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07-08 |
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HAVE YOU SEEN STEVE STEVEN? by Ann Marie Healy |
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DEAD CITY A modern riff on Joyce's Ulysses by Sheila Callaghan The day starts sunny and orange. Samantha awakes to hear her life being narrated over the airwaves of public radio. So begins this epic story condensed into a day's worth of events and an hour and a half of stage time - a moving portrait of contemporary life. Direction - Steve Busa Design - Ron Albert, Ariel Dumas, Liz Josheff, Gary Johnson, David Means Cast - Bruce Abas, Jon Cole, Darcey Engen, Sandy'Ci Moua, Miriam Must, Sherwin Resurreccion, Erin Search-Wells |
06-07 |
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RESERVOIR BITCHES by Laura McGhee A splendidly re-imagined, all-female theatrical parody of Quentin Tarantino's classic study in machismo. Direction - Steve Busa Design - Ron Albert, Ariel Dumas, Liz Josheff, Gary Johnson Cast - Laura Coates, Ariel Dumas, Emily Gunyou, Georgia Hallman, Alia Mortensen, Cheryl Ronning |
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MESSALINA by Gordon Dahlquist Three couples muse over drinks about the fall of Rome - humorously mirroring a similar state of debauchery - while revealing how little anyone knows about anyone else and how they're all doing their best to deny it . Direction - Steve Busa Design - Ron Albert, Liz Josheff, Gary Johnson Cast - Topher Brattain, Jon Cole, Emily Gunyou, Mark Mahon, Miriam Must, Toni Trussoni |
05-06 |
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THE INTERNATIONALIST A Foreign Play by Anne Washburn Lowell thinks he is in one of those great American movies where you go abroad and find romance and adventure, but discovers he’s actually in one of those foreign films where nothing is as it seems, there is no moral, and most importantly -- there are no subtitles. Direction - Steve Busa Design - Ron Albert, Liz Josheff, Gary Johnson, Tom Kanthak, Anna Marie Shogren, Daron Walker & Bryan Hanna Cast - Heidi Bakke, Topher Brattain, Jon Cole, Erik Hoover, Miriam Must, Jason M. Vogen |
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PATTY RED PANTS by Trista Baldwin A suspenseful and unsettling post-Little Red Riding Hood tale of sexual awakening. Direction - Steve Busa Design - Ron Albert, David DeBlieck, Liz Josheff, Daron Walker Cast - Ariel Dumas, Emily Gunyou, Jerimy Johnson |
04-05 |
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THE SWIM by Janet Allard Three women from different continents and time periods meet up in a race to swim around the world. Along the way they compete and conspire. One makes it safely to shore; the second washes up dead; and the third is still at sea... Direction - Steve Busa Design - Ron Albert, David DeBlieck, Liz Josheff Cast - John Bolding, Katie Leo, Rhonda Lund, Miriam Must, Jillia Pessenda |
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THE MUSEUM PLAY by Jordan Harrison "It's the stories that are important here at the Museum. Take away the stories, it's simply a closet of bones." (excerpt) Direction - Steve Busa Design - Ron Albert, Liz Josheff, Gary Johnson Cast - Heidi Arneson, John Bolding, David Denninger, Jolie Meshbesher, Miriam Must, Severin Oman |
03-04 |
| REQUIEM from the original script by Charles L. Mee, Jr., adapted by Red Eye This free-wheeling compilation of fragments from Sophocles' lost plays and other found text spins a compelling tale of lust, betrayal and...murder. Direction - Barbe Marshall Design - Ron Albert, Liz Josheff, Jason Vanselow Cast - Bruce Abas, Claire Cooke, Robert Gardner, Meri Golden, Alexander Gulck, Mark Mahon, Jolie Meshbesher, Rebecca Yoho |
