Spitting Against the Wind

(a performance piece in progress)

cast: Ben Franklin, no one else needed
run time: ~60 mins
will be available for performance/touring soon, available for readings now

Upcoming presentations:
• an excerpt will be performed
5 & 6 February 2010, 8pm, at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11215
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Developmental presentations:
• 31 March 2009 at Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie Street, New York, NY

More about the show:
In an age obsessed with self-help, self-medication, and the search for one's true self, the father of self improvement returns to offer a revision of some of his most famous pronouncements. It turns out that Benjamin Franklin is still alive and well in the 21st century. Not long after his death a good friend brought him back from beyond the grave and he's been journeying across Asia ever since, undertaking a personal and spiritual journey that has him questioning not only his early life, but also the purpose of life in general. SPITTING AGAINST THE WIND is a multidisciplinary piece, incorporating dance and storytelling into a performance that asks us to reconsider some of our most deeply held beliefs.

Collaborators for the Dixon Place workshop included:
• Dancer and choreographer extraordinaire, Sarah Van Buren, of the famous Cheryls.
• Composer Brian Patchett.