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"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 |
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"Wonderfully entertaining...Marvelous to experience."
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Nick Dussault
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"Masterfully crafted...A must-see"
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The extraordinary life of the Buddha assembled 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 |
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Bhikkhu Bodhi
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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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch a Video Interview and clips from the show LATEST REVIEWS OTHER STUFF To receive notifications of reviews and additional shows email: The performance is 90 minutes with a brief intermission. PRINT Buddhist Pop & Subculture: |
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"Based solidly upon the ancient texts, the presentation is lively, moving, and remarkably contemporary"
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BOSTON MARCH 25th to APRIL 12 Produced & Directed by David Fuhrer
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