Old Lumberyard

A play based on the short story ‘A Report to an Academy’ by Franz Kafka. Adapted by Colin Teevan. Performed by Isabel Shaida. Directed by Naomi Shafer. “Esteemed members of the Academy! You have done me the great honour of inviting me to give an account of my former life as an ape.” Kafka’s Monkey is a one-woman performance that touches on themes of origin, selfhood, and collective responsibility. The protagonist asserts she has evolved from ape to man in…