woyzeck

By Georg Buchner
Adapted by Brian Hesser

A poor soldier, a lonely woman, a questionable doctor, a Drum Major…
and peas.

Are we the products of our impulses or our conditioning? Woyzeck, a soldier, clings to the bottom rung of sanity and society’s ladder. When his girlfriend casts her eyes on the handsome Drum Major, the dehumanizing pressures of poverty, jealousy and humiliation begin to  take their toll. Georg Buchner’s famous and unfinished masterpiece gets a new and visceral staging in nimbus’ latest production. Director Brian Hesser guides a remarkable ensemble through an unflinching exploration of madness and morality, apocalyptic vision and tortured reality. 

December 2 - December 17, 2011

The Ensemble