ZT Hollandia Quick Lime

Fans of The SITI Company and da da kamera will feel an instant affinity for this solo tour-de-force performance expertly staged by experimental Dutch theater group ZT Hollandia. "This show is a jewel! Incredible, what an actor!"--Algemeen Dagblad

"I have to do something!" screamed Marinus van der Lubbe, a simple-minded leftwing Dutch bricklayer turned revolutionary martyr.

Still a controversial figure, van der Lubbe was accused of torching the Reichstag in 1933 as a solitary act of defiance against the rising tide of Nazi tyranny. Instead, Hitler used this act of rebellion to justify the arrest of thousands, win an election, and then suspend the constitution to establish his dictatorship (while also sentencing van der Lubbe to death).

The outstanding Dutch theater ensemble Zuidelijk Toneel Hollandia (ZT Hollandia for short) drew on van der Lubbe's letters and diaries to create Quick Lime--a Woyzeck-inspired portrait of the inner turmoil of a tormented soul who acted on his conscience but was turned into a pawn by the wheels of history.