The Memo
by Vortex Summer Youth Theatre

Jul. 21 - Jul. 29, 2023

(via The Vortex)This sharp satire parodies the merry-go-round of governmental bureaucracy in communist Czechoslovakia yet remains relevant to our lives today.

Václav Havel wrote The Memo in 1965 as an ironic satire dissenting against communist rule. Despite its veiled themes, the play was approved by government censors and published. This 2012 translation by Paul Wilson brings contemporary resonance to Havel’s play, also known as The Memorandum. Havel was eventually imprisoned for his political activities from 1979-1983. He went on to become the final president of Czechoslovakia in 1989 and then the first democratically-elected president of the Czech Republic in 1993. The Memo is broadly considered Václav Havel’s masterpiece.

 

 

The Memo
by Václav Havel
Vortex Summer Youth Theatre

July 21 - July 29, 2023
The Vortex
2307 Manor Road
Austin, TX, 78722

July 21-29, 2023

The Vortex, Manor Road, Austin