'The Nosebleed,' a new autobiographical play at Lincoln Center, explores the tense relationship between a father and child. DaveCarlinTV spoke with the production's daring creator Aya Ogawa.
-- A new autobiographical play at Lincoln Center explores the tense relationship between a father and child.
The main character in"The Nosebleed" deals with a difficult dad and that fractured relationship leads to regrets and healing after he dies. The show is based on the playwright's life with a distant, puzzling father, and explores the guilt from failing to have a memorial for him."I know that the play will resonate for different people in different ways.
They and the rest of the six-member cast make it a two-way street with the audience, posing questions about dads in general with a brief audience writing exercise and occasional show of hands. At one point, a cast member asks the audience to raise their hand if they have a dad, then raise their hand if they have a dad who has died."The audience can participate to whatever extent they feel comfortable, but the reason that that reach is there is because ...
They added,"I think that men ... are contending with expectations around masculinity and power and power dynamics, and my work is really making an attempt to unravel that and explore other expressions of what it means to be masculine, what it means to be a father, what it means to be a parent, what it means to be a human."Broadway and Beyond
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