Poetry Is produced the short play “Buster Keaton Passes By” as part of the project LORCA IN AMERICA, a series of productions and events meant to further elucidate the work of Federico Garcia Lorca in translation and performance in America.

Buster Keaton Passes By

a short surrealist image by Federico García Lorca
translated by Robert Eric Shoemaker

Characters

BUSTER Keaton

The Lonely OWL

An AMERICAN WOMAN

The Imposing COCK

A VOICE

A BLACK MAN

A YOUNG BOY

LORCA IN AMERICA is a project of Poetry Is Productions partially supported by an Individual Artist Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Visit the Lorca in America website or Facebook page for information on past performances.