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2005-2006 Season |
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| The Uncertainty Principle • October 24, 2005 |
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Written by Bethany Larsen
Directed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
The play follows Cassie's journey as she tries to make sense of her life after she loses everything in a fire. Not only does she lose what little she owned, but her tenuous grip on positive thinking is seriously challenged. Aided by a circus ringmaster with a penchant for physics and a potential new love, Cassie takes a walk through her life to see if it really is possible to have it all. The play is based on Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle.
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The Paperback Musical • December 5, 2005
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Music by Nick Moore
Book and Lyrics by Jack Dyville, Dyan Flores, Travis Kramer, Bethany Larsen, Selda Sahin,
and Susannah Pearse
Directed by Habib Azar,
Melissa Fendell, Jake Hirzel, Russell Kaplan, and Lauren Reinhard
Musical Directed by Marcus Baker
Stage Managed by Meghan Ritchie
Conceptual Designers: Sidney Shannon (costumes) and Nick Francone (set)
Starring: Cotton Wright, Kate Tellers, Thomas Lash, Kerry Flanagan, Sarah Hubbard, Matthew Naclerio, Kenneth Scott Thompson, and Ruben Ramos.
The Paperback Musical is a new musical comedy based on stereotypes from 1950s vintage (pulp) book covers.
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| Impossible Lorca: A Theatrical Hat-Trick • March 6, 2006 |
Written by Federico García Lorca
Translated/Adapted by Caridad Svich
Directed by Melissa Fendell
Sound Designer: Udi Pladott
Costume/Set Designer: Nadira Adams
Movement: Aaron Cedolia
Ensemble: Jeanne Harris, Sarah Lemp, Casey McClellan,
Jennifer Perrotta, Larry Pontius, and Jordan Zolan |
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From Melissa:
"Three years ago, when I was first living in New York City, I came across a slim and unassuming paperback entitled Impossible Theater. It was Caridad Svich's translation of several short plays and poems written by Federico García Lorca. Thus began my obsession with Spain's prolific and eloquent playwright. Two months later, I traveled to Spain to study abroad, to live in Granada, where Lorca grew up. While there, I saw performances of three Lorca plays, including El Publico, in a spectacular production by Companía Atalaya, a Sevilla-based theater company with whom I later worked. Since then, I have been dreaming of the opportunity to see these plays come to life.
Why are these pieces impossible?
- 'Buster Keaton runs like crazy, half an inch off the ground.'
- 'A Young Woman....she has the head of a nightingale.'
- 'To everyone's surprise, Autumn has invaded the garden, like water in a geometrical sugar lump.'
Such are the things of Lorca's world, where gravity is non-essential, stage directions seem unrealizable on the stage, where plot does not exist and raw, naked emotion is the only thing you can trust. Rooted in surrealism, these plays resist being straightforward, refuse to give any answers, but above all, leave themselves open to interpretation.
The rehearsal process will start with a two-day workshop based on the Viewpoints technique, which was developed by Anne Bogart. Using physical exercises designed to make the actors aware of their bodies, the space around them and interaction with their fellow performers will help to form the ensemble. This will be a truly collaborative piece. We will also be using elements of Meyerhold's biomechanics and expressive gesture, theater techniques which I learned during my apprenticeship with Companía Atalaya of Spain."
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| Running • July 10, 2006 |
Written by Sharon E. Cooper
Directed by Pat Diamond
Production Assistant: James Spry
Dramaturg: Annie MacRae
Janet Oldenbroek is "Maryann"
Willie Mullins is "Sandy"
Joe Wohl is "Junior"
Nick Bravin is "Gregg"
This play focuses on the relationships between three gay men and one of their moms. The script explores what the characters have to face in order to stop "running" when one of the men's father dies.
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