deathvariations by Jon Fosse

directed and translated by Sarah Cameron Sunde August 4-September 9, 2006, 59E59 Theaters Jon Fosse heightens the language of the everyday to reveal the power behind what we leave unsaid and what remains unseen. When her daughter dies, a woman digs through her past, unearthing each of the losses in her life. She comes to find that death, her frequent visitor, may not be her enemy.

The Older Woman Diane Ciesla The Older Man Dick Hughes The Younger Woman Deborah Knox The Young Man David L. Townsend The Daughter Natalia Payne The Friend Charles Borland dramaturgy Marie-Louise Miller & Oda Radoor set Lauren Helpern lights Mary Louise Geiger costumes Courtney Logan music Cristian Amigo sound David Margolin Lawson stage management Fumiko Tanaka casting Calleri Casting, Paul Davis & Erica Jensen graphics Michael Holtermann producers Lisa Dozier, Jeffrey Horne and Regina Robbins

deathvariations ran in rep with Ibsen’s Rosmersholm as half of IBSENFOSSE2006>>. This unique double bill united Norway's two most lauded theatrical innovators, past and present. In the centennial year of Henrik Ibsen's death, we celebrated both the master and his heir apparent, Jon Fosse with two original, world-premiere translations. Seen together, a contemporary Rosmersholm and the U.S. premiere of deathvariations asked the question: is fate inescapable, or do we create our own destinies? The answers the plays suggested were at once complementary, contradictory, timeless and provocative. Supported in large part by The Alcoa Foundation, The Royal Norwegian Consulate General, and Inger G. Ginsberg.