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Blind Runner

Opening Date: Jan 04, 2025

Closing Date: Jan 24, 2025

Blind Runner
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Playing @

St. Ann's Warehouse

45 Water Street Brooklyn, NY 11201

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Once a week, a husband comes to visit his captive wife who has been detained as a political prisoner in Tehran. Spied on by cameras and microphones, their conversations become increasingly distant, inhibiting their ability to share their daily lives. At his wife’s insistence, the husband agrees to train and guide a young blind woman through a Parisian footrace. As they come to learn more about each other, the unlikely couple grows close and finds a common rhythm. At the race’s end, they set upon a second challenge: can they run the Channel Tunnel to England, covering 38 kilometers in a few hours and avoiding being hit by the first train of the morning? Alternating between the confines of prison and the racer’s unseen road, Blind Runner embraces a hypnotic rhythm scored by the musicality of the Persian language. Director Amir Reza Koohestani augments his signature stripped-down staging with video, letting the spectator’s gaze move freely from the performers’ bodies to their leviathan faces. A poetic vision of the human struggle gradually emerges—one of mutual aid, of the marathon we run without freedom in sight. Presented by St. Ann's Warehouse in partnership with Waterwell.

Part of the 2025 Under the Radar Festival.
Age Guidance

Age Guidance: 12

Show Notes

Show Notes: Presented in Persian language with English supertitles.

Performance Schedule:

TUEDAY-FRIDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 PM & 7:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 5 PM

No 2 PM performance January 4

Director

Amir Reza Koohestani

Written by

Amir Reza Koohestani

TDF Tickets Offers:

TDF member tickets:

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Listed atTKTS

Never

Full-price tickets

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Lottery & Rush

TodayTix Rush: $30 tickets (including fees) are offered through the TodayTix app only. A limited number of Rush tickets will be made available to most performances, on sale at 9 AM on the day of the performance. The tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Limit 2 tickets.

Accessibility:

Box Office

The St. Ann’s Warehouse Box Office phone line is available Monday-Friday, 12 PM to 5 PM ET, and beginning two hours before performance times on evenings and weekends. Please note that in-person ticket services are only offered one hour prior to performances.

Curb Ramps

Yes

Directions Bus

Take the B25 to the corner of Front Street and Dock Street. Walk north on Dock Street. St. Ann’s Warehouse is located at the corner of Water and Old Dock Streets.

Directions Subway

2/3 to Clark St., F to York Street, A/C to High Street

Entrance

DUMBO is a beautiful historic neighborhood, and many streets and sidewalks contain cobblestones and trolly tracks. The theater entrance can be accessed via Old Dock and New Dock Streets, and our front door is on the park side of the building.

Folding Armrests

None

Assisted Listening System

Assistive Listening Device Assistive Listening Devices are available at the Box Office on loan with a photo ID.

Wheelchair Info

All performances are accessible to those who use wheelchairs and individuals with limited mobility. Please contact the Box Office to let us know about your access requirements or special requests when you book: 718.254.8779 or boxoffice@stannswarehouse.org.

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Public Transportation

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By Subway:

2/3 to Clark St., F to York Street, A/C to High Street

Bus Icon

By Bus:

Take the B25 to the corner of Front Street and Dock Street. Walk north on Dock Street. St. Ann’s Warehouse is located at the corner of Water and Old Dock Streets.