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Legacy of the Holocaust: A Report on the Banality of Love (Argentina)
U.S.-based Argentine Jewish playwright Mario Diament's new work A Report on the Banality of Love explores the unlikely but long-lasting romance between two of the twentieth century's great philosophers, Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger. Join us for a riveting evening of theatre in which love, ethics and politics are inescapably intertwined. Directed by Romanian/American director Moshe Yassur.
Mario Diament
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Mario Diament was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A journalist and a writer, he is the author of several award-winning plays that have been produced all over the world. He is a three-time winner of the Argentores Award, presented annually by Argentina’s Society of Authors. He won the 2002 Carbonell Award for Smithereens and was a Carbonell nominee for The Book of Ruth. His play Houseguest received the Los Angeles Weekly Award. A Report on the Banality of Love was nominated for the 2009 Carbonell Award and for two major theatrical awards in Buenos Aires. The play premiered at the Promethean Theater in Davie, Florida in January 2009. It is currently playing at the National Theater in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has openings scheduled in Minnesota, Mexico City, Stockholm and Caracas. Mr. Diament lives in Miami, where he teaches journalism at Florida International University. He is married to Simone Zarmati Diament, who translates his plays into English.
Moshe Yassur
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Moshe Yassur, Director, divides his time between New York and Bucharest where he directed two other plays by Mario Diament: The Book of Ruth, and Tango Final. Both play currently in repertory at the Jewish State Theatre since they opened in 2003 and 2004. His productions of What The Butler Saw by Joe Orton and The Belle of Amherst by William Luce are still playing at Teatrul Mic since 2003. In 2008 he directed his own adaptation of Gimpl Tam, based on the I. B. Singer story, for the Folksbiene here in New York.
6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 24, 2010
Martin E. Segal Theatre. Free!