STORIES WILL NOT MEND THIS BROKEN WORLD
What is the value of art in a world that’s collapsing?
A group of Istanbul theater artists struggle to regain their footing in the aftermath of the 2023 earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria; Alternating between gallows humor and grief, Stories Will Not Mend explores the effect that violence on a mass scale has on those who witness it from a distance and the inextinguishable drive to create new worlds through art, even when that work feels futile.
DEVELOPMENT VIDEO
Stories Will Not Mend This Broken World was first developed at The Mercury Store in 2023, followed by a workshop production at The Brick Aux in November 2024, and later invited for a full run at The Brick in Fall 2025.
“Moving between English, Turkish, and Spanish, the production treats miscommunication not as a barrier but as a truthful reflection of crisis.” More….
“The acting, staging, atmosphere, even the way the words hung in the air was magical. The transformative nature of this piece was so impactful, its dramatic question has followed me since I left the theater…” More…
TRIGGERMAN
Are assassins born or made?
Based on the 2007 killing of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in Istanbul, Triggerman examines how male supremacist groups recruit economically marginalized and socially alienated college-age youth, transforming them through promises of money, religion, and heroism into assassins.
TRIGGERMAN DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY
Triggerman was presented virtually in 2021 as part of LPAC’s programming, and live in Harlem in 2022 with support from an LMCC grant. GALLERY
