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BREWSIE AND WILLIE - WORLD PREMIERE STAGE ADAPTATION OF GERTRUDE STEIN'S MODERNIST MASTERWORK
CENTER FOR NEW PERFORMANCE AT CALARTS
in association with
POOR DOG GROUP
presents
BREWSIE AND WILLIE - a World Premiere stage adaptation
Written by Gertrude Stein
Adapted by Marissa Chibas, Erik Ehn and Travis Preston
Directed by Travis Preston
Original music composed by Andrew Conrad and Andrew Gilbert
Choreography by Mira Kingsley
Brewsie and Willie explores the hearts and minds of a disparate group of American soldiers and nurses, who find themselves in limbo as they wait to return home following the end of World War II. Their concerns are timeless -- what jobs will they have? What will America's future be and what is their place in it? Against the backdrop of downtown Los Angeles, original music and live video combine with Stein's compelling text, based on her own conversations with the soldiers she met and befriended in Paris.
Created in association with Poor Dog Group, a bold young company of performers made up of CalArts alumni, Brewsie and Willie also features an all-CalArts design and production team of alumni and current students.
As resonant today as in 1945, the concerns of these GIs and nurses are vibrantly embodied by the performers. The core ensemble is Poor Dog Group, an Los Angeles based collective of like-minded performance and media artists whose mission is to develop original theatrical expression through the creation of new work and radical reexaminations of existing texts. Founded in 2007, PDG has presented work at REDCAT, UCLA, and many other Los Angeles locations and toured to Eastern Europe last summer.
with
Jonney Ahmanson, Jesse Bonnell, Caitlyn Conlin, Andrew Conrad, Brad Culver, Andrew Gilbert, Matthew Goodrich, Lucy Griffin, Adam Haas Hunter, John Kern, Jesse Saler, Catherine Ventura
Scenic Designer Efren Delgadillo, Jr.
Lighting Designers Efren Delgadillo, Jr. and Adam Haas Hunter
Costume Designer E.B. Brooks
Projection Designers Jesse Bonnell, John Kern and Jeff Teeter
Dramaturg Juli Crockett
Assistant Director Itamar Stern
Producer Carol Bixler
Associate Producer Laura Kay Swanson
Production Stage Manager Justin D. Schlegel
PERFORMANCES
Wed - Sun from July 14 through August 1, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Doors open at 7:30 PM
LOCATION: 7th Floor Penthouse, 533 S. Los Angeles Street, between 5th and 6th Streets
Lot parking available next door to 533 S. Los Angeles Street
Wanna grab a bite or a drink before or after the show? Check out what 6th Street has to offer: Cole's and Varnish, Mignon Wine and Cheese Bar, Blu LA Cafe, The Association and Las Perlas
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Location7th Floor Penthouse
533 S. Los Angeles St, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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