July 8 at 7:00pm, July 9 at 9:00pm, July 10 at 7:00pm, July 11 at 9:00pm, July 12 at 5:00pm * buy tickets at ps122.org *
The South Wing presents
AOI!
A new adaptation of Yukio Mishima's modern Noh play, "The Lady Aoi", TSW distills the 1950's shingeki naturalism of the original text with their own brand of nouveau expressionism to expose the extremely conflicted nature of Mishima's psyche.
Written by:: Yukio Mishima adapted by Ivana Catanese
Directed by: Kameron Steele
Performed by: Gillian Chadsey, Craig Dolezel, Catherine Friesen, Nathan Guisinger, Sophie Nimmannit, Kristine Lee, Harold German, Rachael Richman and Brian Nishii
Music: Marc Appart
Lighting Design: Nathan Guisinger
Costume Design: Ardith Ibañez
Set Design: Mariano Marquez
Sound Design: Jimmy Garver
Producer: The South Wing
“All the performers in the production achieve a remarkable level of physical unity and cohesion - all clearly sharing the same imaginary world - while at the same time moving in and out of some 40 characters.” DownTown Express, Harry Newman
“An engaging, kaleidoscopic memory play of startling images, unexpected humor, and surprising tenderness. Throughout, characters and scenes transform almost instantaneously. It's a wonderfully controlled, open-ended chaos with multiple potential meanings.” New York Theater Wire, Philippa Wehle
“The 13-member cast, multi-talented musicians, actors and dancers who have worked with Cirque du Soleil, Robert Wilson, the SITI Company and the Suzuki company of Toga, expertly played 40 different characters in this complex meditation on memory and time that weaves disparate tales together and moves backwards and forwards through space and time. Excellent ensemble work and the fine direction of this young, very promising theater company.” Offoffonline, Frank Episale
About the company
Since 2003, The South Wing (TSW) has endeavored to create theatre which embraces the challenges that language, culture, genre and tradition present to 21st century global society. TSW's viscerally engaging performances are generated via the shared vocal and movement "grammar" which the company continues to develop through their vigorous training laboratory. As the TSW style continues to take shape, the company's goal remains to be the creation of stories that appeal to poetical, political, intellectual and bawdy tastes alike, ultimately offering an opportunity for the audience to imagine the human experience in a new perspective.
http://www.thesouthwing.org/
