Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge

Using the verbatim transcript, the New York theatre company Elevator Repair Service revives this clash of ideologies while bridging the gap between a text from another era and our contemporary reality. Each sentence hits hard, each silence ratchets up the tension. Language becomes a battleground—but also an opening for new possibilities, an invitation to “rebuild the house” of a divided nation. Here, ERS once again go beyond merely quoting words, bringing them to thrilling life in the present and challenging a country that whitewashes its history.