Add It Up
An original interpretation by The LIDA Project inspired by the work of Elmer Rice.
Add It Up is a performance remix as interpreted by six sound, video, and performance artists from The LIDA Project. It is sound. It is light. It is music. It is words. It is images. It is machines. It is humans. It is about love. And hate. And murder. And death. And rebirth. And dancing. And eggs.
Production History
September 14 – October 6, 2012 : work | space :: Denver, CO
Awards Best Use of Multimedia (Brian Freeland / The LIDA Project), True West Award
The Company Producers: Steven J. Deidel / Brian Freeland / The LIDA Project Direction: Brian Freeland Assistant Direction: Rhea Amos Lighting Design: Steven J. Deidel / The LIDA Project Sound Design: Lorenzo Sariñana / The LIDA Project Costumes: Hart DeRose / The LIDA Project Projection Design: Brian Freeland / The LIDA Project
Ensemble Hart DeRose: 0 Michelle Hurtubise: Elmer Rice Heidi Pachner: The Boss
Lorenzo Sariñana: Her Matthew Schultz: Mrs. 0
Trina Magness and Dan O’Neill in Auto da Fé (2012)
Auto da Fé
An original adaptation of the book by Elias Canetti by Rebecca Gorman O’Neill.
A twisted creation developed by The LIDA Project ensemble, playwright Rebecca Gorman, and director Brian Freeland. Manipulations of darkness and light and juxtapositions of ghastly imagery help to re-imagine Canetti’s breakthrough 1935 work about a lone recluse and his infinite library of books.
Production History
May 11 – June 2, 2012: work | space :: Denver, CO
Awards
Best New Work (Rebecca Gorman O’Neill), True West Awards Nomination
Best Actor in a Drama (Dan O’Neill), True West Awards Nomination
The Company
Producers: Brian Freeland, Steven J. Deidel & The LIDA Project
Direction: Brian Freeland
Words / Dramaturgy: Rebecca Gorman O’Neill
Production Stage Manager: G. Austin Allen
Lighting Design: Steven J. Deidel / Anna R. Kaltenbach
Scenic Design: David Lafont
Projection Design: Steven J. Deidel / Ryan Gaddis
Costume Design: Hart DeRose
Sound Design: Brian Freeland
Associate Sound Design / Operator: Anson Nicholson
Associate Lighting Design: Tommy Sheridan
Ensemble
Dan O’Neill: Kien
Trina Magness: Therese
Robin Davies: Doorman / Fischerle
Lorenzo Sariñana: George / Brute / Beggar / Others
Images
Lorenzo Sariñana, Robin Davies, Dan O’Neill, & Trina Magness in Auto da Fé (2012)
Lorenzo Sariñana & Trina Magness in Auto da Fé (2012)
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
a devised work of The LIDA Project*
The LIDA Project’s 6-part award winning epic on health, care, mortality and dying in the United States originally premiered in December of 2011 in a unique collaboration between the LIDA Project and a group of guest directors and community leaders. The work was environmentally designed and performed in private residences.
Production History December 02 – December 17, 2011 : site specific residences :: Denver, CO January 27 – February 11, 2012 :site specific residences :: Denver, CO
Awards Special Achievement – Denver Post Ovation Award
The Company
Direction: Robin Davies / Brian Freeland / Josh Hartwell / Jaime Lujan / Brenda Cook Ritenour / Kate Roselle / Tommy Sheridan / Kenny Storms Artistic Director: Brian Freeland Dramaturgy: Rebecca Gorman O’Neill Movement: Tonya Malik-Carson Scenic Design: Amelia Charter Production Assistant: Laura Lounge
Ensemble
Rhea Amos, Meg Chamberlain, Hart DeRose, Nancy Flanagan, Michelle Hurtubise, Madeleine Joyce, Sonia Justl, Deanna Lowman, Heidi Pachner, Lorenzo Sariñana, Stefin Woolever, & Ryan Wuestewald
Video
The Works
The Soldier The Soldier maneuvers through a recent Iraq War veterans struggles to care for herself and her relationships while her PTSD and grief from the war spin into a sadistic health insurance game show. Directed by Tommy Sheridan with performances by Rhea Amos, Hart DeRose, Nancy Flanagan, Michelle Hurtubise, Madeleine Joyce, Heidi Pachner, Stefin Woolever, and Ryan Wuestewald.
The Addict The Addict is a cyclical spiral of losing control and asking for help. It grapples with both tangible and systemic addictions and whether or not we have the agency to choose our own paths. Directed by Kate Roselle and Kenny Storms with performances by Nancy Flanagan, Madeleine Joyce, Deanna Lowman, Heidi Pachner, Lorenzo Sariñana, and Stefin Woolever.
