Featuring Kaisa Ling Thing Cabaret performance
Performed in English.
A young woman born in independent, post-occupation Estonia sings of the Soviet residue that pollutes the minds of some of her fellow countrypersons and restrains feminist progress. The Kaisa Ling Thing (vocalist plus piano) paints a vaudevillian blues portrait of modern life on Russia's doorstep.
Cast: Kaisa Ling (vocals and percussion), Rene Allkivi (vocals and piano)
Sponsored by the Consulate General of Estonia in New York
Part of Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival honoring Václav Havel, produced by the Václav Havel Center and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association.
About
Kaisa Ling is a singer, a journalist, an MC, a blues scholar and an activist from Estonia. Trained in a comparative lit, Ling finds joy creating interdisciplinary cultural projects at the intersection of performance arts and political activism.
Rene Paul is a pianist (Rene Paul Blues Band, the Kaisa Ling Thing). Kaisa and Rene started the Kaisa Ling Thing, a live band dedicated to the research and promotion of Classic Female Blues in Estonia in 2018 and have been playing together ever since
ABOUT THE 2024 REHEARSAL FOR TRUTH INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL
Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival, honoring Václav Havel, is a showcase of contemporary European theater organized each year in New York City. Conceived in 2017 as a shared endeavor of the Václav Havel Center (VHC) and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association (BBLA), the festival honors the legacy of Czech playwright, dissident and political thinker Vaclav Havel.
Each edition of Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival addresses current sociopolitical trends in Central and Eastern Europe, offering New York audiences a unique opportunity to witness the region’s theatrical zeitgeist.
The program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The festival is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.