What does theatre know that we don't? 

German plays from the 1910s & 1920s. 

 

A Crisis is unfolding in NYC. An era of destruction, and secular upheaval has arrived and institutional life, and the old civil order are being destroyed in response to a perceived threat to the nation's survival.   

​

Ernst Toller's

The Transfiguration 

'A man cried out ...The way...the way..."

A complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual state.

 

Gottfried Benn's

Ithaka

"Who's to say what has driven you away? A curse, the Fall, or something else?"

Ithaka. The destination of a long journey, the supreme aim that every man tries to fulfill all his life long, the sweet homeland, the eternal calmness and  satisfaction. 

​

Walter Hasenclever's

The Son

"Under the guise of education you have committed a crime against me. This will be revenged"

Berlin 1914. A young man becomes a political revolutionary  and brings about

 the death of his father.

​

​

​

Horizon Theatre 2023 2024 season is being made possible by a generous grant from the Alfred Z. Solomon CharitableTrust, Materials for the Arts- NYC's Creative Reuse Center, Google Ad Grants -a generous program of Google, Maison Margiela- John Galliano, and by viewers like you.