The Dadaists
Fri., June 13 - Sat., July 19, 2003
World Premiere at The MET Theatre
1089 North Oxford Avenue
Los Angeles, CA, USA 90029

Contents:
1). Overview
2). Cast & Production Team
3). Photos/Production Stills

Overview:
The production values for this world premere were dazzling.

Shane Gufforg's set design was inspired, in part, by a three-ring circus. Guffogg communicated the sense of isolation of a time and transparency of timelessness to the stuggles of these Dadaists. An additional set design element was that all actors remained onstage during the performance, sitting on rows of toilets along the SL and SR walls. A tribute to Duchamps' urinal, the toilets were the piece de resistance.

Andrea Housh's lighting design was a difficult task. For the toilets, Andrea installed a small fixture within each, so that every actor individually controled his/her light.

Costume design also went to the edge. Amid impeccable 1916 period wardrobe, Beth Morgan and Ann Mugford added unique flairs to challenge audience perception.

String Theory Productions composed and recorded original music for this play. They are amazing musicians and they gave such a layer of amazing artistry to the show.

Choreography by Kitty McNamee beautifully captured the essence of ground-breaking movement styles and unbridled passions, whether in a morphine-induced dance scene or marionette-based interactions between hunter and prey.

 

Cast & Production Team

Written by Christian Jon Meoli
Directed by Harris Mann
Produced by Christian Jon Meoli & Jason Waters

Assoc. Producers:
Bob Andres
Kara Keeley
Deanne Mencher
Silas Weir Mitchell

Cast (in alphabetical order):
Linus David Cate as Fredrick Hardekopf & Flametti
Darin Cooper as John Brupacher & Marcel Janco
Joe Fria as Hugo Ball
Allison Gammon as Emmy Hennings
Kara Keeley as Mary Wigman
Kai Lennox as Tristan Tzara
Donald Osborne as Gustov Dimbert
Eric Riviera as Hans-Jean Arp
Tucker Smallwood as Dr. Walter Serner
Philip Sokoloff as Jan Ephraim
Jason Waters as Richard Huelsenbeck
Dawn Worrell as Sophie Tauber
Leesa Beck as understudy for Emmy

Production Team:
Daniel Spanton - Assistant Director
Maggie Fullilove-Nugent - Stage Manager
Kitty McNamee - Choreography
String Theory - Sound Design
Beth Morgan & Ann Mugford - Costume Design
Andrea Housh - Lighting Design
Shane Guffogg - Set Design
DW Harper - Video Design
Jess Loseby - Video Design
Rafael Rozëndaal - Video Design
eileen's prop shop - Props

 

Production Stills/Photos

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