samara hersch

The Judgement is a new devised performance created by Samara Hersch & collaborators (Second Cousins). Based on Franz Kafka's short story The Judgement, it is the second work in the The Second Cousins' Kafka Trilogy, following the highly acclaimed META at Malthouse Helium 2014, .
The Judgement was written in 1913 on Yom Kippur - The Jewish Day of Atonement, where God decides who will live or die. It deals with an ageing father and an accomplished son navigating their relationship after the death of their wife / mother. Oscillating between banal domesticity and nightmarish horrors, this new work examines how we simultaneously realize and imprison ourselves through the lens of the omniscient, omnipresent Father.

Directed by Samara Hersch, current Female Director in Residence at Malthouse Theatre, this work will be devised and performed by a wonderful ensemble made up of Aaron Orzech, Mary Helen Sassman, Joshua Ferenbach, Daniel Schlusser and Rupert Evans. On the design front, this production sees the return of our wonderful team from META: Romanie Harper on set and costume, James Paul creating the sound design and Amelia Lever-Davidson lighting the work.

It will be presented at La Mama Courthouse in November 2015.

The money raised through this campaign will fill a deficit in the production budget of our show.  This is important cash for materials, equipment and other general production costs.
-  $1500- Will go to creating an exciting set design and costume design ( for 5 performers.) 
- $ 850 Will go to sound equipment to create a unique sound design and composition 
- $ 850 - Will go to lighting equipment to support the overall lighting design. 
- $300 - Will go to supporting one of our ensemble members who has a disability, travel to and from rehearsals and the production by taxi.