In "Minotaur" a family gathers on Christmas Eve. Like all families, this family holds itself together with lies, illusions, cliches. Over the course of a night and day, those lies, illusions, cliches begin to break down under the pressure of repressed truth. This is the basic meaning of the play's title: at the center of every labyrinth, there is a monster (a monster which takes many shapes, including our own). The play is about truth: truth as the overhearing of ourselves, through the encounter with other people; encountering other people, and ourselves, in other people. Letting all the pieces collide against each other, and then being able to--finally--see a sort of pattern in the fast chaotic images.
- | Author: Matthew Gasda
- | Publisher: Serpent Club Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 92 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0997613459
- | ISBN-13: 9780997613452