Q&A and Coctail Party on the balcony with playwright Theresia Walser.
Written by Theresia Walser
Translated by Ingrid MacGillis
Directed by Guy Ben-Aharon
ABOUT THE PLAY: Three wives of dictators meet on a TV talkshow:
Margot Honecker (GDR), Imelda Marcos (Philippines) and
Leila Ben Ali (Tunisia). As if in the midst of friendly neighbors, they gossip about Stalin’s parties, Mao’s hand kisses and gifts from Castro. Even assassinations and rebellions are treated
nonchalantly ‐ necessary evils, really. An interpreter tries his best to mediate, but instead promotes a rivalry of monstrous
proportions in which even the smallest misunderstanding sparks a fatal political catastrophe. With humor and ingenious insight, Theresia Walser transforms the banality of evil into an absurd grotesque mockery.
