For those of you who were dying for ANOTHER Frankenstein Musical

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 2:10pm

and this one has PUPPETS!!!!!!


HERE ARTS CENTER
PROUDLY PRESENTS
“FRANKENSTEIN (MORTAL TOYS)”

WRITTEN BY
ERIK EHN
DIRECTED AND DESIGNED BY
JANIE GEISER & SUSAN SIMPSON

JANUARY 8 – 19

HERE ARTS CENTER
(145 SIXTH AVENUE)

The OBIE award-winning HERE Arts Center in association with Automata proudly presents Frankenstein (Mortal Toys), directed and designed by Janie Geiser and Susan Simpson. This production is presented through HERE’s Dream Music Puppetry Program as part of HERE’s 2007-08 season that includes seven new multi-disciplinary mainstage productions of theatre, dance, puppetry and multimedia work. Frankenstein (Mortal Toys) will play Tuesday, January 8 (Official Opening Night @ 7:00 PM) through Saturday, January 19 at HERE Arts Center (145 Sixth Avenue).

Frankenstein (Mortal Toys) is a full-length miniature spectacle based on a distilled adaptation of Mary Shelley’s evocative novel. Frankenstein (Mortal Toys) follows the haunted journey of Victor Frankenstein and the startling monster created by his own hands. The menacing beauty of the arctic and the high Alps surround the distraught scientist as he confronts the loneliness and rage of his alienated creature. Performed within a miniature proscenium frame, Frankenstein (Mortal Toys) uses puppets based on 18th Century American portrait paintings and lush sets inspired by Romantic-era landscape painting. Shadow and film sequences emerge from this central set to provide windows into the souls of the man and his monster. The piece reveals a vivid world of melancholy, loss and existential longing.

Frankenstein (Mortal Toys) features Severin Behnen’s hypnotic and live score for accordion, organ and toy piano. Performers include Chris Payne, Dana Wilson, Eli Presser, Sarah Brown, Susan Simpson and Janie Geiser. Lighting Design is by John Eckert and Jeanette Yew, with shadow puppets by Leah Chun.

Updated On: 12/12/07 at 02:10 PM

[Liverpool]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 2:18pm

OMG i love Erik Ehn. I was in a few of shorts from The Saint Plays in college.