“There are six­ty-nine hun­dred lan­guages in the world. More than half are expect­ed to die with­in the next cen­tu­ry. In fact, it’s esti­mat­ed that every two weeks, a lan­guage dies. I don’t know about you, but this sta­tis­tic moves me far more than any sta­tis­tic on how many ani­mals die or peo­ple die in a giv­en time, in a giv­en place. Because when we say a lan­guage dies, we are talk­ing about a whole world, a whole way of life. It is the death of imag­i­na­tion, of mem­o­ry.”

- George, The Lan­guage Archive 

George is a man con­sumed with pre­serv­ing and doc­u­ment­ing the dying lan­guages of far-flung cul­tures. Clos­er to home, though, lan­guage is fail­ing him. He doesn’t know what to say to his wife, Mary, to keep her from leav­ing him, and he doesn’t rec­og­nize the deep feel­ings that his lab assis­tant, Emma, has for him.

Performing At:

The Crane Theater
2303 Kennedy St. NE #120
Min­neapo­lis, MN 55413

Directions

Tickets:

$16-$61, Slid­ing Scale
Tick­ets must be pur­chased online in advance

Covid pol­i­cy Details here.

Performances Dates:

Thurs­day, April 18, at 7:30pm. Preview
Fri­day, April 19, at 7:30 pm. Open­ing Night
Sat­ur­day, April 20, at 7:30pm.
Mon­day, April 22, at 7:30pm. Pay What You Can Performance
Fri­day, April 26, at 7:30pm.
Sat­ur­day, April 27, at 7:30pm.
Sun­day, April 28, at 2:00pm. Mati­nee; Masks Required*
Mon­day, April 29, at 7:30 pm. Pay What You Can Performance
Fri­day, May 3, at 7:30pm.
Sat­ur­day, May 4, at 2:00pm. Matinee
Sat­ur­day, May 4, at 7:30pm. Closing

*Masks option­al for audi­ence at all oth­er performances

“The Lan­guage Archive… is a very fun­ny, yet poignant and well-act­ed stage experience”

Aisle Say — Twin Cities 

Pro­mo­tion­al Sup­port pro­vid­ed by Alliance Française