The Magician
The Magician is an 18-23 minute narrative that follows “father of public relations,” Edward Bernays and his wife Doris Fleischman as they navigate an evening with America’s elite, on the third and final night of the stock market crash that marks the beginning of the Great Depression. The Bernays’ odyssey of self-preservation is exacerbated as a mob of protestors take to the streets to revolt in face of the greatest economic downturn in American history. The film is a chamber-piece that takes place entirely within the theater during a 15-minute intermission.
