SECRETARY / FEBRUARY, 2019
The Consul tells the visceral, heartbreaking, and infuriating story of a political dissident, John Sorel, whose family falls victim to threats and surveillance by secret police agents from the totalitarian national government. While John flees his home to escape capture, his wife, Magda, tries to obtain the necessary documentation for her family to settle in another country. Despite repeated visits to the consulate, she is unable to procure these papers and is frustrated by the bureaucratic barriers repeatedly set before her by the consulate’s secretary.