Audiece at Bohemian National Hall

This production of"Audience"is Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre's version of Vaclav Havels classic autobiographical play, starring live actors and traditional marionettes. Havel's one-act playfollows Ferdinand Vanek, a distinguished playwright forced to work in a brewery because his writings have beenbanned by the Communist regime.The play is staged with live projected close-ups of puppets from security cameras in order to suggest surveillance. Vanek is stuck in the bleak office of his boss in a brewery where he has been forced into manual labor.The brew master always calls him to the office for endless repetition of dialogue, amidst excess consumption of beer.The tiresome bureaucracy and constant fear under the Communists have driven the boss to alcoholism as well as stints of rage and despair, sometimes turning against his inferiors. Vanek, however, refuses to compromise his principles and the mindset of his colleagues, in spite of the promise of promotion. Production celebrates the legacy of Vaclav Havel as Czech Republic assumes the presidency of European Union for the next six months.Performed by:Vit Horejs (Vanek),Theresa Linnihan (Brew master). Running time:60 min.