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THE TRIAL by Franz Kafka, adapted by Steven Berkoff Without having done anything wrong, Joseph K is arrested one fine morning and gets sucked into a labyrinthine legal system. Direction - Steve Busa Design - Ron Albert, Steve Carlino, Liz Josheff, Gary Johnson, Daniel Allen Nelson, Vanessa Voskuil Cast - Robert-Bruce Brake, Alexander Gulck, Alayne Hopkins, Catherine E. Johnson, Jolie Meshbesher, Miriam Must, Daniel Allen Nelson, Dale Pfeilsticker, Jennifer Schultz, Gwendolyn Schwinke, John Thaxter, James Thomas, Mic Weinblatt |
02-03 |
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EVERYTHING IN SIGHT by Steve Busa A biting tale about life's appetites. Against a technicolor sunset, the path of a detective in hot pursuit of a vampire leads into a supernatural realm where bats rule and insecurities of all kinds creep into view. Direction - Steve Busa Design - Ron Albert, Steve Carlino, Liz Josheff, Gary Johnson Cast - Patty Mathews, Miriam Must, Eric Ringham, with Risa Cohen, Heather Pazich, Dakota Rooney |
01-02 |
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RED DEATH by Lisa D'Amour A thriller in seven scenes. It's pay back time. No one escapes untouched in this delightfully humorous tale of revenge and redeption. Direction - Steve Busa Design - Ron Albert, Steve Carlino, Liz Josheff, Deborah Jinza Thayer Cast - Miriam Must, Tony Papenfuss, Dale Pfeilsticker, Kristen Raeth, Sam Rosen, Noalen Stampe, John Thaxter |
00-01 |
THROWN BY ANGELS by Gwendolyn Schwinke |
99-00 |
VICARIOUS THRILLS: Getting Down with Janis by Carolyn Goelzer THE TOMORROW PROJECT by Steve Busa |
98-99 |
MAMBO 55 by Kira Obolensky |
97-98 |
WALLPAPER PSALM by Ruth Margraff |
96-97
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TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT by William Randall Beard THE SECRET by William Randall Beard & Steve Busa |
95-96
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NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES WITH LENI RIEFENSTAHL by Carlos Murillo STRANGE INTERLUDE by Eugene O'Neill |
94-95
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SILENCE & DESIRE by Maria Cheng, Kim Hines, David Mura & Thomas Rose BOSNIA BLUES by Alex Lubet |
1994 |
MONEY by Steve Busa, Carolyn Goelzer & Miriam Must |
1993 |
THE WRATH OF KALI by Leslie Mohn FLOYD'S PROJECTOR by Shelli Ainsworth |
1992 |
MYSTIC EMOTION or CAN YOU PASS THE ACID TEST by Steve Busa THE HUNGER ARTIST by Franz Kafka PRINCESS POWER by Carolyn Goelzer A PRELUDE TO DEATH IN VENICE by Lee Breuer THE PASSION OF LUCY by Leslie Mohn (San Francisco) |
1991 |
ANDY WARHOL GOES TO THERAPY by Christopher Beckwith FLESH UNICORN by Shelli Ainsworth, Daniel Boone, Geoff Sass and the Company POTATO PEELINGS OF AN ALCHEMIST by Charles Schuminski |
1990 |
THE PASSION OF LUCY by Leslie Mohn IMPERFECTION by Steve Busa |
1989 |
BLUEFISH SONATA: Red Eye in Concert HUMANS ON EARTH by Alan Lindblad WHITE BONED DEMON by Leslie Mohn (NYC) BLUE MOON by Steve Busa (NYC) |
1988 |
PORNOGRAFIA by Mark Amdahl & Stephen Peabody with the company WHITE BONED DEMON by Leslie Mohn THE SHAGGY DOG ANIMATION by Lee Breuer (Atlanta) |
1987 |
THE SHAGGY DOG ANIMATION by Lee Breuer BLUE MOON by Steve Busa THE B. BEAVER ANIMATION by Lee Breuer FLOYD'S PROJECTOR by Shelli Ainsworth |
1986 |
SIOUX CITY by Steve Busa THE BALCONY by Jean Genet EVERYTHING IN SIGHT by Steve Busa DRUMS AND BELLS by Judy McGuire and COCAINE by Valerie Ellis |
1985 |
THE SHAGGY DOG ANIMATION by Lee Breuer A MIND LIKE WATER by Steve Busa AUDIENCE AT LARGE by Steve Busa |
1984 |
REQUEST BY CONCERT by Franz Xavier Kroetz THROUGH THE LEAVES by Franz Xavier Kroetz GEOGRAPHY by Steve Busa TOPIARY by Steve Busa & Leslie Brody |
1983 |
PERSIAN SUMMER by Steve Busa BUSH DWELLER by Steve Busa (Walker Art Center) AVIATION by Marisha Chamberlain (CTC Summer Institute) |
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