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Written by

Bertolt Brecht

Translated by

Eric Bentley

Performed by

Justin Badger*, Sara Buffamanti*, Jeff Clarke, Liz Eckert , Rachel Jablin, Marty Keiser*, Rebecca Lingafelter*, Elizabeth Malone*, Chris Richards, Rachel Schwartz*, Ben Vershbow (* courtesy AEA)

Directed by

Alice Reagan

Composer

Mark Valadez

Sets and Lights by

Peter Ksander

Costumes by

Asta Hostetter

Dramaturgy by

Ramona Thomasius

Choreography by

Beth Kurkjian

Stage Manager

Christie Love Santiago

Assistant Director

Dara Malina

Assistant Stage Manager

Jacob Lasser

Assistant Producer

Veronique Ory

Technical Director

Mark Sitko

Assistant Costume Design

Stacey Berman
 
PL115 - Caucasian Chalk Circle

Thursday, June 25 - Saturday, July 11, 2009 8PM

Photo | Yi Zhao

Directed by Alice Reagan, Performance Lab 115's new production of Caucasian Chalk Circle (in the Eric Bentley translation) re-imagines Brecht's master work as a distinctly American fable. Set in a half-finished building taken over by squatters (designed by Obie Award winner Peter Ksander), and using composer Mark Valadez's modernized "disaster ballad" folk songs to drive the story, the company mines material from their six-month residency with Mabou Mines (2007-08) to bring the play into contemporary relief. With the economy at a standstill, ongoing wars, and a disintegrating environment, our society is closer to the dark landscape of Brecht's mythical Grusinia than perhaps at any time since his own post-war Germany. By focusing on the divide between the haves and have-nots, and how quickly fortunes can change, the production asks: what is our responsibility to each other in times of crisis?

deliriously imaginative and talent-rich—Jason Zinoman, NY Times

  

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