The Lydian Gale Parr
April 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 20 at 7:30 PM
April 7 and 14 at 3:00 PM
The Lydian Gale Parr is a surreal and poetic chamber oratorio with ballet: a child emissary sent from a city under siege to deliver a letter to the attacking general. But the emissary cannot find him; at every place of arrival, the general has just left. Traveling through space and time, the emissary begins to shapeshift, to manifest freely: as boy, as girl, as man, as woman, as the Lydian Gale Parr, who journeys from ancient cities to cargo ships on an infinite errand to ask for an end to violence. They slip in and out of disparate webs of belonging, yet hold fast to their quest: a ghost child of war.
FEATURING
Gelsey Bell, soprano
Lacy Rose, soprano
Alaina Ferris, alto, piano, Celtic harp
Aviva Jaye, alto, Celtic harp
Chad Goodridge, baritone
WITH
Yoshi Weinberg, flute, clarinet, pedal harp
Eamon Goodman, flute, bass clarinet, steel guitar
Leah Shaw, bassoon
Alina Eckersley, French horn
Charlie Reed, viola da gamba
COMPOSED BY
Alaina Ferris
LIBRETTO BY
Karinne Keithley Syers
DIRECTED BY
Meghan Finn
CHOREOGRAPHY BY
Katy Pyle
MUSIC DIRECTED BY
Alaina Ferris
SPATIAL INSTRUMENT & SOUND DESIGN BY
Eamon Goodman
ASSOCIATE MUSIC DIRECTED BY
Simone Allen
ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGN BY
Tristan O’Shea
ASSISTANT DIRECTED BY
Nicolas Browne
SET & COSTUME DESIGN BY
Patricia Majorie
LIGHTING DESIGN BY
Yang Yu
PROJECTION DESIGN BY
David Pym
STAGE MANAGEMENT BY
Mika Kauffman
PRODUCED BY
Amanda+James and The Tank
TANK PRODUCTION FELLOW
Alejandra Venancio
THIS PIECE WAS COMMISSIONED BY
Charles & Joan Gross Foundation
WITH SUPPORT FROM
The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts
& WAS DEVELOPED, IN PART, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF AN ARTIST RESIDENCY AT:
The Movement Lab in the Milstein Center of Barnard College
Hermitage Artist Retreat
National Sawdust
New Dramatists
COVID PROTOCOL: Please note that this performance will be presented at Target Marin Theater at 232 52nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11220. All attendees and artists will be required to be vaccinated for Covid-19.
