Golem (1997)
Production
La MaMa in association with GOH Productions present this performance by The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre.
The production features seven puppeteers, four dancers, and a cast of small to life-sized wooden marionettes. The dancers, puppets, puppeteers, and musicians freely interact throughout the piece, alternately portraying both the Jewish citizens of the ghetto and their Christian oppressors. The Rabbi is a 48-inch puppet animated by Matthew Lavin.
Golem has about twenty human puppets in all, plus an assortment of fish puppets, dancing mops, and sundry found-object puppets. Six of the puppets are 48 inches high; there are also two hundred-year old puppets in the "cast".;World premiere of the work. A benefit performance and reception was held on the evening of Thursday March 20, 1997.
La MaMa debut of the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre.
press release;promotional flyer, press release
The production features seven puppeteers, four dancers, and a cast of small to life-sized wooden marionettes. The dancers, puppets, puppeteers, and musicians freely interact throughout the piece, alternately portraying both the Jewish citizens of the ghetto and their Christian oppressors. The Rabbi is a 48-inch puppet animated by Matthew Lavin.
Golem has about twenty human puppets in all, plus an assortment of fish puppets, dancing mops, and sundry found-object puppets. Six of the puppets are 48 inches high; there are also two hundred-year old puppets in the "cast".;World premiere of the work. A benefit performance and reception was held on the evening of Thursday March 20, 1997.
La MaMa debut of the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre.
press release;promotional flyer, press release
March 13 – 23, 1997
English
PROD.1997.0020
Vít Hořejš (director), Frank London (music), Yoshiko Chuma (choreographer), Diedre Kane (performer), Matthew Lavin (performer), Chris Maresca (performer), Karin Lili Ruhe (performer), Michael Alan Gilbert (performer), Andrea Maddox (performer), David Figueroa (performer), Keely Garfield (performer), Guta Hedewig (performer), Nami Yamamoto (performer), Mark Landsman (performer), Jakub Krejčí (designer), Boris Čakširan (costumes), Anne Morrow Kenney (costumes), Alysia Raycraft (costumes), Roman Hladík (set design), Zdenek Křiž (lighting designer), Melissa Caolo (stage manager), Liz Joyce (contributor)
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