Daughters of Lot

Nils Ivan Swanson & Katherine Gutherie. Daughters of Lot (1996)

Nils Ivan Swanson & Katherine Guthrie. Daughters of Lot (1996).

Daughters of Lot
by Brian E. Lewis

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. And the firstborn said until the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the Earth to come into us after the manner of all Earth: Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he precieved not when she lay down, nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the marrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Thus were both the Daughters of Lot with child by their father.
– Book of Genesis, Chapter 19, 30-37

Production History
April 22 – 28, 1996 : The MK-Ultra Theatre :: Denver, CO
August 1 – 24, 1996 : Jack’s Theatre :: Denver, CO
August 13 – 23, 1997 : La Tea :: New York City, NY
September 5 – October 5, 1997 : The LIDA Project Theatre :: Denver, CO

The Company (April 1996)
Direction: Brian Freeland
Assistant Direction: Brian E. Lewis
Scenic Design: Brian Freeland / Brian E. Lewis
Original Music: Paul Cure
Sound Design: Brian Freeland
Costume Design: Katharine Guthrie

Ensemble (April 1996)
Joshua: Nils Ivan Swanson
Martha: Rebeque Destro
Mary: Katharine Guthrie
Mute: Sara Casperson
Damon: Brian Freeland

The Company (August 1996)
Direction: Brian Freeland
Assistant Direction: Brian E. Lewis
Scenic Design: Brian Freeland / Brian E. Lewis
Original Music: Paul Cure
Sound Design: Brian Freeland
Lighting Design: Craig Osterberg
Costume Design: Katharine Guthrie

Ensemble
(August 1996)
Joshua: Nils Ivan Swanson
Martha: Katharine Guthrie
Mary: kryssi wyckoff martin
Ruth: Sara Casperson

The Company (August / September 1997)
Direction: Brian Freeland
Assistant Direction: Brian E. Lewis
Scenic Design: Matthew Morgan
Original Music: Paul Cure
Sound Design: Matthew Morgan
Lighting Design: Matthew Morgan
Costume Design: Katharine Guthrie

Ensemble
(August 1997)
Joshua: Nils Ivan Swanson
Martha: Katharine Guthrie
Mary: Tara M.E. Thompson
Ruth: Sara Casperson

Ensemble (September 1997)
Joshua: Nils Ivan Swanson
Martha: Catherine E. Worster
Mary: Tara M.E. Thompson
Ruth: Sara Casperson

Tainted Pavement

Tainted Pavement (1995). Pictured: Renée Goldberg.

Tainted Pavement (1995). Pictured: Renée Goldberg.

Tainted Pavement
a devised work of The LIDA Project

Tainted Pavement was a devised, site specific piece in which audience members experienced the work through a series of intimate character interactions. The ten interactions took place within a two-block radius in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood with audiences being guided seamlessly from one interaction to the next by the performers. Audience size was limited to four members per group and 10 groups per evening. The work was designed to blur lines between LIDA’s sculpted “characters” and the legitimate residents of the neighborhood with a particular exploration and emphasis on publicly viewable mental illness.

Production History
June 23 – July 16, 1995 : Site Specific :: Denver, CO

Ensemble
John Babcock, Brian Freeland, Rachel Fulmer, Renée Goldberg, Laura Ingram, Brian E. Lewis, Sean Perkins, Garth Shineman, Tara M.E. Thompson, & Jennifer VanHorn

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Mud

Mud by María Irene Fornés (1995). Renée Goldberg & Brian Freeland. Photo by Brian E. Lewis.

Mud by María Irene Fornés (1995). Renée Goldberg & Brian Freeland. Photo by Brian E. Lewis.

Mud
by María Irene Fornés

The LIDA Project presented its first work, Mud, as an extension of Renée Goldberg’s final thesis at The University of Colorado at Denver. This work was a deeply nuanced, symbolic exploration of extreme poverty built within a triangle of need. The 17 scene structure was framed with original photographic projections by Brian E. Lewis.

Production History
May 15 – 23, 1995 : Jack’s Theatre :: Denver, CO

The Company
Direction: Renée Goldberg
Assistant Direction: Pat Hall Mershon
Scenic Design: Renée Goldberg
Lighting Design: Brian E. Lewis
Sound Design: Brian Freeland & Renée Goldberg
Projection Design: Brian E. Lewis

Ensemble
Renée Goldberg: Mac
Brian Freeland: Lloyd
Cliff Sundstrom: Henry