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Biedermann
by Max Frisch
November 3 - 12, 2000 Directed by
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CAST * Member of The Anthony Aston Players 
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* Member of The Anthony Aston Players SPECIAL THANKS
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| DIRECTOR’S NOTE
—Suzanne Massie,
Swiss playwright Max Frisch wrote Biedermann
and the Firebugs in 1951. Frisch was dismayed by the events of World
War II and grappled with the question, “How and why did people allow the
Nazis so much power?” When interviewed, Frisch (who died in 1991)
questioned the new millenium and claimed that if we don’t stand up and resist
the powers of something like a Holocaust, our species will not survive.
Russian author and historian Knowing that, however, it is important that we don’t pigeonhole this play into a play only about the Holocaust. It is also about the other issues around us daily that we turn a blind eye towards and it is particularly relevant during this election season in our country. I’ll bet Frisch would cringe at the numbers of us who don’t keep ourselves informed about political issues or don’t take time out of our schedules to vote. His play is about one thought in particular. Complacency can be dangerous and perhaps even deadly. Got it? Okay now, for the next hour or so, forget everything you’ve just read. The reason this play works is . . . it is really funny. Critic Anne Donohue wrote, “Biedermann is simultaneously a political parable and a caustic commentary on humankind’s moral flaccidity and capacity for self-deception. It is also wickedly funny, with a madcap sensibility that has a contemporary feel and not one shred of earnestness.” Frisch himself subtitled the play, “A Lesson Play Without A Lesson.” So I encourage you to sit back, laugh at this absurd little play, and enjoy yourself. Then think about it on your way home.
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