Opens November 4, 2006 at PS 122

Nothing appears as it should in a world where nothing is certain. The only thing certain is the existence of a secret violence that makes everything uncertain.
Lucretius

Is there only one form of violence? There’s a new kind of violence in the air. Do you feel it, Ivan? Obviously I’m not the kind of person who would do this, yet nevertheless I did it.
Lucera from Women Dreamt Horses

A few notes on the play ::

Roger used to be a boxer but now his head is going to explode. There's a new kind of violence in the air. Lucera pukes on the floor and dreams about buying a gun, she thinks about dying, and runs for the door, Rainer just lost the family business but before we get the cork out of the bottle this whole family dinner is going straight down the shitter. ................. . . . .. .

Made with an ensemble of regular collaborators, this family catastrophe drama fills the stage with no frills. A chair a table a carpet. Acting on an edge, or a narrow ledge. No Art. No Sound. No Video. Just three couples killing each other terribly, wishing they could be in love as though the last thirty odd years of history in Argentina didn't matter. As though the last five years of history in America never happened. This ain't political science it's a commedy. And make no mistake, These guys just sort of wake up, and put the gloves on. And that's how it happens. It happens like that.

This is a play about acting, and acting out. I take my cue from Tarkovsky—that I hope one might stand before this play as one stands before the ocean. You watch the ocean—disgusted by it's smell and it's pollution, in awe of it's blunt violence, and brutal determination——You watch the ocean, in silence you stare at it, but your looked is turned back. You gaze into the ocean but you are thinking about yourself. I want this play to be a little like looking at the ocean. A little bit about thinking whatever you want.

JS. nov 1, 2006

PREMIERING
NOVEMBER 4, 2006
women dreamt horses thru Nov 19

PERFORMANCE SPACE 122
BAiT (BUENOS AIRES IN TRANSLATION)

150 1st Ave at East 9th Streeet
NEW YORK CITY
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WOMEN DREAMT HORSES
BY DANIEL VERONESE
TRANSLATION BY JEAN GRAHAM-JONES

with performances by: CALEB HAMMOND, AIMEE PHELAN-DECONINCK, JORGE RUBIO, APRIL SWEENEY, ERIC DEAN SCOTT, ZISHAN UGURLU

in collaboration with : Scenic Designer PETER KSANDER, Light Designer JUSTIN TOWNSEND, Costume Designer OANA BOTEZ-BAN, Dramaturge PETER CAMPBELL, Assistant Director RACHEL RAYMENT

Directed by: Jay Scheib

Buenos Aires In Translation

April Sweeney as Lucera and Jorge Rubio
as Roger (photo by brian dilg)

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