five minutes of silence

The plan is: to say nothing on this stage tonight. Five minutes of silence against the noise of the world. Silence to avoid immediately knowing what needs to be said and done. Silence to avoid accusing others of untruth or intolerance. Because outside the protected space of the theater, opposing positions now exist that make peaceful silence impossible. But in here, silence must be conceivable, because the stage can channel and capture the perpet...