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La MaMa, NYC
Teatro La Communita, Rome, Italy
Conjur Woman
(A Blues Opera)
libretto by Beatrice Manley,
music composed by S heila Dabney, Jasper McGruder, Ellen Stewart and Yukio Tsuji
directed by George Ferencz
set design by Jun Maeda,
light design by Jeff Tapper
Cast: Sheila Dabney with Harry Mann, Jasper McGruder
and Yukio Tsuji
 
Nominee for 2008 Innovative Theatre Award
for Outstanding Production of a Musical
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La MaMa, 45th Anniversary Celebration
La MaMa's 1983 production of Sam Shepard's
The Tooth Of Crime
by Sam Shepard,
Music by Shepard
Additional Music: Bob Jewett.
Music Direction: Bob Jewett
Set Design: Bill Stabile
Costume Design: Sally Lesser.
Lighting Design: Jeff Tapper,
Sound Design: Tim Schellenbaum
Stage Manager: Elyzabeth Gorman
Production Consultant: Virlana Tkacz
Cast: Arthur Adair, Raul Aranas, Charles Gideon Davis, Nick Denning,
Cary Gant, Andrew Morrison, Jenne Vath and Ray Wise.
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Theater For The New City
FEAR ITSELF Secrets of the White House,
a farcical tragedy by Jean-Claude van Itallie,
Set by Watoku Ueno,
Costumes by Sally Lesser,
Sound by Tim Scxhellenbaum,
Lights by Federico Restrepo
Cast: Rene Anderson, Timothy Doyle, Joe Gioco, Eric Goss,
Leslie Ann Hendricks, Jason Howard, Susan Patrick, Ken Perlstein,
Roland Sands and Jenne Vath
Premiere
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The EXPERIMENTA Festival
The War Zone Is My Bed
by Yasmine Rana
directed by George Ferencz
music by Gengi Ito
lights by Federico Restrepo
costumes by Sally Lesser
scenic artist Mark Kehoe
sound design by Tim Schellenbaum
Cast: Alexander Alioto, Sheila Dabney, Jason Howard, Candace Reid
and Jenne Vath
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Theatre for the New City
Piecework
Written by Robyn Burland
Set Design Consultant - Tom Lee
Costume Design - Sally Lesser
Sound Design - Tim Schellenbaum
Stage Manager - Stephanie Atlan
Cast: Alexander Alioto, Jamie Ansley, Felipe Bonilla, Charles Britt,
Nell Gwynn, Allison Hiroto, Jennifer Mann, Juliet O’Brien, Micki Paley,
Heather Rogers, Julie Rosier, Chriztopher Zaborowski
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La MaMa, NYC
Motel
by Jean Claude van Itallie
Puppet Design - Catherine Jane Shaw
Set Design - Peter Case
Music & Sound Design - Tim Schellenbaum
Costumes - Ellen Stewart
Lighting Design - Jeff Tapper
Stage Manager - Esteban Fernandez
Cast: Allison Hiroto, Rosemary Quinn, Shawneeka Woodward,
Chriztopher Zaborowski
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presented in German by Meta Theater, Munich, Germany,
The Lady Aoi
by Yukio Mishima
Stage Design by Watoku Ueno,
Costumes by Barbara Schaucher,
Lighting Design by Markward Scheck,
Music by Helga Pogatschar,
Cast: Hede Beck, Elisabeth Erhard, Daniela Schneider and
Axel Tangerding
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San Diego Rep.
Midsummer's Night Dream
by William Shakespeare
Music by Max Roach
Set by Rob Murphy
Costumes by Sally Lesser
Lights by Peter Maradudin
Cast: Beverly Bremers, Damon Bryant, Keith David, Sheila Dabney,
Joe Kane, Natasha Kautsky, Jim Morlino and Ronn Smith
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Cleveland Playhouse
Mensch Meier
by Franz Xaver Kroetz
Set design by Bill Stabile
Costumes by Estelle Painter
Lights by Blu.
