The Tank Presents Generation 9/11 So Far / So Close 9/10-24

Generation 9-11: So Far / So Close is a fast-paced, moving, and funny one-man show that explores how a generation was affected by September 11th from afar - via TV, internet, and phone - 10 years later. The show refracts 9/11 through the memories of ordinary people, right up to the present day. The show is based on over a 150 first-person accounts from interviews conducted by Mr Wolfe in 2001-02 and 2010-11 with people ages 18 - 38. These stories were changed, reframed, and combined. The end result is a complex and storied portrait of where Mr Wolfe's generation is 10 years later.

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"Chris Wolfe...set[s] to defining [his] characters with bright colors and big thick lines."
-Back Stage West
Hot on the heels of a critically-acclaimed run at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Chris Wolfe is bringing his one man show, Generation 9/11 to The Tank. "How does this affect my generation? That was one of my first questions in the months after the attacks," says Producer/Performer Chris Wolfe. "I started a documentary in 2001 that explored this question, which culminated in a trip to Ground Zero for the one-year anniversary of the attacks. But what I realized is that it was too soon to be asking this question. As the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 approaches, I've been interviewing people and trying to figure out what's changed: Is there a Generation 9/11?"

The show is a 50-minute, multi-cultural mash-up of different points of view-male, female, liberal, conservative, Christian, Islamic, affected, distant - but the focus is on people who were not there. Rather than focusing on survivors, rescuers, victims or family members, Generation 9/11 features everyday people that found out by turning on the news - people at a distance - but all of whom were impacted by an event with repercussions that affected the entire world over the past decade.

The show marks a homecoming for Mr. Wolfe, who stopped acting after graduating with a degree in Drama in 2002. He says, "Ironically, 9/11 was a contributing factor in my choIce To leave acting. Someone else described the period after the attacks as a "crisis of relevance." Why does what I do matter? When I contemplated doing a one-person show, the topic selected itself."

About Chris Wolfe
Chris Wolfe is a San Francisco and London-based performer, writer, and director. He is passionate about telling stories and helping others to tell theirs, especially via the medium of the solo (or one-person) show. As a solo performer, he's inspired by the talent and craft of Mike Daisey, Anna Deveare Smith, Heather Woodbury, Sarah Jones, Lord Buckley, and many others. Chris is believer in and advocate for the arts, especially as a tool to help people understand the world around them.
Previous solo work includes Spanish Goldfish (Los Angeles, Blank Theatre Company's Young Playwrights Festival) and Step Through the Mirror (Seattle, Cornish School of the Arts). Acting highlights include Mercutio (Romeo & Juliet), Mr Antrobus (Skin of Our Teeth), and Bottom as part of Cornerstone Theater's community-based production of "A Holtville Night's Dream", based on Shakespeare's classic comedy. He is a founding member of the improv comedy groups Live Nude People (with clothes on) and ImprovShimprov.

About The Tank
Founded in 2003, The Tank is a Manhattan based non-profit arts presenter. Curating across all disciplines, The Tank provides an artistic home to both new and established artists who are engaged in the pursuit of new ideas. Combining free performance space, subsidized rehearsal space, discounted ticket prices and promotional support; the Tank brings quality programming to a new generation of audience for live performance, civic discourse, and the work of emerging artists. The Tank is accepting donations towards The Next Tank here: http://do.nr/2sX