The Story of Krapp's Last Tape is simple, sad, lovely, and ineffable: An old, lonely man listens to audio tapes he made as a young man, tapes that chronicle the events of his life.

Irish playwright and Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett, who died in 1989, has long been considered one of the most creative literary minds of his age. Krapp’s Last Tape follows a man who, each ...

KRAPP’S LAST TAPE, Samuel Beckett's meditation on time, memory, and regret, now running at 21ten Theatre starring Bruce Burkhartsmeier, is a masterful production that cuts straight to the bone.

His last theater credit was the 1987 satire “Serious Money” at the London Royal Court. “Krapp’s Last Tape” will begin previews on April 14, and run through May 17.

Krapp's Last Tape, by Samuel Beckett. Directed by David Bryan Jackson; lighting design, Dan Martin; sound design, Martin and Jackson. About 70 minutes. Through March 14 at Theatre on the Run, 3700 S.