Bystander 9/11
First performed shortly after the attacks in 2002, Bystander 9/11 was penned by Meron Langsner, who utilized his intense, stream-of-consciousness writing style to great effect in his retelling of the horrific events surrounding New Yorkers on the morning of the attacks.
Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center after they were hit by two hijacked airliners in a terrorist attack September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Photo by Robert Giroux/Getty Images)
Though the play opened only in Boston and New York City itself, it would soon see public performances at various theaters as part of The Methuen Drama Anthology of Testimonial Plays. Regarding creative works that captured the raw emotion of what happened that day, very few are quite as authentic as this one.