| The Wooster Group presents a new production of Richard Foreman's Symphony of Rats, March 27-May 4 at The Performing Garage | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 12:27 pm EST 03/06/24 | |
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| THE WOOSTER GROUP PRESENTS A NEW PRODUCTION OF SYMPHONY OF RATS BASED ON A 1988 PLAY BY RICHARD FOREMAN DIRECTED BY ELIZABETH LECOMPTE AND KATE VALK MARCH 27 – MAY 4, 2024 AT THE PERFORMING GARAGE The Wooster Group announces New York performances of their new production of Symphony of Rats, a play by leading American avant-garde playwright Richard Foreman. Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte and Kate Valk, Symphony of Rats is performed by Niall Cunningham, Jim Fletcher, Ari Fliakos, Andrew Maillet, Michaela Murphy, and Guillermo Resto. Sound design/original music are by Eric Sluyter, with songs featuring music by Suzzy Roche. Video design is by Yudam Hyung Seok Jeon with Maillet; the lighting design is by Jennifer Tipton and Evan Anderson; and the costumes are by Antonia Belt. Performances will take place March 27 – May 4, 2024, at the Group's home, The Performing Garage (33 Wooster Street). Ari Fliakos, Jim Fletcher in The Wooster Group's new production of Richard Foreman's Symphony of Rats. ©Spencer Ostrander In Symphony of Rats, a President of the United States has strange encounters of the phantasmagorical kind. Surrounded by his presidential aides, he plunges into a series of incidents where he meets otherworldly beings, among them a giant rat with a special message. The first production of Symphony of Rats was staged in 1988 at The Performing Garage, with Richard Foreman directing. The Wooster Group has made an entirely new piece by transposing Foreman's text into verse and setting it to a multi-layered sound and video score. In their re-imagining of Symphony of Rats, now set in a hybrid spaceship-museum, The Wooster Group assesses the evolution of technology in relation to what it means to be human. The full ensemble for Symphony of Rats includes: Tavish Miller (technical director), Matthew Dipple (dramaturg), Clay Hapaz (archivist), Monika Wunderer (general manager), and Cynthia Hedstrom (producer). ABOUT THE WOOSTER GROUP The Wooster Group, led by founding member and director Elizabeth LeCompte, is a pioneer of experimental theater. Established in 1975, the Group has created more than 40 theater and dance works, over 20 media pieces, and one Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Theater productions include: Rumstick Road (1977), L.S.D. (... Just the High Points ...) (1984), Brace Up! (1991), The Hairy Ape (1996), House/Lights (1999), To You, the Birdie! (Phèdre) (2002), Hamlet (2006), the opera La Didone (2008), Vieux Carré (2009), The Room (2015), The Town Hall Affair (2017), A Pink Chair (In Place of a Fake Antique) (2018), and The Mother (2021), all directed by LeCompte, and Early Shaker Spirituals (2014), The B-Side: Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons (2017), and Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me (2024), directed by founding member and associate director Kate Valk. The Group's work has been included in museum and gallery shows internationally, among them three Whitney Biennials, and commissions for the opening of the new Whitney Museum building and the 2006 Dada exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. ABOUT RICHARD FOREMAN Richard Foreman is a leading American avant-garde playwright who founded the Ontological-Hysteric Theater in 1968. He has written and directed over 50 plays which toured nationally and internationally. In 1988, he wrote Symphony of Rats and directed Wooster Group performers Peyton Smith, Kate Valk, Ron Vawter, and Jeff Webster in a production at The Performing Garage. In 2022, LeCompte and Valk asked Foreman if the Group could make a new version of the play. He responded, "You can do whatever you want! I hope it's completely unrecognizable." FUNDING CREDITS Co-commissioned by piece by piece productions. The creation and performance of Symphony of Rats is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; and the National Endowment for the Arts; Antonia Belt; and Tom Shapiro. Major support for The Wooster Group is provided by Rita Ackermann and Hauser & Wirth; the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; The Howard Gilman Foundation; MacMillan Family Foundation; Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; Select Equity Group Foundation; Shubert Foundation; and The Wooster Group's Director's Circle: Antonia & David Belt, Paul Cassidy & Vernon Evenson, Christine Larsen & Vincent Dopulos, Alan Mark & Jeffrey Fraenkel, Frances McDormand, Robyn Mewshaw, Catherine Orentreich (Orentreich Family Foundation), Tom Shapiro, and Wendy vanden Heuvel. PRODUCTION INFORMATION The Wooster Group Symphony of Rats March 27-30, April 3-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27, and May 1-4 Wendesdays – Fridays at 7:30 pm. Saturdays at 3:00 pm and 7:30 pm. Running time: approximately 80 minutes The Performing Garage, 33 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013 Tickets start at $35, available from www.thewoostergroup.org or by calling (212) 966-9796 |
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