The Survivor
An exploration of how we grapple with death–both losing those we love and dealing with the knowledge of our own. Directed by Jaime Lujan with performances by Rhea Amos, Hart DeRose, Michelle Hurtubise, Madeleine Joyce, Lorenzo Sariñana, and Ryan Wuestewald.
The Middleman
An examination of the difficult choices that individuals have to make on health + care in a world of 7 billion people. Directed by Robin Davies with performances by Rhea Amos, Hart DeRose, Michelle Hurtubise, Heidi Pachner, and Ryan Wuestewald.
The Immigrant
An exploration of alternative medicine, cultural assimilation, and the red tape beaurocrtic hoops we have to jump through. Directed by Brenda Cook Ritenour with performances by Hart DeRose, Michelle Hurtubise, Deanna Lowman, and Lorenzo Sariñana.
The Patient The Patient is a poetic and lyrical exploration of the ins outs ups downs of a person’s final moments and how hospice and its workers provide support to that person and their relatives. “What’s more important than our final moment,” one patient asks. Death responds, “Them.” Directed by Josh Hartwell with performances by Nancy Flanagan, Madeleine Joyce, Deanna Lowman, Heidi Pachner, and Stefin Woolever.
* Development collaborators: Rhea Amos, Meg Chamberlain, Amelia Charter, Robin Davies, Hart DeRose, Nancy Flanagan, Brian Freeland, Josh Hartwell, Michelle Hurtubise, Madeleine Joyce, Sonia Justl, Laura Lounge, Deanna Lowman, Jaime Lujan, Tonya Malik-Carson, Rebecca Gorman O’Neill, Heidi Pachner, Brenda Cook Ritenour, Lorenzo Sariñana, Kate Roselle, Tommy Sheridan, Kenny Storms, Stefin Woolever, & Ryan Wuestewald
Justin Bieber Meets Al Qaeda
a devised work of The LIDA Project*
This original LIDA collaborative work inspired by Max Fritch’s The Firebugs and Albert Camus’s The Just, focuses on American pop culture and attitudes a decade after the Al Qaeda attacks on the United States. An irreverent, bombastic, and controversial examination of American politics and culture post 9-11.
Production History
September 9 – October 8, 2011: work | space :: Denver, CO
Awards
Best Multimedia Integration (Steven J. Deidel) -Denver Post Ovation Award
Best Lighting (Steven J. Deidel) – Denver Post Ovation Award Nomination
Best Sound (Kenny Storms & Max Peterson)– Denver Post Ovation Award Nomination
The Company Producers: Brian Freeland, Steven J. Deidel & The LIDA Project Direction: Brian Freeland Dramaturgy: Rebecca Gorman O’Neill Lighting / Projection Design: Steven J. Deidel
Sound Design: Max Peterson & Kenny Storms
Costume Design: Annette Westerby
Associate Lighting Design: Anna R. Kaltenbach
Associate Lighting Design / Lighting Programmer: G. Austin Allen
Projection Associate / Content Creation: Ryan Gaddis
Pixel Twister: Joe Deats
Camera Operators / Video Technicians: Tommy Sheridan & Alex Polzin
LIVE Sand Artist: Amelia Charter
Ensemble
Patrick Balai: Homeland Security / George W. Bush
Robin Davies: White
Hart DeRose: Anna Lucia
Dan O’Neill: Osama Bin Ladin
Safa Samiezade-Yazd: The Chorus
Matthew Schultz: Sadam Hussain / Bieber
Ryan Wuestewald: Wilson
Video
Images
Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Hart DeRose (Anna Lucia). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Dan O’Neill (Osama Bin Ladin). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Safa Samiezade-Yazd (The Chorus). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Patrick Balai (Homeland Security). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Dan O’Neill (Osama Bin Ladin). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Safa Samiezade-Yazd (The Chorus) & Robin Davies (White). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Matthew Schultz. Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Robin Davies (White). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Robin Davies (White). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Robin Davies (White) & Hart DeRose (Anna Lucia). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Matthew Schultz (Sadam Hussain). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Dan O’Neill (Captain). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Dan O’Neill (Michael Jackson). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Ryan Wuestewald (Wilson). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Matthew Schultz (Sadam Hussain) & Dan O’Neill (Osama Bin Ladin). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Matthew Schultz (Sadam Hussain). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Matthew Schultz (Beiber). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Hart DeRose (Anna Lucia). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
Ryan Wuestewald (Wilson). Photo by Ryan Gaddis (2011)
* Development collaborators: Robin Davies, Hart DeRose, Brian Freeland, & Matthew Schultz. Additional collaboration from Steven J. Deidel, Rebecca Gorman O’Neill, Dan O’Neill, & Kenny Storms
Trina Magness (Ma) in Martyna Majok’s Mouse in a Jar. (2010)
Mouse in a Jar
by Martyna Majok
We see a mother on a leash. We see the bruises. We smell the meat burn. We hear a crash, a thrash. We know the Man in Boots is coming. We know the daughter is out there. We know there is something scrounging in the shadows.Mouse in a Jar is a horror story packed full of oddities and underground life forms. This is Stockholm Syndrome. This is the impossible grace of bondage. This is subterranean punk; acts of desperation required.
