“A critic once described Samuel Beckett’s absurdist classic as “a play in which nothing happens, twice.” I can’t think of two actors I’d rather see do nothing than Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks. For decades, these earthy, intense men—menacing, funny, haunted, vulnerable—have done wonders in edgy new plays. Now they get to shine (well, grumble and shuffle) in the grandaddy of all experimental drama, as two tramps on an apocalyptic wasteland contemplating life’s meaninglessness. Spoiler alert: Godot doesn’t show up.”
TheaterMania: The Swamp Dwellers Cast Announcement
March 14, 2025
TFANA will present the off-Broadway premiere of Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka’s The Swamp Dwellers, directed by OBIE winner Awoye Timpo (Alice