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The Bøyg: A New Play by A.J. Ditty

Added 2021-10-05 15:52:11 +0000 UTC

Hey everybody!

A.J. here. There was some interest shown in the poll yesterday about original comedy/drama as potential future content and, wouldn't you know it, I wrote a play that you can stream right now!

It's called The Bøyg and I'm deeply, deeply proud of it.

Here's the pitch:

It's 1942 and the cultural elite of Norway have been imprisoned by Nazi occupiers in the Grini Concentration Camp on the outskirts of Oslo. As they try to survive their imprisonment and keep their sanity, they decide to stage a production of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt to raise morale just in time for Christmas. But the arrival of a new bunkmate to the barrack brings unforeseen complications, causing the men to reexamine their relationship to their country, their art, and themselves. How can you create art in the depths of despair? And how can you ever overcome the brutal embrace of the Bøyg?

Based on From Day to Day: One Man's Diary of Survival in Nazi Concentration Camps by Odd Nansen.

CW: Self-harm, Suicide

If that sounds at all interesting to you, feel free to head on over to

https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/56647

And give it a gander!

I hope you enjoy it and, again, thank you for being our patrons!

You're all rockstars.

Lurv,
A.J.

Photo Credits: Matthew Lomanno

http://www.matthewlomanno.com