Volume XII is a fascinating and gripping puzzle of space, time and betrayal played with blackouts, books, and a trio of performers.
Pages come to life and definitions shift as 36 interlocking scenes appear and disappear in blackouts.
Using a full set of 50 encyclopedia and two shifting staircases, the cast brings to light scenes of investigation, revelation
and punishment ranging from a three second blink to a suspenseful eight minutes.

"A vital experiment of the local avant–garde...
an irreverent, visceral twist on a lover's triangle, inventively orchestrated.”
-The Chicago Reader
'Critic's Choice'

"Brilliant... a place that bristles with ferocious physical energy, biting humor, edgy eroticism and feverish imagination ...a thrilling, off–beat theatrical page–turner."
– Chicago Sun–Times

“ Compelling and haunting...
Through ingenuity and, seemingly, magic,
Eric Leonardson produces ethereal, pulsating tones.”
- Chicago Tribune

World Premiere at The Athenaeum Studio, Chicago, December 17th, 1997.

 

 

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