Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man's Blues
Presented by
Guthrie BFA Acting Second Year Company
Alchemy of Desire/Dead Man’s Blues explores the question of how we cope with incalculable loss. In this play, a young woman is haunted by the death of her husband in an unnamed war. She is lost in a swamp of grief and longing. The women of her community struggle to sweep her back into the land of the living with earth magic, songs, and buckets of fried chicken.
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Caridad Svich
Directed by Shae Palic
Presented by the Guthrie BFA Acting Second Year Company
Liu Stage in the Kilburn Arena Theatre
October 28 - 31, 2021
Admission is free of charge, but reservations are required. See z.umn.edu/UMNTAD for more information.