DESCRIPTION OF PIECE

From actor John Morello comes a mesmerizing performance of T.S. Eliot’s classic poem, The Waste Land. Accompanied by an original ambient score blended with captivating images, video, and projections, this 45-minute performance is a multi-sensory invitation to one of the most important poems of the 20th century. Part actor, shaman, and Tik-Tok user, Morello effortlessly switches, swipes, and inhabits the poem’s characters taking audiences around the world, through time, and into the broken images of a human psyche. See why The Atlantic Monthly raves “One hundred years after publication…its vision has never been more terrifying.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

John Morello has been on stage as an actor and storyteller for over 20 years. His performances have been critically acclaimed by the New York Times and by audiences throughout the US and Canada. As an author, he has published a graphic novel, Dirt, and a poetry and prose memoir titled, Buckshot Words. John performs in stage plays, poetry slams, and recently was featured as a storyteller on PBS’ Stories From The Stage. Apart from performing T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, he is workshopping a new collection of stories for the stage he will take to theaters and schools around the world.