Edgar Oliver
Helen & Edgar
In his "utterly absorbing and unexpectedly moving" (The New York Times) one-man show, seasoned raconteur Edgar Oliver spins the tale of Helen & Edgar, the mesmerizing, hilarious, and heartbreaking account of his and his sister Helen's strange childhood in Savannah, Georgia, and their mother's struggle with madness. A collaboration with the hugely popular Moth storytelling series and its Peabody Award-winning radio program, Helen & Edgar celebrates the spontaneous, unadorned medium of long-form storytelling and its protagonist Oliver, one of the true heroes of the New York theater scene since the 1970s.
Edgar Oliver
Helen & Edgar
In his "utterly absorbing and unexpectedly moving" (The New York Times) one-man show, seasoned raconteur Edgar Oliver spins the tale of Helen & Edgar, the mesmerizing, hilarious, and heartbreaking account of his and his sister Helen's strange childhood in Savannah, Georgia, and their mother's struggle with madness. A collaboration with the hugely popular Moth storytelling series and its Peabody Award-winning radio program, Helen & Edgar celebrates the spontaneous, unadorned medium of long-form storytelling and its protagonist Oliver, one of the true heroes of the New York theater scene since the 1970s.
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