Lucille Lortel Award winner comes to the '62 Center at Williams College
WILLIAMSTOWN – The powerful and internationally-acclaimed Dai (Enough) comes to the Williams College ’62 Center for two performances only this fall. Don’t miss one of the most talked about solo-shows of the decade on Saturday, September 20 at 8:00 pm and Sunday September 21 at 2:00 pm on the ’62 Center MainStage, located at 1000 Main Street, in Williamstown, MA.Dai (“enough” in Hebrew) transports us into the colorful world of a bustling Tel Aviv café, just moments before a suicide bomber enters. Brought to life through Iris Bahr’s razor sharp characterizations, members of all strata of Israeli society, as well as its observers and critics, are captured in what are to be their final moments. But it is Bahr’s ability to find the humor and humanity in even the most dire and tragic of circumstances that makes Dai sparkle as we come to know these eccentric, lost, troubled, and their hilarious lives, quirks, and neuroses.
Far from a polemic, Dai is meant not as a political statement. Rather, it is designed as a freshly-cut cross section of people living in and visiting Tel Aviv that portrays many experiences and viewpoints. It is ultimately an exploration of the humanity of Israel, how lives are touched by the conflict and the internal ideological turmoil prevalent in Israeli society that manages to sustain its humor and love for life despite the tragic existential crisis in which both sides find themselves.
Dai, which began as part of The Culture Project’s Impact Festival, was immediately snatched up for a five month off-Broadway run. From there, it enjoyed a completely sold-out season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, before returning to New York for an encore season off-Broadway and beginning an international tour. Under the direction of the award-winning Will Pomerantz, Dai nominated for two 2007 NY Drama Desk Awards and received a 2008 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show.
A cross-section of humanity in her own right, native New Yorker Iris Bahr has been a sergeant in the Israeli army, a neuroscience researcher, a standup comedian and actress, and is the author of the current memoir Dork Whore: My Travels Through Asia as a Twenty Year Old Pseudo-Virgin. A dual citizen of America and Israel, Bahr’s many television and film roles include a recurring role on Curb Your Enthusiasm and co-starring in Larry the Cable Guy. She is also the writer/performer of another solo work, Planet America, which has just been optioned for development into a feature film.
Dai (Enough) will be performed on Saturday, September 20 at 8:00 pm and Sunday September 21 at 2:00 pm on the ’62 Center MainStage. Tickets are $3 with valid student ID & $10 for all others.
For tickets, visit the Williams ’62 Center Box Office Tues-Sat, 1-5 pm or call (413) 597-2425. For more information, please visit http://62center.williams.edu.
