DEATHVARIATIONS

by Jon Fosse, translated/directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde (2006)

cast: Natalia Payne, Diane Ciesla, Deb Knox, David Townsend, Dick Hughes and Charles Boreland

dramaturgy Marie-Louise Miller & Oda Radoor, set Lauren Helpern, lights Mary Louise Geigers, costumes Courtney Logan, music Cristian Amigo, sound David Margolin Lawson, stage management Fumiko Tanaka, casting Calleri Casting, Paul Davis & Erica Jensen, producers Lisa Dozier, Jeffrey Horne and Regina Robbins

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. Jon Fosse heightens the language of the everyday to reveal the power behind what we leave unsaid and what remains unseen.

translation published by PAJ in 2007

“Fierce poetic simplicity…the cast of “deathvariations” is sometimes stunningly in touch with Mr. Fosse’s worldview. And no small credit goes to Sarah Cameron Sunde, who both translated and directed the play.”
– THE NEW YORK TIMES