T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land

Auburn Public Theater is proud to present John Morello's theatrical production and interpretation of T.S. Eliot's epic poem: The Waste Land The Auburn Public Theater will be presenting a performance by John Morello of the full-length poem, The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot. Actor John Morello, well-known for his original one-man show Dirt and fresh off of an appearance on PBS’ Stories From The Stage, creates a mesmerizing performance of this classic poem. The Waste Land shifts between voices of satire and prophecy, and features abrupt unannounced changes of narrator, location and time, conjuring a range of cultures. John Morello is an actor, author, and storytelling artist whose work has been praised by the New York Times and featured on PBS' Stories From The Stage. A Boston-based performer who has played stages across North America and Europe for over 20 years, in this production of The Waste Land he has made Eliot's most impenetrable poem urgent, embodied, and alive. Part scholar, part shaman, Morello brings to the stage what the academy keeps locked in the library — inhabiting every voice in The Waste Land within an immersive multimedia world. Not a lecture. Not a recitation. This is a performer who digs past the text to the wounds and scars behind it. Morello effortlessly switches, swipes, and inhabits the poem’s characters taking audiences around the world, through time, and into the broken images of a human psyche. Accompanied by an original ambient score blended with captivating images and lighting, this performance is a multi-sensory invitation to one of the most important poems of the 20th century. Auburn Public Theater invites you to come experience The Waste Land and see why The Atlantic Monthly raves “One hundred years after publication… its vision has never been more terrifying.” Showtimes at 2PM and 7PM.