The Brick Theater Presents 'Spell' Beginning 8/1

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents a Gemini Collision Works production of SPELL a new play written, designed and directed by Ian W. Hill.

A meditation on—among other things—whether violen ce can ever be justified, and if so, what limits are there and where does it end?
 
An American woman who considers herself a patriot has committed a horrible, murderous, terrorist act on US soil as an act of protest and, she hopes, revolution against the United States Government, which she believes no longer represents the law, people, and Constitution of the USA. She finds herself in a room where she is questioned for days by a man and a woman—who may, in fact be the same person and who could be either a medical doctor or a military general.  As she is interrogated, her mind, which may or may not be sane, reinterprets her surroundings into a chorus of voices—witches, revolutionaries, bossmen, old boyfriends, fragments of herself—arguing over the validity of her violent actions while at the same time trying to deny that the monstrous act has ever occurred, or that she could be capable of such a thing, and trying to reveal her beliefs while at the same time keeping her true self a deep secret.
 
SPELL.  A play for this time of many frustrating questions with no good answers.  A story for those who want to want peace but have violence in their hearts.  A patriotic scream.  An examination of a serious mental disorder.  An incantation.  A length of time.
 
Ian W. Hill has created 56 stage productions since 1997 with his company Gemini CollisionWorks, including works by Richard Foreman, T.S. Eliot, Clive Barker, Mac Wellman, Ronald Tavel, Jeff Goode, Mark Spitz, and Edward D. Wood, Jr., as well a s several original plays.  As a designer (light, sound, projections, sets) and technical/artistic consultant he has worked with many other stage artists and theatres for almost 20 years, and he is currently the technical director of The Brick.  He will also be presenting two other plays in rep with Spell in August at The Brick: Harry in Love by Richard Foreman and another original work, Everything Must Go.
 
SPELL will play at The Brick (575 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211) from August 1, 3, 7, 10, 20 and 24 at 8.00 pm; August 9, 23 at 4.00 pm. All tickets $15.00.