A powerful new play exploring social issues, interclass dialogue, and the possibility of communal improvement
Award-winning playwright Marcus Youssef and his collaborator James Long take readers to the future with the riveting new play Do you mind if I sit here? Thirty years from now, three social planners visit Vancouver's Russian Hall, long abandoned due to earthquakes and flooding, with a seemingly straightforward task: repurpose the hall for common use. But the trio soon discover the project won't be as easy as they'd thought. An eccentric squatter has made the damaged hall his home, and he not only possesses a trove of Soviet industrial films on 16-mm stock but also refuses to leave. Do you mind if I sit here? is a witty theatrical allegory about the possibilities of radical transformation, in which Youssef and Long dare us to imagine a future borne from our most important beliefs, fears, and hope.
A bold new work from award-winning playwrights James Long and Marcus Youssef
Thirty years from now, three social planners visit Vancouver's Russian Hall, long abandoned due to earthquakes and flooding, with a seemingly straightforward task: repurpose the hall for common use. But the trio soon discover the project won't be an easy fix. An eccentric squatter, armed with a trove of Soviet industrial films on 16 mm stock, has made the damaged hall their home ... and they're not leaving.
James Long and Marcus Youssef's multimedia play Do you mind if I sit here? dares us seriously to consider the possibilities of radical transformation and to imagine a future born from our most important beliefs, fears, and hopes.
Cast of 3 actors of any gender
