This week, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck welcomed a UNC professor who recently got on stage with a one-man show based on a very intense personal experience. Adam Versényi is a professor of dramaturgy, the former chair of UNC’s Department of Dramatic Arts, and the Senior Dramaturg for PlayMakers Repertory Company – so he’s very well versed in theater, to say the least. But last weekend he found himself under the lights, debuting his new show “An Empty Fullness: Meditations On Death and Life,” an account of his experience helping his 94-year-old mother Dinny prepare for a medically assisted death.
Versényi performed the show as part of UNC’s Process Series, directed by Process Series founder Joseph Megel.
Listen to their conversation. The transcript below has been lightly edited for clarity.…