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PRODUCTIONS IN 2007 AND BEYOND!!
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| "Help me, sir! I am the only survivor of the accident."
"Fee! Fee! Feegaa! Feeeegaa!"
And so begins Fernando Arrabal's The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria, a show marking the thirty-fifth production at the Zeitgeist, which first opened in the spring of 1997, and the return of live theater to this award winning venue after a hiatus of almost two years (see a clip from the production here!)
The story of two men, one of whom is now stranded on a desert island, the Architect and the Emperor, and the effects of power and longing on simple human relationships. As the Emperor teaches him about the wonders of modern living ("Ignorant brute....Have I regaled you with my stories about television, Coca-Cola, tanks, the museums of Babylon, our ministers, our popes...?"), the Architect slowly finds himself transformed into a mimic of all that he has never had or even imagined.
Zeitgeist's production features two of Detroit's great young actors, Charles Reynolds (co-founder of the Abreact Playhouse, and star of their critically acclaimed production of The Metamorphosis last spring) and Joel Mitchell (who starred in the Breathe Art Theater's production of "Dead Eye Boy" this past fall at 1515 Broadway). Both actors have performed at the Zeitgeist on numerous occasions, including together in The Ubu Variations (February 2003). John Jakary (Director) again collaborates with Troy Richard (Designer) to create an intimate and vicious portrait of a desperate tyrant, and the effects of power run amok.
Performances for The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria are:
Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25 at 8pm
Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1 at 8pm, Sunday April 2 at 4pm
Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8 at 8pm, Sunday April 9 at 4pm
Friday and Saturday, April 14 and 15 at 8pm, Sunday April 16 at 4pm
Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22 at 8pm, Sunday April 23 at 4pm
Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29 at 8pm
Admission for all performances is $20, with a $10 Student Admission with student ID.
Zeitgeist Gallery and Performance Venue is located at 2661 Michigan Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets in Detroit , less than a mile west of the old Tiger Stadium. For additional information and reservations, please call 313-965-9192 .
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The Chairs. Eugene Ionesco, April 23 - May 16 2004
ZeitGeist’s production of The Chairs stars Roy K. Dennison and Leah Smith as the Old Man and Old Woman. Roy Dennison has been working on stage for over fifty years. Mr. Dennison has performed on almost every stage in the Metropolitan Detroit area, and has received numverous awards, including recognition from The Oakland Press for his work in Taking Leave at the Performance Network. Leah Smith has been performing in Detroit for over fifteen years, most recently in Talking With at Meadowbrook. She has also been seen at the Detroit Repertory Theater in Jar the Floor and at Zeitgeist in David’s Red-Haired Death, for which she was nominated “Best Actress” by the Detroit Free Press. John Jakary (The Ubu Variations and Waiting for Godot at the Zeitgeist) directs the production.
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3 Twenty Minute Plays (With Drinking In Between) 2: Another Experiment In Drama. Troy Richard, February 20 - March 13 2004. Troy Richard, Director.
“With the right cooperation, we should prevail.” –The Dictator
ZeitGeist Detroit presents another world premiere this season, with this original series of scripts by Troy Richard. In "The Girl with the Cut Off Foot" (Kelli Rossi as The Girl, Michael McGettigan as her Husband, and Dax Anderson as The Zealot), Mr. Richard pits the damnation of a wrathful god against the naïve and trusting belief of a woman who sacrifices her foot to save her children from hell. "The Dictator Makes A Move" (Alan Madlane as The Dictator and Charles Reynolds as The Zealot) pushes the boundaries of humor and good taste as a Dictator plays cat and mouse with the last man of dead race. And in "Bone-draggin’ Grizzly Bear" (James Mio as The Grizzley Bear), the audience becomes a bar patron
invited into the surreal world of the bone-dragging grizzly bear who’s just waitin’ for the muse to come around again on the g’itar.
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Hamlet Machine: Hamlet. Heiner Muller and William Shakespeare, October 2003. Jennifer George, Director. Margo Beregszaszy, Assistant Director. Chris Korte, Darrell Glasgow, Sarah Galloway, Alan Madeleine, Mike McGettigan, James Mio, Joel Mitchell, Jamie Warrow
The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Ron Allen, May 30 - June 21 2003. John Jakary, Director. Click here to read the wonderful review of this show at MetroTimes.com!
