About the Performance
A flickering neon sign. A feast left unfinished.
A wordless yet wrenching farewell, composed in light and shadow by a rising director in Greek theater.
Clear water flows, and with it, emotions surge. Neon light flickers, casting the silhouettes of kin. The father's passing unleashes haunting memories. A once-darkened tavern sign glows again, calling forth a family's private past and its erased imprints surfaced again, etched in pain and permanence. The farewell is unending: an elegy circling the heart, until his presence dissolves and rest finally arrives.
Emerging Greek-Albanian theater director Mario Banushi unearths his family lineage in this set in his late father's lifelong tavern. Once filled with arrivals and departures, the tavern is now reduced to a dim and desolate bathroom where a faded sign still remains. It becomes the space for parting. A lifetime of bonds—love and grief entangled in shifting light—stirs memory beyond words. A distant, sacred chant opens the ritual, as unspoken feelings find form through the body. This long goodbye is not only to a husband or father—but to memory itself.
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