The On the Verge play reading series will present a reading of Cleansed, by Sarah Kane, at the Handwerker Gallery on Thursday, March 27, at 6:30 p.m.
Cleansed was written by Sarah Kane, a British playwright whose life ended prematurely when she committed suicide in 1999 -- just a year after Cleansed was first performed. This dark and deeply disturbing play about "an institution designed to rid society of its undesirables" (as the cover page of the first edition describes it) is notable for its poetic language and its sharp theatricality, as well as for its striking violence.
The reading will be directed by IC drama major Chrysta Naron '08. It will feature a cast of students from the Departments of Theatre Arts and English.
The reading will begin promptly at 6:30 at the Handwerker Gallery, and it will run for about an hour.
