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METAMORPHOSIS
Thank you for joining us at KafkaTech’s METAMORPHOSIS!
A NOTE FROM THE CREATORS: This experience is one we have been
nurturing for sometime now and we are thrilled to be sharing it with you. So
many people have helped us tremendously to realize our vision and we cannot
thank them enough.
Artistically, we were called to create this show given our passion for
reimagined classics, an affection for psychological quandaries and a desire to
ask simple questions alongside the nuance of complicated human realities: How
can we have mercy for ourselves and one another in a world that demands
maximum productivity?
We hope audiences walk away with a sense of tantalizing ideological
whiplash whilst knowing how dearly loved they are as people. The show for
us is both a healing experience and cautionary tale. The latter reminds us of the
dangers of futurism, which grew out of the early 20th century. Futurism
emphasized the dynamism of industrialism, speed, technology, youth, and
violence, proposing that the ef昀椀cacy of machine-like living was aspirational,
and encouraging a violent break from the past using modern technology. This
philosophy, although born from a desire for growth and prosperity, contributed
to fascist movements which eroded our collective humanity. Fascism would
instruct us to get rid of all that makes us uncomfortable – and the human
inclination is to abhor and be disgusted by a roach. This show asks, are you
prepared to prioritize mercy over your discomfort? Can you reject the obsessive
self-correction that led to the futuristic ideals of fascism? The transformed
Gregor Samsa needs people to see his humanity even though he has been
dehumanized, made abhorrent. In a world that demands we all become our best
selves, can we 昀椀nd mercy for that which we 昀椀nd disgusting, inconvenient, or
inessential? Can we see humanity in the alien? Can we make peace with the
imperfect?
