What does resistance look like when it’s woven with poetry, song and ritual? MEND , a neighborhood-grown theatrical spell, offers an answer. This anti-capitalist dramatic comedy dismantles the traditional stage-audience divide, inviting viewers into a multi-sensory world of projections, shadow puppets, live music and collective imagination. It’s called a theatrical spell because “we’re not telling the story in the classic theatrical sense,” says cast member Shachar Efrati. “We’re telling the story through song, through light, through video projection, through dramatic speeches. We’re casting a spell in that regard.” Written and directed by Jack Jackson, MEND follows a bard who finds the will to create poetry again after apocalyptic destruction. Alongside other survivors, the poet hel

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