Please note: Out There 2022: Kaneza Schaal, KLII has been rescheduled to April 14–16. If you have questions regarding the reschedule, please email orders@walkerart.org.
“Everything that happens in the space Schaal has carved out for us always feels beautifully, powerfully sacred.” —Artforum
KLII exorcises the ghost of Belgium’s King Leopold II through a mytho-biographical performance by theater-maker Kaneza Schaal. Designed and codirected by Christopher Myers, KLII draws on Mark Twain’s King Leopold’s Soliloquy (1905), a fictional monologue written after Twain’s visit to the Congo Free State, and Patrice Lumumba’s 1960 independence speech in the Congo. Increasingly our demons are invisible—long-hidden racism and misogyny, misinformation, even the virus. How do we handle these threats, which are as central to our everyday life as they are hidden? Schaal and Myers propose an exorcism in theater, starring one of the villains of the 19th century whose actions resonate through the present day.
This is the artist’s second Walker commission; in 2019 Schaal dazzled audiences with JACK& as part of Out There that year.
World Premiere, Walker Commission
Intimate onstage seating with limited capacity.
Program length: 65 minutes
Attendance Requirements
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