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"A Hunger Artist" Teams Playwright Luxenberg, Actor Levin at Baltimore's Theatre Project

Sinking Ship Productions

Actor Jonathan Levin and playwright Josh Luxenberg, ​a Baltimore native,  join us to talk about their new play, A Hunger Artistwhich opens at Baltimore Theatre Project next week after acclaimed runs Off-Broadway in New York and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.

A Hunger Artist,  which is based on the Franz Kafka short storyof the same name, uses physical theater, Victorian miniatures, puppetry and a set of simple props to support a powerhouse performance.

Luxenberg wrote the script. Levin is the show’s only performer. They are co-founders and co-artistic directors of Sinking Ship Productions, a theater company based in Brooklyn, NY. For more information about the upcoming Baltimore run of A Hunger Artist and for tickets,click here.

Josh and Jon join Tom on the line from Argot Studios in New York.

A Hunger Artist runs December 14th through 17th at The Theatre Project, located at ​45 W. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201. 

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