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Mike Daisey: Monologues Start at Home
Monologist Mike Daisey 's process is simple, really. He sits down on a stage in front of an audience and talks, Spalding Gray-style. No script, just talking. He weaves personal stories with historical facts and philosophical inquiry, transfixing audiences and critics alike.
Of course, it's not that simple. Before taking his shows to New York, Daisey hones them with draft performances in Seattle (where he lived when he wrote his first big monologue about Amazon) and other cities (as he did with the knockouts, If You See Something Say Something and How Theater Failed America ).
In his latest creation-in-progress, The Last Cargo Cult , Daisey tells the story of the time he spent on a remote South Pacific Island where the residents worship America at the base of a volcano. He performs tonight in the first of six workshops at the Richard Hugo House. Fridays and Saturdays through August 22, 8 pm, $20.
Of course, it's not that simple. Before taking his shows to New York, Daisey hones them with draft performances in Seattle (where he lived when he wrote his first big monologue about Amazon) and other cities (as he did with the knockouts, If You See Something Say Something and How Theater Failed America ).
In his latest creation-in-progress, The Last Cargo Cult , Daisey tells the story of the time he spent on a remote South Pacific Island where the residents worship America at the base of a volcano. He performs tonight in the first of six workshops at the Richard Hugo House. Fridays and Saturdays through August 22, 8 pm, $20.
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