US Premiere
FC Bergman
BAM DEBUT
A village. A film crew. Six shacks. One dead sheep.
Anarchistic Belgian theater collective FC Bergman brings the full force of their chaotic, poetic brilliance to BAM with a theatrical and cinematic work of epic proportions. With some Old Testament inspiration (the title refers to the dimensions of Noah’s Ark), they transform the Harvey Theater into a village in the woods, where live animals, a gigantic cast, and six small houses clustered around a pond. As a film crew circles the scene—revealing the wild humor and grotesque secrets that lurk behind closed doors—these stories build to an unforgettable fever pitch in the face of an oncoming flood.
Note: This show includes nudity, sexual content, and violence.
BELGIUM
Set design by FC Bergman and Matthijs Kuyer
Costume design by Judith van Herck
Leadership support for BAM Access Programs provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for theater at BAM provided by The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; The SHS Foundation; and The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Additional support provided by the Delegation of Flanders to the USA
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