April 2018 Academic & Specialist Nick Hern

Belleville Amy Herzog

Belleville
Amy Herzog


Americans Zack and Abby are bright, young and recently married. He’s a doctor combating infant disease. She’s an actress, also teaching yoga. It’s just before Christmas and they’re living the expat highlife in bohemian Belleville, Paris. It’s all a little too perfect.

Amy Herzog’s Belleville is a play about a romantic dream gone sour. It examines the limits of trust and dependency in a world where love can turn pathological and our most intimate relationships may not be what they seem