August 22 and 23, 2008 - 8 PM - Suggested Donation: $10

Dutch and English

A play with Raskolnikov (Roelant Koper) and Sonja (Hilde Elbers)

We worked from the two main characters of Dostojevski’s Crime and Punishment, that tells the story of Raskolnikov, a young student who murdered two women. Raskolnikov is a nihilist, he doesn’t believe in anything. He divides himself off of the rest of the world by the crime he has committed, untill Sonja, a young prostitute enters his world. Her love and believe brings Raskolnikov back to life again. He confesses his sin to her.

- We will not tell the anecdotic story, but explore the two characters through our work.

- We want to research the themes of isolation (Raskolnikov isolates him from the rest of the world by what he has done) and of contact (Sonja who is trying to reach Raskolnikov)

- Isolation as in living inside of your head

and making contact, as in coming back into contact with your body.

Question: What happens if you divide yourself off of the rest of the world? What happens exactly? And what happens with time?

What happens if a person commits a sin? Does he feel the need to be forgiven?

– Linda Olthof

Linda Olthof & company will be returning to Theaterlab in August, 2009

with the next installment of the LadyLand Project: SPECK

with performances on August 14 and 15

More info HERE...

Linda Olthof studied acting at the ArtEZ Academy of Theater in Arnhem, the Netherlands. She received her Bachelors of Theater in 1995. After graduation she continued studying Body and Voice with Zygmunt Molik (from Jerzy Grotowski’s Theater Laboratory Poland) in Berlin. As an actress she worked with the Dutch Theatergroup Hollandia of Johan Simons (Münchner Kammerspiele) and Belgium Theatermaker Jan Fabre in Antwerp. Performed at stages throughout the whole of Europe (amongst Theatre de la Ville Paris, Theater Zerbrochene Fenster Berlin, Naional Art Centre Ottawa, Kaaitheater Brussels, Thalia Theater Budapest) She is the founder of Theatergroup Montana with whom she created the productions Man and Horse and The Fireangel.These productions went to stages in Holland, Belgium and Germany. Her latest theaterwork as an actress was production of Lars von Trier’s Dogville in the theater, she played the role of Liz, nominated for the public theater award of 2007. Director of physical theater and dance theater, she teaches at the Academy of Art and Dance Arnhem. www.lindaolthof.com