A Rope in the Abyss

by Edward Elefterion

How do you know who you are? That question inspired us to meet on a weekly basis for several months in the spring and summer of 2007. Improvising with the latest insights that neuroscience and neuropsychology offer into where our sense of identity comes from and how easily it can change, we developed ideas and material that eventually led to our latest piece.

Rope explores the mysteries of neuroscience, identity, and what your brain is up to when you're not looking.

Named after Proust's description about the moments between waking from a deep sleep and remembering who you are, A Rope in the Abyss is a tapestry of stories about people who survive brain injury and their equally challenged relatives: wives, sons, even doctors, all of whom are forced (sometimes moment by moment) to redefine who they are.

Fortunately, there's lots of comedy in the play...and a Greek-inspired chorus.