World Premiere
AMY BETH KIRSTEN
MARK DECHIAZZA
HOWL
QUIXOTE
COMPOSER AND LIBRETTIST
Amy Beth Kirsten
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
SET AND VIDEO DESIGN
Mark DeChiazza
LIGHTING DESIGN
Mary Ellen Stebbins
SOUND DESIGN
Palmer Hefferan
COSTUME DESIGN
Sylvianne Shurman
CHOREOGRAPHY
Denisa Musilova
Commissioned and produced
by Peak Performances
@ Montclair State University
DATES
March 23 & 24 @ 7:30 p.m.
March 25 @ 8:00 p.m.
March 26 @ 3:00 p.m.
RUNNING TIME
75 minutes, no intermission
QUIXOTE rehearses in the Performing Arts Research Laboratory (PeARL)
Photo; Gennadi Novash
C
ommissioned by Peak Performances as part of
its new extended residency program, PeARL:
Performing Arts Research Laboratory, QUIXOTE
is a bold re-imagining of the Cervantes classic.
With new music by Amy Beth Kirsten and direction by Mark
DeChiazza, the team that created Colombine's Paradise
Theatre, QUIXOTE lets us experience the mad knight's
hallucinations first hand. A soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto,
and four singing percussionists provide the voices inside the old
man's head. This simple and gorgeous production is equal parts
storefront theater and expressionist opera.
Community
Conversation
Saturday, March 25, post-performance
Join Amy Beth Kirsten and
Mark DeChiazza to share reflections
and responses immediately following
the show.
Free and open to the public.
Engage!
"Wildly inventive ... steeped
in myth but utterly modern ...
a tour de force."
— The Washington Post on Amy Beth Kirsten and Mark DeChiazza
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