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The Ubu Variations: The Death of Alfred Jarry, Pataphysician. Troy Richard and John Jakary, February 7 - March 15 2003. John Jakary, Director. Charles Reynolds (Alfred Jarry), Joel Mitchell (Pa Ubu), Jaime Moyer (Ma Ubu), Dax Anderson (The Conscience), Maria Haag (The Girl), Bryan Spangler, James Mio (The Palcontents).
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Blood. Tom Walmsley, November 1 - 23 2002. Timothy Campos, Director. Joel Mitchell (Chris), Alana Dauter (Noelle).
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The Firebugs. Max Frisch, September 20 - October 12 2002. Eric Maher, Director. Ryan Carlson (Mr. Beidermann), Alana Dauter (Mrs. Beidermann), Timothy Campos (Willie), James Mio (Sepp), Lessa Bouchard (The Maid), Conor Draves (The Professor), Joel Mitchell (The Fire Chief), Phil Bolden, Alan Madelane, Keith Kalinowski (The Chorus).
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The Relative Energy Sack Theory Museum. Ron Allen, June 7 - 29 2002. John Jakary, Director. Elana Elyce, Doug Bauer, Douglas McCray, Sandra Hines, Madeline Porter, Steven Nicolich, Brian Johnson, Alan Madelane, Rachel Nardecchia, Barbie Amann, Carter Stevenson, Bryan Spangler.
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Performing Objects Stationed in the Sub World. Carla Harryman, April 5 - 27 2002. John Jakary, Director. Jen House, Amy Arena, Elana Elyce, Maria Haag, Phil Bolden, J. Kim Welch.
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Level. Troy Richard, February 15 - March 9 2002. Troy Richard, Director. Charles Reynolds, Misty Stankiewitz, Sergio Mautone, Elton Litzner, Alan Madelane, Maria Haag, Teresa LaFranca.
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Waiting for Godot. Samuel Beckett, September 14 - October 20 2001. John Jakary, Director. Timothy Campos (Vladimir), Thomas Hoagland (Estragon), Andrew Huff and Joel Mitchell (Pozzo), Sergio Mautone (Lucky), Maria Haag (The Boy).
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The Butterfly Flick. William Boyer, July 27 - August 12 2001. Dan Glomski, Leah Smith, Inga Wilson, Mark Hammell, Sergio Mautone, Keith Kalinowski.
The Bald Soprano. Eugene Ionesco, May 25 - June 16 2001. Troy Richard, Director. Joel Mitchell, Jaime Moyer, Sergio Mautone, Lauren Allen, Andrew Dawson, Maria Haag.
David’s Red-Haired Death. Sherry Kramer, March 30 - April 22 2001. Leah Smith and Lessa Bouchard, co-Directors. Leah Smith and Lessa Bouchard (Jean and Marilyn, alternating roles), Phil Bolden and Billy West (Technicians).
Last Church of the Twentieth Century. Ron Allen, January 26 - February 17 2001. John Jakary, Director. Don Williams, Terese Blanco, Sergio Mautone, Inga Wilson, Nelson Jones, Chad Kashuba.
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Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Dario Fo, October 27 - November 19 2000. Neil Alting, Director. Timothy Campos, Andrew Huff, Joel Mitchell, Keith Kalinowski, Leah Smith, Arthur Mellos.
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and they put handcuffs on the flowers. Fernando Arrabal, September 15 - October 8 2000. John Jakary, Director. Thomas Hoagland (Katar), Charles Reynolds (Amiel), Joel Mitchell (Pronos), Andrew Dawson (Tosan), Emily Rose Merrell (Drima), Leah Smith (Falidia), Lessa Bouchard (Lelia), Maria Haag (The Apparition). Videography by Julie Meitz.
A brief note in the Metro Times is here (that's Joel Mitchell and Lessa Bouchard in the photo).
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William Testament. William Boyer, July 14 - 30 2000. Leah Smith, Director. William Boyer, Leah Smith.
