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The members of the 46-year-old Wooster Group are the monks of New York theater.
Theyre our holy fools, who even when no one is watching keep the arts sacred fires burning.
Could COVID stop them?
Certainly every other theater in New York was shut down.
Before COVID, they were examining the German text painstakingly, word by word.
It became quite obsessive-compulsive even for us, says Ari Fliakos, an actor with the company.
The Motherwas about to premiere in Vienna this past June when the pandemic struck.
In September, though, the core group was able to return to work onThe Mother.
The material began to blossom and alter under pandemic limitations.
She loved imagining how the Brecht would sound with that as an inspiration.
The Woosters are again planning a trip to Vienna in June with the piece.
It will, eventually, be performed in New York.
Whenever it does, context will have changed it once again.
