Private Jokes, Public Places

Details

An architecture student. Her thesis. The jury. Capturing the full character of architectural discourse, Private Jokes, Public Places offers a disturbing yet humorous glimpse inside the contemporary world of architecture. Margaret, a young Korean-American student, presents her thesis for a public swimming pool to an all-male jury of famous architects. Safdie, a former architecture student at Columbia University and the son of prominent architect Moshe Safdie, uses this simple premise as a jumping-off point for a facile examination of academia, intellectual pretension and the failure of postmodernist culture. The play asks compelling questions about the state of the male/female power struggle, fears of disrupting the status quo and ultimately the importance of challenging tradition. Running time 80 minutes

Cast/Performers

Robert East, Michael Gilroy, M J Kang, Colin Starkey

Creatives/Company

Author: Oren Safdie
Producer(s): Snug Harbor Productions, Ergo Entertainment, Maximum Entertainment Productions, New End Theatre
Director: Leon Rubin
Design: Dermot Hayes