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HOW TO LIVE (after you die)

Dec 7—Dec 9, 2023
BAM DEBUT

Written, directed, and performed by Lynette Wallworth

    Part of
  • Next Wave 2023
Lynette Wallworth spent her early adulthood like any average person—acting as a Bible-interpreting prophetess in a radical Pentecostal community in Sydney. In her BAM debut, the Emmy Award-winning Australian artist deftly shifts her work from film to stage to share an incisive and deeply engrossing morality tale for our times—one in which she just happens to be the protagonist. Using her medium-traversing works as touchstones, Wallworth sheds light on the seduction of cultish extremism by recounting her own descent into an exclusionary, mind-warping belief system and her eventual escape through art. Giving voice to experiences she never intended to share, Wallworth confronts and responds with bold, bracing candor to the troubling rise of implausible conspiracy theories and the toxic alliance that sometimes emerges between the extreme edges of organized religion and fascist forces. HOW TO LIVE (after you die) finds a master storyteller at the peak of her powers, pointing to the ways in which fanaticism can hold the imagination captive, unless we find the courage to reclaim the creation of our own life and story.
Dramaturgy by Louise Gough
Lighting Design by Neil Simpson
Graphic Design by More Studio
VFX Animations by Sohan Ariel Hayes and Radheya Jegatheva
Music by Anohni
With thanks to the Lennon Estate

Produced by THE OFFICE performing arts + film
Commissioned by RISING Melbourne and The Sydney Opera House Trust

ONSALE DATES

Fri Jun 16
BAM Members & Patrons
 
Tue Jul 11
General Public

UPCOMING Performances

      RUNNING TIME

      1hr 30min with no intermission

      VENUE

      BAM Fisher
      Fishman Space

      TICKET INFORMATION

      Tickets start at $35
      All performances will adhere to protocols developed in accordance with New York State regulations and in consultation with medical professionals for the safety of our artists, audiences, and staff. 

      Leadership support for
      BAM Access Programs
      provided by the
      Jerome L. Greene Foundation

      JL Greene

      Leadership support for
      Next Wave 2023
      provided by:

      Ford-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.

      Leadership support for
      BAM Film provided by:
      The Thompson Family Foundation

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      • “a masterful and moving feat of storytelling… the world is lucky to have heard it”
        — Theatre Thoughts
      • “Wallworth delivers a performance that is at once intimate and captivating, fragile and resilient…. [This] is storytelling at its finest and you will come away from the performance awakened and inspired.”
        — Weekend Notes

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