lsquo;Since your daughterrsquo;s death Irsquo;ve not been much of a hypnotist.rsquo;A man loses his daughter to a car. Nothing now is what it is. Itrsquo;s like hersquo;s in a play ndash; but he doesnrsquo;t know the words or the moves.The man who was driving the car is a stage hypnotist. Since the accident; hersquo;s lost the power of suggestion. His actrsquo;s a disaster. For him; everything now is exactly what it is.For the first time since the accident; these two men meet. They meet when the Father volunteers for the Hypnotistrsquo;s act. And; this time; he really doesnrsquo;t know the words or the moveshellip; An Oak Tree is a remarkable play for two actors. The Father; however; is played by a different actor ndash; male or female ndash; at each performance. They walk on stage having neither seen nor read a word of the playtheyrsquo;re inhellip;until theyrsquo;re in it. This is a breath-taking projection of a performance; given from one actor to another; from a hypnotist to their subject; from an audience to the stage. An Oak Tree is a bold andabsurdly comic play about loss; suggestion and the power of the mind.Winner of a Village Voice Obie for its autumn 2006 Off-Broadway run.
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