"Riveting. . . Brenner's selections from Buddhist texts show the Buddha to be a complex, flawed and very mortal individual."
"Brenner is a subtle and masterful storyteller."

Jenna Scherer, Boston Herald

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BUDDHA In His Own Words
"Wonderfully entertaining...Marvelous to experience."


 

Nick Dussault
Boston Metro

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Masterfully crafted...A must-see"

 

 

 

The extraordinary life of the Buddha assembled
from the original texts and performed as a one-man play

Conceived & Performed by Evan Brenner
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"Enchanting, poignant, revealing"
"A compelling portrait of a man who struggled to find his life's path"
"Brenner has a way of telling his stories as if he's speaking to each member of the audience individually"
Terry Byrne, Boston Globe

 


Mark Epstein, M.D., author of
Open to Desire & Thoughts Without a Thinker

 

Pick of the week

 

Bhikkhu Bodhi
author of In The Buddha's Words

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Boston Globe

Who Use It

PROGRAM: The life of the Buddha in his own words - the evolution of his thought, his triumphs, and the rarely portrayed tragedy at the end of his life.

The man we know as the Buddha lived in Northern India around 500BC and introduced the teaching known as Buddhism.  Approximately 300 years after his death, an extensive oral history of the movement was written down, carried and copied throughout Asia , and this canon became the taproot of the entire Buddhist tradition.  Framed in a most unusual and personal context, this original one-man play brings to the stage these authentic texts to enact the extraordinary life of the man, start to finish.

The Buddha considered his own life a model for all our spiritual struggles saying, "He who knows me, knows the Dharma."  It's no dry tale -- The Buddha's life stands among the great archetypal adventure stories.

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Watch a Video Interview and clips from the show

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The performance is 90 minutes with a brief intermission.

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APRIL 10th-12th
Cambridge YMCA Theater
820 Mass Ave, Cambridge

YMCA Showtimes and prices
or Call (800) 838-3006
Advance tickets can be purchased until midnight before show day.
Seats are available for all shows and may be purchased with
cash at the door.

"Based solidly upon the ancient texts, the presentation is lively, moving, and remarkably contemporary"


BOSTON MARCH 25th to APRIL 12

Produced & Directed by David Fuhrer
Production Design by Nikki Black
Lighting Design by Hong Sooyeon
Publicity Mary Curtin


EXTENDED!
April 22-25 at the Boston Center For the Arts
Tickets go on sale Tuesday, April 14th at Noon
Playing:
Wednesday, April 22nd 7:30pm
Thursday, April 23rd 7:30pm
Friday, April 24th 8pm
Saturday, April 25th 3pm & 8pm