"K2" stars
Jude Hickey and Adam Medina as the climbers, stranded by a
simple mistake on the side of the Earth's second tallest mountain.
The setting for this action /drama is a ledge,
eight feet wide and four feet deep,
located on a six hundred foot ice wall
at 27,000 feet on K2, in Pakistan.
This thrilling, challenging play uses mountain climbing as a metaphor
to explore a deeper theme:
the recognition that human beings are free
to choose whether they will live or die
and do so calmly and objectively,
even under the most severe conditions.
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"What
we feel is indeed that tingling sensation of traveling beyond
the rim of experience—
of holding on to life at its highest peak."
—NY Times.
"The entire action really takes place in the hearts, mind and pasts of two
climbers...
it is quite extraordinary—
probably like nothing you have seen before."
—NY Post.
"...I found it unexpectedly thrilling from start to finish."
—The New Yorker. |