Zachary Oberzan

In Spring 2015, one of deSingel's stage technicians randomly met a man on a bus.  Claiming to be the famous American film/theater maker Zachary Oberzan, the man was soon introduced to the artistic management of deSingel, where he promised to create a new work using them as actors and their theater as the location.  After a week of rehearsals, the staff grew suspicious, the man was revealed as an imposter, and was arrested for fraud.  Renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami read about this minor incident, and deeply intrigued, filmed the trial and re-constructed the events leading up to it.  This filmic/musical performance is the complex story of a man torn by profound issues of identity, frustration, and artistic creation that spill over into our own lives, as we ourselves struggle with what role each of us are to play in the world.