Escape by Marika Barnett
Pilvax Productions

November 11th at 8pm
November 12th at 3pm and 8pm
November 13th at 3pm

Running Time- 75 minutes

Escape is the story of seven Hungarian refugees in 1956 who have to face the tough question after crossing the borders of Hungary: “Now what?”. Each of them arrives with their very own “baggage” – the earnest and funny revolutionary and Holocaust survivor Tomi, the confident and studious Vera, the always bickering intellectuals, Dr. Goldberger and his wife, the sickly and silent Ádám and the oh-so-verbal Gábor Kertész who left his family to start a new life with his mild-mannered secretary. As the story unfolds, the oftentimes inconvenient truth also comes to the surface. The characters will be brought to life by a diverse cast of Hungarian, American and Hungarian-American artists in English.

We decided to perform in English in order to open up this story and its message to global audiences – with this artistic choice, we want to emphasize the universal nature of this story and include everyone in the conversations that are sure to be followed by it. 

Written by Marika Barnett
Directed by Timea Zsedely
Set design by Adam Albert & Kitti Klaudia Harmati
Costume design by Agota Hodi
Sound design by Norbert Stone


Performances by:
Daniel Palinkas, David Ilku, Agnes Koci, Judit Nonoka Sipos, Viktoria Kovacs, Chris Kardos, Alexander Chilton