“The Ascension of Anais Nin is an intense poetic mapping that tantalizes with questions about the nature of love, lust, life, lies, and Literature.” — Mail Star (From the Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre Online Catalogue)
Characters:
SHE, writer, 29-30 (can’t pronounce English “R”) / HE, a writer, 40-41 (Known by June as “Val”) / JUNE, A chameleon, 30-31. She has been on Broadway, and can manufacture the style of that milieu. She dives into “guttersnipe” with equal relish. Married to HE. / HUGO, a banker, 43-44. Married to SHE / ANA, Young cousin of SHE, disguised as WAITER / RENE, a psychoanalyst. 43 / FATHER OF SHE, a Spanish pianist, about 53 / GERMAN DOCTOR / NURSE / SAGE-FEMME / ARTAUD / RANK’S VOICE
From the National Arts Centre's production of The Ascension of Anais Nin.