Perry Street Theatre and Barrow Street Theatre present
an oak tree
Barrow Street Theatre
27 Barrow Street, NYC 10014
2007 OBIE Winner
“his story ate into my soul.” –The Daily Mail
”A tightly controlled performance of dazzling virtuosity… run, don’t walk to see it!” –Edinburgh Guide
“4 Stars! …playful, imaginative and unexpectedly lovely” -Time Out New York
“a fascinating slice of unconventional theater that will keep the audience intrigued long after the final curtain” -Variety
an oak tree is the story of two men brought together by loss: a father whose daughter has been killed in a car accident and the driver of that car, a small time stage hypnotist. For the first time since the accident these two men meet, when the father volunteers for the hypnotist’s act… A remarkable sequel to Tim Crouch’s My Arm (59E59 in 2004, the Public Theatre/Under The Radar in 2006), an oak tree is a bold and absurdly comic tale of loss, suggestion and the power of the mind.
“It is a moving meditation on the extraordinary transforming possibilities of art itself.” – The Guardian