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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20050616
Author:KAREN CAMPBELL

Franz Kafka never visited the US, but that didn't stop his wildly fertile imagination from cultivating a fantastical, over-the-top vision of the country in his first novel. Begun in 1911, "Amerika" follows the darkly whimsical adventures of a 17-year-old German boy as he makes his way across the New World in search of a place to call home. American Repertory Theatre closes its 25th season with the world premiere of associate artistic director Gideon Lester's adaptation of the novel, written especially for an ensemble of actors from A.R.T., Nathan Keepers (above), and the brilliantly physical ...

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