Amerika, or The Disappearance

Minneapolis’ Theatre de la Jeune Lune and Cambridge, Massachusetts-based American Repertory Theatre seemed to be a match made in heaven when the pair put on Molire’s The Miser last year. But the dream team will wander into uncharted territory this year with a joint adaptation of Franz Kafka’s unfinished book, Amerika. Kafka, whose feet never touched American soil, wrote of confused and cruel American landscapes, including an impossibly long bridge connecting Boston to Manhattan, and a sword-wielding Statue of Liberty. This stage adaptation will likely be dark and brooding–it is Kafka, after all–but we’re holding out hope for a few moments of profound beauty. 105 First St. N., Minneapolis; 612-333-6200; www.jeunelune.org