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Incognito

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2f, 2m

Nick Payne

Four actors play a combined 21 characters within INCOGNITO’s three interwoven stories. A pathologist steals the brain of Albert Einstein; a neuropsychologist embarks on her first romance with another woman; a seizure patient forgets everything but how much he loves his girlfriend. INCOGNITO braids these mysterious stories into one breathtaking whole that asks whether memory and identity are nothing but illusions.

Incognito

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    2f, 2m

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Four actors play a combined twenty-one characters within Incognito’s three interwoven stories. A pathologist steals the brain of Albert Einstein; a neuropsychologist embarks on her first romance with another woman; a seizure patient forgets everything but how much he loves his girlfriend. Incognito braids these mysterious stories into one breathtaking whole that asks whether memory and identity are nothing but illusions.

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    "... one of his great gifts is the ability to poignantly meld complicated philosophic and scientific tenets with simpler human struggles." - The Guardian

    "... a work brimming with bright ideas and supple ingenuity." - Telegraph 

    "... what an astonishing and original play this is." - Telegraph

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