The Way We Live Now
text by
Susan Sontag
An unnamed man is dying of an unnamed disease, and twenty-six of his friends [Aileen, Betsy, Clarice, Donny, Ellen, Frank, Greg, Hilda, Ira, Jan, Kate, Lewis, Max, Nora, Orson, Paolo, Quentin, Robert, Stephen, Tanya, Ursula, Victor, Wesley, Xavier, Yvonne, & Zack] discuss the fluctuating state of his health and spirits through snippets of overlapping conversations, rumours, prognostications, and hopes.
Based on Susan Sontag's acclaimed short story, published in The New Yorker on 26 November 1986.
credits
performers
Jyoti Dogra
Rehaan Engineer
directed by
Rehaan Engineer
Performed at Ranga Shankara, Bangalore, 23 October 2007