US Premiere
Created by Open Heart Surgery Theatre
Directed by Coleen MacPherson

Combining physical theater, live music and clown; two actors and a cellist bring to life the  ironic and astonishing poetry of Nobel Prize winning poet, Wisława Szymborska. Performed in three languages with original musical score throughout, the play awakens us to the poetic state of wonder and a fragmented humanity with incredible insight, humor and precision.  From a tango to a devotion to onions; to conversation with stones and the stars above,  This Is Why We Live is a celebration of the complexity of human existence and the poet herself, one of the greatest voices of the 20th century.

Run Time: 70 Minutes (No Intermission)