PHOTO CALL: Daisey's The Last Cargo Cult Opens at the Public Theater

By Amy Lipson
09 Dec 2009

Monologist Mike Daisey's celebrated the Dec. 7 opening of his latest solo show The Last Cargo Cult at the Public Theater.



Jean-Michele Gregory directed the New York premiere of the work that plays a limited run through Dec. 13 in the Newman Theater.

The Last Cargo Cult, according to the Public, features Daisey recounting "the story of his journey to a remote South Pacific island whose people worship America and its cargo. This narrative is woven against a searing examination of the international financial crisis that gripped the globe at the same moment. Confronting the financial system that dominates our world, Daisey wrestles with the largest questions of what the collapse means, and what it can tell us about our deepest values. Part adventure story and part memoir, he explores each culture to unearth a human truth between the seemingly primitive and achingly modern."

Here are some photos from the opening:

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Director Jean-Michele Gregory and creator/performer Mike Daisey
Photo by Lucas Stoffel



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