performance
Zachary Oberzan The Great Pretender
Zachary Oberzan, the American wunderkind, is back! Those who saw Your Brother Remember, or Tell Me Love Is Real, will race to the ticket office for a new portion of goosebumps!
In the spring of 2015, a theatre technician happened to meet a man on a bus in Antwerp. Claiming to be the famous American film/theatre maker Zachary Oberzan, the man was soon introduced to the senior staff of deSingel Internationale Kunstcampus, where he promised to create a new work using them as actors and their theatre as the location. After a week of rehearsals, the staff grew suspicious.
The man was revealed to be an imposter, and was arrested by Belgian police for fraud. Renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami read about this minor incident, and, deeply intrigued, filmed the trial and re-constructed the events leading up to it. What we discover is a very complex story of a man torn by profound issues of identity, frustration, and artistic creation that all spill over into our own lives, as we ourselves struggle with what role each of us is to play in the world.
1h30’, EN spoken
Conceived, directed, designed, adapted, cinematography, edited, performed by: Zachary Oberzan
Inspired by: Abbas Kiarostami and Hussein Sabzian
Dramaturgy, producer, manager: Nicole Schuchardt
Lights, sound, video technician: David Lang
Stage consultant: Eike Böttcher
Costume Designer: Dorothea Andrae / schneidermeister
Background singers: Maya Mertens, Diede Blok
Co-production: deSingel Internationale Kunstcampus Antwerpen, HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Beursschouwburg Brussels, Vooruit Gent, Black Box Teater Oslo, Gessnerallee Zürich, Teaterhuset Avant Garden Trondheim, brut Wien
Zachary Oberzan is a founding member of Nature Theater of Oklahoma, a theatre collective based in New York City. He has performed with The Wooster Group and Richard Foreman, and released two albums of original songs, most recently Athletes of Romance. His solo work consists of the feature film Flooding with Love for The Kid, performance/film Your brother. Remember? and theatre/film/musical hybrid Tell Me Love Is Real.
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