May 16--19, 2013
and experiences of actors perceived to have intellectual disabilities. The story begins with the elephant-headed god Ganesh travelling through Nazi Germany to reclaim the swastika, an ancient Hindu symbol of luck. As the story unfolds, another narrative takes shape as the struggling actors take power from an overbearing director. Posing as the allegedly "useless" people Hitler strove to exterminate, they challenge us to examine not only who has the right to create art from history's darkest chapters, but also who has the right to tell a story— and be heard.
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