Cast: Catherine Albers, Thomas Kopache and Joseph Pecchio
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La MaMa ETC, NYC
Money: A Jazz Opera
Libretto by Amiri Baraka
Music by George Gruntz.
Set by Jun Maeda
Costumes by Sally Lesser.
Lights by Jim Hardy
Cast: Ray Anderson, Kenneth Bell, Bakida Carroll, Chico Freeman,
Sharon Freeman, Frank Gordon, George Gruntz, Billy Hart,
Howard Johnson, Sheila Jordan, Erica Lindsay, Cecil McBee,
J.D. Parran, Janice Robinson, Wallace Roney and Vera Williams.
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LaMaMa and Syracuse Stage
Shepard Sets,
Plays by Sam Shepard,
Original music by Max Roach
Set by Bill Stabile
Costumes by Sally Lesser
Lights by Blu
Cast: Jim Abele, Betsy Aidem, Raul Aranas, Akin Babtunde,
Tom Costello, Sheila Dabney, Peter Jay Fernandez, Zivia Flomenhaft,
Stephen Mellor,S. Epatha Merkerson and Deirdre O’Connell
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the original 1983 production was in association with
SYRACUSE STAGE/SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
La MaMa, NYC & Syracuse Stage
The Tooth Of Crime
by Sam Shepard,
music by Shepard
Additional Music by Bob Jewett.
Music Direction by Bob Jewett
Set by Bill Stabile
Costumes by Sally Lesser.
Lights by Paul Mathiesen,
Cast: Richard Allen, Raul Aranas, Benmio Easterling,
Peter Jay Fernandez, Jodi Long, Stephen Mellor, John Nesci
and Ray Wise.
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American Place Theatre, NYC.
Paris Lights
(The All-Star Literary Genius Expatriate Revue)
by Mike Zettler
Music by Bill Russo,
Set by Bill Stabile,
Costumes by Sally Lesser and Kathleen Smith,
Lights by Laura Rambaldi,
Choreography by Jane Summerhays.
Cast: Margery Cohen, Rhetta Hughes, Trisha Long,
Stephen Mellor, Christopher Murray, Jane Summerhays,
John David Westfall and Nicholas Wyman.
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Impossible Ragtime Theatre, NYC,
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare,
Set by George Ferencz.
Costumes by Sally Lesser.
Lights by Jon Gisondi.
Cast: Patti Baker, Catherine Boyd Louis Braunstien Glen Cabrera,
Brian Dennehy, David Duhaime, Greg Fabian, Margaret Flanagan,
Drew Keil, Richard Leighton, Karen Pontius, Kristen Richards,
J.W. Roberts, Dino Shorte, Ray Wise and Kate Zentall.
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Impossible Ragtime Theatre, NYC.
The Hairy Ape
by Eugene O’Neill.
Set by Ron Daley and George Ferencz,
Costumes by Sally Lesser
Lights by John Gisondi,
Stage Fighting by Spencer Cohen.
Cast: Pattie Baker, Louis Braunstein, Richard Carballo,
Spencer Cohen, Cynthia Crane, Gideon Davis, Greg Fabian,
Margaret Flanagan, Jonathan Foster, Jonathan Frakes, Drew Keil,
Annette Kurek, Karen Pontius, Kristen Richards, Ray Wise
and Stephen Zuckerman.
Subsequent productions at Pittsburg Public Theatre and at Berkeley Rep
featured music by Max Roach and set design by Bill Stabile
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BONUS TRACKS:
Nude with Violin
by Noel Coward @ The Amature Comedy Club
The Last Two Jews Of Kabul
by Josh Greenfeld, @ La MaMa, NYC
Max Roach Spectacles
@ Lincoln Center, NYC; Aaron Davis Hall, NYC;
Perugia, Italy; Verona, Italy; Red Bank, NJ; 92nd St Y, NYC
Ghosts: Live From Galilee
(The Scottsboro Boys Blues Opera)
Libretto by Edgar Nkosi White, Music by Genji Ito @ La MaMa ETC, NYC
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