Checkpoint
by Nicholson Baker
Directed by Richard Henrich
with Tim Carlin, Hugh Nees and Manolo Santalla
Spooky Action mounted the first-ever staging of this controversial novel-in-dialogue. Checkpoint begins with one character announcing, "I'm going to assassinate the president … today!"
Imagine you're at a checkpoint somewhere. Suddenly a machine gun howls, and you watch as the heads of your two little girls come off. Imagine you're that mother, imagine what you'd do. How can life go on the same?
Two long-time friends lock wills in a wrenching and funny debate on how we got to the checkpoint we stand at now. And where do we go from here?