'Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker' Paints a Damning Portrait
An unnamed Belarusian man walks onstage and shows us the many scars covering his body. Some are the result of accidents, but others derive, he says, from beatings by the Belarusian KGB. Then he adds, “Scars are a man’s decoration. Girls think scars are sexy. By that measure, Minsk is a damn sexy city.” With those words Belarus Free Theatre takes us on a harrowing theatrical tour of Minsk, a city sca…