Nature has forgotten us.
The Loyola University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance and director Laura Hope kick off the 2014-2015 season with Samuel Beckett’s tragic comedy Endgame.
Endgame's opening repeats the word "finished," and the rest of the play hammers away at the idea that beginnings and endings are intertwined, that existence is cyclical. While Hamm and Clov are in the "endgame" of their ancient lives, with death lurking, they are also stuck in a perpetual loop that never allows final closure.
Like no other dramatist before him, Samuel Beckett’s works capture the pathos and ironies of modern life ...Read More
Nature has forgotten us.
The Loyola University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance and director Laura Hope kick off the 2014-2015 season with Samuel Beckett’s tragic comedy Endgame.
Endgame's opening repeats the word "finished," and the rest of the play hammers away at the idea that beginnings and endings are intertwined, that existence is cyclical. While Hamm and Clov are in the "endgame" of their ancient lives, with death lurking, they are also stuck in a perpetual loop that never allows final closure.
Like no other dramatist before him, Samuel Beckett’s works capture the pathos and ironies of modern life yet still maintain his faith in man’s capacity for compassion and survival In Beckett’s Endgame, truth is found in an absurdist 21st century world, the ecological havoc we humans wreak on the planet, and the global warming and rising sea levels that so many deny is happening.. Visual inspiration has been found in art of New Orleans artist Terrance Osborn. What exists outside of the house? Quite possibly nothing ...anymore.
Endgame will run in Lower Depths Theatre at Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Avenue (Corner of Calhoun and St. Charles), on September 26, 27, October 2, 3, 4 @ 7:30 pm and September 28 @ 2:00 pm Tickets are $12 general admission, $8 students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased online at www.montage.loyno.edu or by calling (504) 865-2074.
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