Hughie. Eugene O’Neill, April 7 - 29 2000. Neil Alting, Director. Joel Mitchell (Erie Smith), Sergio Mautone (The Clerk).
Exit the King. Eugene Ionesco, February 11 - March 4 2000. John Jakary, Director. Andre Latyszewski (King Berenger), Jamie Warrow (Queen Margaret), Leah Smith (Queen Marguerite), Charles Reynolds (The Doctor), Jaime Moyer (The Maid), Devin McPherson (The Guard).
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Beckett then Pinter. October 29 - November 20 1999. “Krapp’s Last Tape” Samuel Beckett. John Jakary, Director. Andre Latyszewski (Krapp). Julie Meitz, Videography. “The Dumbwaiter” Harold Pinter. Troy Richard, Director. Serio Mautone (Ben), Joel Mitchell (Gus).
A brief write-up in the Metro Times about the show here.
WHAM!: Death Agent of the Experimental Real. Ron Allen, September 17 - October 2 1999. Sandra Hines, Director. Steve Nicolich, Christopher Mundy, Douglas McCray, Madeline Porter
Victims of Duty. Eugene Ionesco, May 21 - June 26 1999. John Jakary, Director. Sergio Mautone (Choubert), Fatima Bazzi (Madeline), Antonio Ramirez (The Chief Inspector), Joel Mitchell (Nicholas T’eu), Tara Grey (The Lady). Set design by Troy Richard. And what a mother fuck it is.
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Dutchman and The Owl Killer. Amiri Baraka and Phillip H. Dean, April 9 - May 1 1999. Boukir Williams, Director. “Dutchman”, Jamie Warrow (Lula), Steve Gaskill (Clay). “The Owl Killer”, Douglas McCray (Noah Hamilton), Sadie Bernice (Emma Hamilton), Yvonne Thomas (Stella Mae Hamilton).
MetroTimes Review
Glengarry Glen Ross. David Mamet, February 5 - 27 1999. Troy Richard, Director. Sergio Mautone (Roma), Ed Howell (Levene), P. Robert Stanley (Moss), Joel Mitchell (Aaronow), Charles Reynolds (Williamson), Nelson Jones (Officer)
True West. Sam Sheperd, October - November 1998. John Jakary, Director. Thomas Hoagland (Lee), Charles Reynolds (Austin), Doddie Broderson (Mom).
Voices In Our Head. August 7 - 15 1998 “20 Plays in 20 Minutes” Ron Allen. Doug Bauer and Teresa Blanco. “Dionysis Weeps for the Plumicans” Troy Richard. Thomas Hoagland (Dionysis), Tami Tabacchi (Blue), Lauren Allen (Green), Audra Kubat (Red).
Aboriginal Treatment Center. Ron Allen, May 8 - June 7 1998. Ron Allen, Director. Doug Bauer, Terese Blanco, Aisha Bowen, Pamela Houston-Hines.
Two Faces of Pinter. April 3 - 25 1998 “The Basement” Harold Pinter, adapted and directed by Troy Richard. Stacy ?? (Jane), P. Robert Stanley (Law), Sergio Mautone (Stott). “The Dwarves” Harold Pinter. John Jakary, Director. Thomas Hoagland (Len), Charles Reynolds (Mark), Dominic Bracco (Pete).
3 Twenty Minute Plays With Drinking In Between. Troy Richard, January 7 - February 7 1998. Christopher Mundy, Gregg McNeal, Chris Moeller, P. Robert Stanley in “Four Guys”; Thomas Hoagland, Lauren Allen in “The Median”; Elton Litzner, Christopher Mundy, Anne Dwyer in “Patsy Cline Dances”.
The Ritual of a Dead Planet. Ron Allen, September - October 1997. Ron Allen, Director. Marsha Carruthers, Renee Tambeau, Gary McKenzie, Don Williams, Doug Bauer.
No Exit. Jean-Paul Sartre, July 18 - August 10 1997. Troy Richard, Director. David Chamberlin (Garcin), Lauren Allen (Inez) Lisa Lennox (Estelle).
-August 2007, Detroit
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