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Characters<\/strong><\/p>\n Six: Four men and two women<\/p>\n Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n This adaptation of Franz Kafka\u2019s \u201cThe Metamorphosis\u201d is placed in a contemporary setting rather than in the nineteenth century. The play remains faithful to Kafka\u2019s storyline \u2014 Gregor Samsa works as a salesman who supports his parents and sister while they selfishly live off his earnings. But their lives change when Gregor wakes up one morning to discover that he has changed into a large beetle. His family\u2019s reaction is more selfish than compassionate because they are more concerned with how they will survive without Gregor\u2019s paycheck. Throughout the play, Gregor becomes increasingly alienated, not only from his family, but from the world he once knew.<\/p>\n Production History<\/strong><\/p>\n Staged by Transient Theater, Chicago, Illinois<\/p>\n Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a certain slacker appeal in Wawzenek\u2019s version of The Metamorphosis. Gregor here is a typical modern figure, someone who\u2019s striven to keep his dysfunctional family together until he\u2019s literally driven up the wall.\u201d \u2014 The Chicago Reader<\/em><\/p>\n The script for the adaptation of Franz Kafka\u2019s The Metamorphosis is available upon request.<\/p>\n