Heartbeat Opera's VANESSA at Williamstown Theatre Festival
Composed by Samuel Barber
Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti
Adapted by Jacob Ashworth
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth and Dan Schlosberg
Directed by R. B. Schlather
Inna Dukach: VANESSA; Roy Hage: ANATOL; Joshua Jeremiah: DOCTOR; Ori Marcu: ERIKA; Mary Phillips: BARONESS
Louis Arques: CLARINET; Sam George: TROMBONE; Eliot Goldmund: PIANO; Thapelo Masita: CELLO; Adam Phan: HARP; Rebecca Steinberg: TRUMPET; Johnna Wu: VIOLIN
Terese Wadden: Costume Design; Yuki Nakase Link: Lighting Design; Brenna Comeau: Production Stage Manager; Rachel Rice: Production Assistant; Erica Zhang: Associate Scenic Design; Jake Eisner: Associate Music Director & Orchestra Manager; Peregrine Heard: Dramaturg; Nick Betson: Supertitles Design; Skye Bronfenbrenner: Movement & Intimacy; Husan Chun-Novak: Repetiteur; Harry Collins: Orchestration Assistant & Copyist; Matia Emsellem: Hair & Makeup
Christian De Gré Cárdenas: Executive Director
Warren Mullinix: Intern
Produced by moi!
📷 @photo_by_baranova@heartbeat_opera@wtfestival@christiandegrecardenas@danielschlosberg@yukinlink@eisnerjake@sbronfen@bre_com@innadukach@roythetenor@ori.marcu@jbjcurly@divamaryp@xsofpleasure@steinbergingit
Ending our run today ❤️
SOLOperas: two world premieres produced by Experiments in Opera, at The Tank
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NATALIE
words & music by Jason Cady
performed by Sarah Daniels
direction by me
THE INcomplete COSMICOMICS
words & music by Anna Heflin
performed by Aaron Wolff
direction & dramaturgy by me
Costumes: Krista Intranuovo Pineman
Lighting: Celia Krefter
Sound engineering (live): Travis Just
Sound engineering (preproduction): Jeff Cook
Production Stage Manager: Erin Gray
Production Assistant: Benjamin Papac
Vocal Coach: Dmitry Glivinskiy
📸 Reuben Radding
Though one wouldn’t describe Richard’s work in narrative terms, it was coherent, deliberate, and piercing.
He didn’t engage in mentorship in a traditional sense, instead opening up his artistic home to countless artists, to not only witness his process, but to have an active hand in it. And of course to launch their own work.
Working with Richard, whom I adored, and with each artist who benefited from his generosity, was a great, great joy. He taught us all so much.
The Builders Association's ATLAS DRUGGED (Tools for Tomorrow) opens tonight at Skirball!
through this Sunday
photos by Greg Kessler
@gregkesslerphoto@nyuskirball
Two projects I’m proud to be a part of are highlighted in this preview article by David Cote: The Builders Association’s ATLAS DRUGGED (Tools for Tomorrow) at Skirball Oct 25–27, and Object Collection’s Suppose Beautiful Madeline Harvey, the first new play by Richard Foreman in ten years, premiering at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart! @lamamaetc@buildersassoc@objectcollection@nyuskirball
Thank you Seth Colter Walls for this beautiful critic's notebook in the NY Times. ANTHONY BRAXTON THEATER IMPROVISATIONS is "hilariously entertaining," "delirious" and "delightful." Link in bio!
Pictured: Kamala Sankaram, Rob Reese, Nate Wooley
photos by Clark Hodgin for the Times
This Experiments in Opera production runs two more nights!
Experiments in Opera’s ANTHONY BRAXTON THEATER IMPROVISATIONS opens tonight at The Brick! Through Saturday. Performing tonight is Kamala Sankaram, Rob Reese and James Fei.
Lisa Clair's WILLA'S AUTHENTIC SELF closes this Friday. I've loved directing this beautiful, complex play and working with this incredible team. If you haven't yet seen it, you have four more chances.
Through this Friday at Mitu580
lisaclair.com
