterious, hard to crack, challenging and compelling, and full of contradictions. His writing, while not ‘theatre,’ per se, is very theatrical.” – Walt Jones, project writer and director


Photos

  • The Kafka Project 2011 Production Photo
    Colorado State University Theatre presents "The Kafka Project" by Franz Kafka, directed by Walt Jones.

Schedule

Nightly at 7:30 pm
December 1
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 7:30 pm
2
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 7:30 pm
3
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 7:30 pm
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 7:30 pm
9
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 7:30 pm
10
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 7:30 pm

Cost: $9/CSU students, $18/public

Organizer: Jennifer Clary
Phone: (970) 491-3603

Address:
1400 Remington Street
Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524
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