Written and Performed by Monica Hunken
Devised with and directed by Melissa Chambers
Original Sound by Xana Chambers
Technical Direction by Evan True
Produced by Polish Cultural Institute and Culture Project
Photos by Hunter Canning
“The Wild Finish is one of the most exciting theater pieces I’ve seen in years. If you want to know where theater can take you, get on Monica’s bike.”
Invited to "Meetings with the Storytellers of the World" Festival in Lublin, Poland at Grodzka Gate Center-NN Theatre this summer!
June 18-22nd
Invited to Studio Alta Theatre in Prague, Czech, Republic on a double bill with Husam Abed, Founder of Dafa Puppet Theatre.
June 26th
On a snowy Easter Sunday, Monica embarked on a bicycle journey across the vodka-soaked roads of Poland in search of the man who haunts her–a man of power, genius, fame and violence–her grandfather. Along her path, she squats and pogos with anarchist punks in old factories, barely escapes a knifing by Neo-Nazis, hides in churches and is hypnotized in a para-theatrical workshop. You will be led by many eccentric guides through this surreal landscape; a mohawked bike messenger, Ingrid Bergman, a girl with a third eye and your bewildered hostess, Monica Dudarov Ossetynska Hunken, heiress to cult and Slavic royalty.
Produced by Culture Project Women Center Stage Festival
Produced by Polish Cultural Institute and Culture Project at ABC NO RIO
Selected for Amsterdam International Fringe Festival
Selected for Porsgrunn International Theater Festival, Norway
Selected for Horse's Mouth Theatre Festival in Sydney, Australia
The Wild Finish
“Monica Hunken, one of the eminent actresses of our time, has created a play about her grandfather that is both autobiographical and innovative. An extraordinary artist, she is able to use her body and her voice – in fact several voices – to expand the theatrical vocabulary so that the spectator rides the myriad aspects of an extraordinary life.”
