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Katie Taber and puppets designed by Lake Simons as they
appeared in a one-scene showing of Journeys Among the
Dead at HERE Space in August 2003. Photography by Morgan
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By Eugène Ionesco
Premiere Translation by Michael Taormina
Adapted and Directed by Joanna
Settle
About the text:
Ionesco’s final play, written in 1985 shortly before
his death, is an anxiety driven, autobiographical fantasy
centered around a middle-aged writer who visits a realm where
the dead and the living exist plainly with one another. As
adapted by Joanna Settle, Ionesco’s protagonist is a
woman in her thirties - Joan, a successful but faltering writer
who seeks answers from her relatives, approval from her parents,
and a clearer sense of purpose. Answers are not forthcoming,
and the audience is plunged into a world where the failures
and preoccupations of the past mingle indiscriminately with
those of the present. Often funny and always challenging,
this new translation by Michael Taormina was commissioned
and developed by D13 with the support of Étant Donnés,
The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts and the Brooklyn
Arts Exchange.
Production Staff
Scenic
Design: Andrew
Lieberman
Puppetry: Lake Simons
Costume
Design: Caroline Flach
Composer: Obadiah
Eaves
Sound
Design: Mike Frank
Lighting
Design: Peter West
Choreography: Alex Escalante
Production Stage Manager: Lisa
Gavaletz
Cast
Anne DeAcetis
Youssef Kerkour
Steven Rishard
Caesar Samayoa
Rachel Sledd
Katie Taber
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