The Old Country – Streaming at Steppenwolf
- on October 2nd, 2021
- in Billy News •
Billy’s play, THE OLD COUNTRY is now streaming at Steppenwolf until October 24.
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From the NY Times
Review: Tracy Letts Brings Out the Long Knives in Short Plays
THE OLD COUNTRY
A filmed vignette, inhabited by puppets
Written by ensemble member Tracy Letts
Directed by Patrick Zakem
Featuring ensemble members William Petersen and Karen Rodriguez with Mike Nussbaum
Run time: 9:21 minutesTwo men in a diner drain the last drops of their coffees and think about ordering dessert. In the denouement of their (physical, intellectual, and sexual) lives, they wax nostalgic and try to communicate across a wide divide.
“Deepened by the choice to stage the piece, written for humans, with [papier-mâché] puppets… their sad gorgeousness and apt materiality — Ted’s stringy white hair looks like Scotch tape, as if it alone were holding him together — give ‘The Old Country’ the weight of universal tragedy, in just eight minutes.” – The New York Times
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