What We Wish For
What We Wish For is a play by Mike van Graan (1959-).
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The Fugard Theatre commissioned Mike van Graan to write a play in 2018. For this project, he extended a ten-minute piece he had written in 2015 as part of a project he undertook with the University of Iowa into a full-length play. Written in 2019, this work he explores the theme of the sanctity of life, mercy killing and related issues through the tale of a family tragedy in which a young man is involved in a motor vehicle accident and is terribly maimed..
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Performance history in South Africa
2020: The play was originally scheduled to be produced by The Fugard Theatre is in the first half of 2020 as part of a season of new writing. However the premiere was cancelled when the Fugard Theatre was shut as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The original cast presented ten minutes of the play at the Teksmark under the direction of Greg Karvellasformer Fugard Theatre Artistic Director, Greg Karvellas.
The full piece was also presented as a staged reading for subscribers to the STAND Foundation at the Cape Town City Ballet Studios.
Sources
https://mikevangraan.co.za/plays/what-we-wish-for
https://mikevangraan.co.za/news/what-we-wish-for-staged-at-teksmark
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