Author Archives: Vahdat

Introspection Series

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A review by Atousa AzadmehrEnglish Instructor.Student at HamAva Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Iran) Watch the videos on YouTube Learn more about Introspection Series “Dear Mr. Yeganeh, Well done to you and to your team (Ms. Yeganeh and Mr. Ozsahin) for your … Continue reading →

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On The Practice of the Dialogue of Civilizations

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By Jared Wright Mr. Jared Wright has been a collaborator at Boston Experimental Theatre since 2011, as an actor, co-producer, art director, writer and director. I. M(O)ther will be the 5th performance/experiment BETC has undertaken under the “auspiciously” named project “The … Continue reading →

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On The Practice of the Dialogue of Civilizations

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By Jared Wright I. M(O)ther will be the 5th performance/experiment BETC has undertaken under the “auspiciously” named project “The Dialogue of Civilizations”—a name that invokes and indicts the grand thoughts of huge swaths of humanity.  In my imagination the phrase conjures the … Continue reading →

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Cathartic Cruelty

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Artaud’s Aristotelian Overture By Jared Wright   “Tragedy,… produces its effect even without movement; its quality is apparent from a mere reading… It offers verisimilitude when read no less than when performed.” (Aristotle 54-55) “As if Literature were worth bothering … Continue reading →

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Beer and Dialogue Among Civilizations

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By Ben Howe Mr. Ben Howe is the founder and brew master of Enlightenment Ales, and co-founder and the brew master of OtherLands Beer. His beers and philosophy have been strongly inspirational on Boston Experimental Theatre. In 2013, he donated DAY TRIP ALE … Continue reading →

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More from our 2012 Workshops

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  Boston Experimental Theatre’s new production “ Creation In Progress: To Have Done With The Judgment Of God” is a long term workshop to continue studying the theatre of Antonin Artaud and Jerzy Grotowski in rehearsals and the public performances. … Continue reading →

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About ‘The Misunderstanding’

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The Misunderstanding is more than your typical farce. Yes, absurd things happen, and yes, many of the occurrences in the play might be absurd to the point of being laughable. But the truly absurd face of The Misunderstanding shows itself … Continue reading →

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Who Is Albert Camus?

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The most absurd way in which a man can die is in a car accident -Attributed to Camus   Absurdité, or absurdity, is a situational trait that we often like to regulate into convenient spaces within our lives. We write … Continue reading →

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Grotowski and Poor Theatre

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“Actors and audience, fundamentally an interpersonal situation.”

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Oh, Albert Camus

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What happens when someone with conscience – late developed – and a sense of duty – also delayed in developing, falls into the clutches of someone who has deliberately killed conscience in pursuit of a goal?  What if his fate … Continue reading →

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The Misunderstanding

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The Boston Experimental Theatre Company is Currently Working On Their New Production: The Misunderstanding, by Albert Camus. Continue reading →

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