600 Highwaymen: A THOUSAND WAYS (Part One): A Phone Call

“[A THOUSAND WAYS] … takes a simple premise and turns it into magic.” —The New Yorker

Obie Award–winning theatermakers 600 Highwaymen are known for exhilarating performances that challenge the very definition of theater (their acclaimed The Fever was a hit of the Walker’s Out There 2018). With A THOUSAND WAYS, Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone have created a quietly radical, deeply humanistic response to our current COVID-19 reality. Each installment presents an opportunity to connect with a stranger, offering a moving moment of showing up for one another. Exploring the line between strangeness and kinship, distance and proximity, these experiences are designed around physical distancing rules to meet participants where they are and when they are.

Part One: A Phone Call

On a simple phone call, you and another audience member—someone you do not know—follow a carefully crafted set of directives. Over the course of the journey, a portrait of each other emerges through fleeting moments of exposure and the simple sound of an unseen voice.

A post-experience Q&A with the artists will be offered via Zoom on Wednesday, March 17 at 7 pm (CDT).

Due to the unique nature of this performance, please read all the important information below before purchasing tickets.

Details about Part Two: An Encounter are available here.