Kafka Shorts for string quartet and 2 actors is performed in an English translation/adaptation by the composer of Kafka’s original texts.

German titles of the Kafka stories used in Kafka Shorts:

Der Ausflug ins Gebirge

Die Vorberlaufenden

Der Nachhauseweg

Der Geier

Nachts

Von den Gleichnissen

Die Brcke

Gibs auf

Kafka Shorts (about 35 minutes) may be performed with staging. Or it may be performed in a traditional chamber music setting, with the actors at music stands. The script is available in two versions, –with music cues for actors able to read music, and another with arrow cues only.