The Greatest Story Ever

A taxi driver ferries strangers through a series of unguarded moments. An unexpected blend of sci-fi and lo-fi, The Greatest Story Ever, is an intimate, surprising performance where everyone who is in the room shares in the story.

Paul Budraitis — writer, director, performer, set designEvan C. Anderson — lights, sound, musicLennart Labarenz — script consultantElif Sözer — dramaturgyJohn Kendall Wilson — dramaturgyAnna Telcs-Druss — costumesRobert Fisher, PhD — cosmology consultantThe IllustrisTNG Project (Volker Springel, principal investigator) — stellar animations

Project support — John Robinson, Josef Krebs, Ariel Glassman, John Neeleman, Stephen McCandless, Andrius Nemickas, Lenna Koszarny, Andrew Storms, Bebet Caguin, Nicole Stellner, Peter Eberhardy, AJ Epstein, Kairu Yao

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Paul Budraitis is a Berlin-based director, performer, and writer. Born into a family of refugee immigrants, he is a first-generation American who grew up in Queens, New York. Paul is an artist-in-residence at Acker Stadt Palast theater (Berlin), and this production marks the return of the creative team of Budraitis and Anderson to La MaMa E.T.C. following the success of I Love That For You (2023).

Evan Anderson is a lighting designer and composer for theatre, dance, and film. Frequent collaborators include The Wooster Group, zoe | juniper, and Paul Budraitis. He is a graduate of Yale School of Drama.