Stories Will Not Mend This Broken WorldXXX

Brick Aux, Brooklyn

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About the Show

The Brick presents

Stories Will Not Mend This Broken World

Written by William Johnson, Directed by Handan Ozbilgin

November 7-9, 2024

Running time: 75 minutes

at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave

What is the value of art in a world that’s collapsing? In this play, a group of Istanbul theater artists struggle to regain their footing in the aftermath of the 2023 earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. Alternating between gallows humor and grief, Stories Will Not Mend This Broken World explores the effect that violence on a mass scale has on those who witness it from a distance and the inextinguishable drive to create new worlds through art, even when that work feels futile.

CREATIVE TEAM

Written by William Johnson

Directed by Handan Ozbilgin

Cast: Lal Ensari, Karina Curet, Defne Ozkan, Francisco Arcila, Roberto Tolentino