Françoise by Sagan
October 25 2023 on Z Space’s Steindler Stage
Caroline Loeb brings back to life the iconic and sulfurous French writer Françoise Sagan in her play based on Sagan's interviews. In a spectacular embodiment, she shares Sagan's deep and witty reflections about life, love and death. Françoise Sagan’s words are raw with emotional intensity and full of philosophical wisdom. Her sharp intelligence and biting humor that holds a touch of subtlety are combined in a way that reaches out to the hearts of the public. She further shares her profound love for literature, her taste for gambling, and the importance of solitude. Additionally, she paints the sensitive and accurate portraits of Billie Holiday, Ava Gardner and Brigitte Bardot. In this audacious yet touching and humorous monologue, Caroline Loeb brilliantly unveils her act with truth and accuracy.
It was in the heart of Paris that Caroline Loeb took Françoise Sagan’s own words from her interviews to create the play Françoise par Sagan in 2016. Loeb performed this piece over 450 times, not only in France, but also in major cities all over Europe and Asia (UK, Israel, at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Morocco, Tahiti, Hong-Kong, Singapore, Switzerland and Belgium). The play was received with enthusiasm from the public and critics alike across the continents.
Today, Caroline Loeb has taken the initiative of bringing her show to the United States, England, and Canada, in both French AND English. Having grown up in New York and lived her later years in Paris, Loeb is entirely bilingual and seeks to charm the public with the English version, as she has done so in French.
Françoise Sagan’s words are raw with emotional intensity and full of philosophical wisdom. Her sharp intelligence and biting humor that holds a touch of subtlety are combined in a way that reaches out to the hearts of the public. Sagan addresses the universal questions of life, death, and, of course, that of love in a uniquely personal manner. She further shares her profound love for literature, her taste for gambling, and the importance of solitude.
In this audacious yet touching and humorous monologue, Caroline Loeb brilliantly unveils her act with truth and accuracy.