<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=41W8vk_0wDb9T3Y00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=41W8vk_0wDb9T3Y00" width="2000" height="1125" ></figure>Two traveling eulogists encounter one another in a declining architectural estate. Riffing on official political stances, they gradually open a dreamlike grasping after the principles of revolutions and their failures.EMPAC at Rensselaer in Troy invites Capital District Theater audiences to the one-night-only American premiere of Permanent Trespass by filmmaker Bassem Saad and writer Sanja Grozdanić on Friday, October 25 at 7PM. Presented in EMPAC Studio 1 Goodman Theater, on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.Permanent Trespass (Beirut of the Balkans &amp; the American Century)Bassem Saad &amp; Sanja GrozdanićFriday, October 25 at 7PMTickets: $20 general / $15 seniors / $6 studentsAmerican Premiere!Post-show reception, included with ticketTouching on parallel histories?including the breakdown of the former Yugoslavia and ongoing crises in and around Lebanon?filmmaker Bassem Saad &amp; writer Sanja Grozdani? begin their jointly authored stage performance as eulogists reflecting on ?professional mourning.? Eventually, Permanent Trespass unravels into a very different sort of historical reckoning. The characters must contend with the sense of an ending?of an epoch, of a revolution, of a regime.Previously presented in Dro (Italy), The Hague, Beirut, and Frankfurt, this production is commissioned by EMPAC and NW Aalst (Belgium) to integrate a new sound score, film material, and additional experimental projection.The artists approach this expanded version of Permanent Trespass as a cinepoem, building on avant-garde techniques for merging the sensibility of poetic writing with the possibilities of cinematic footage.More info, tickets &amp; plan your visit onlineDoors open 30 minutes before showtime.Questions? Call EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921EMPAC at Rensselaer50 Eighth StreetTroy, NY 12180On the campus of RPI Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</div></body>

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Two traveling eulogists encounter one another in a declining architectural estate. Riffing on official political stances, they gradually open a dreamlike grasping after the principles of revolutions and their failures. EMPAC at Rensselaer in Troy invites Capital District Theater audiences to the one-night-only American premiere of Permanent Trespass by filmmaker...