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Written and directed by Sophia Krowicki
Written and directed by Sophia Krowicki
Four Men Lying in a Ditch (somewhere) is a bold play about taboos, fame, survival, procreation and sexuality set against the end of World War 1 and the glamorous illusion of
1920s Hollywood.
1920s Hollywood.
In Act I, four men-three soldiers and a journalist-cling to life and identity in the muddy chaos of No Man’s Land, along the fractured border of Northern France and Belgium. Bound by fear, ideals
and unspoken truths, they navigate through the senselessness of war.
and unspoken truths, they navigate through the senselessness of war.
Act II moves into the golden haze of early Hollywood. The journalist’s war memoir is being adapted to the silver screen, but fame demands fabrication. Haunted by the lies that brought him success, he faces a choice: uphold a society obsessed with masculine ideals – or risk everything by exposing the truth.
At its core, Four Men Lying in a Ditch (somewhere) is a story of survivor’s guilt and raises the question: what good is a memoir when living feels like theft?
Photos: Sophia Krowicki