Production History
April 23 – May 29, 2010 : BINDERY | space :: Denver, CO
Awards Best Actress in a Drama (Trina Magness), Westword Actress in a Dramatic Role (Trina Magness) – Denver Post Ovation Award Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Role (Kelleen Shadow) – Denver Post Ovation Award Nomination Scenic Design (Nick Kargel) – Denver Post Ovation Award Nomination Lighting Design (Steven J. Diedel) – Denver Post Ovation Award Nomination Sound Design (Brian Freeland) – Denver Post Ovation Award Nomination
The Company Direction: Julie Rada Asst. Direction: Lanie Reel
Scenic Design: Nicholas Kargel
Lighting / Projection Design: Steven J. Deidel
Associate Lighting Design: Anna R. Kaltenbach / Dan O’Neill
Video Foley Artist: Dan O’Neill Sound Design: Brian Freeland
Costume Design: Annette Westerby
Properties Design: Julie Rada
Production Run Crew: Ryan Gaddis / Jules DuMond / Kenny Storms
Chorus (a.k.a. The Large Hadron Collider) in Roller Skating With My Cousin. Photo: Erin Preston (2010).
Roller Skating With My Cousin
a devised work of The LIDA Project*
Part science lab, part disco, Roller Skating With My Cousin combines the mythology and archetypes of the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel with the sexual revolutionary act of roller skating, while simultaneously asking whether we can all create a custom-designed universe in our kitchen sink and, furthermore, why did Ronald Reagan fail as the anti-Christ? This mash-up of themes results in a lively, dark romp in which a synchronized chorus of roller skaters builds a tower under a star-flecked mirror ball sky.
“Roller Skating With My Cousin is a musical love letter from the future, on wheels, with utter disregard for logic and linearity…let LIDA be your guide… For sensible people, the 1980s have long been thought of as a time best forgotten…Then along came the delightfully whacked-out lunatics at the LIDA Project.”
-Kurt Brighton, The Denver Post
“It’s riveting, surprising, a beautiful cross…between theater and life.”
-Juliet Wittman, Westword
Production History
January 15 – February 20, 2010: BINDERY | space :: Denver, CO
The Company
Direction: Brian Freeland / Tonya Malik-Carson Stage Management: Tommy Sheridan Asst. Stage Management: Ryan Gaddis Lighting Design: Steven J. Deidel / Anna R. Kaltenbach Projection Design: Steven J. Deidel Sound Design: Brian Freeland Scenic Design: Steven J. Deidel Scenic Charge: Schuyler Burks Costume Design: Julie Rada
Properties Design: Julie Rada
Ensemble Ed Cord, Desiree Gagnon, Miriam Suzanne, Melanie Owen, Julie Rada, Matthew Schultz, & Crystal Verdon.
* Development collaborators: Ed Cord, Steven J. Deidel, Brian Freeland, Desiree Gagnon, Tonya Malik-Carson, Miriam Suzanne, Melanie Owen, Julie Rada, Matthew Schultz, & Crystal Verdon.
Dan O’Neill (Joseph K.) & Josh Hartwell (Kafka) in joseph k. Photo: Erin Preston (2009).
joseph k.
an original work by Martin McGovern
Based on the writings of Franz Kafka, joseph k. is a journey through the beauty and paranoia of one of the greatest literary minds in Western literature.
Production History
May 22 – June 20, 2009 : BINDERY | space :: Denver, CO
Awards Best New Work (Martin McGovern) – Denver Post Ovation Award Best Scenic Design (Brian Freeland) – Denver Post Ovation Award Best Director of a Play (Brian Freeland) – Denver Post Ovation Award Nomination
The Company Direction: Brian Freeland
Assistant Director: Melanie Owen Costume Design: Julie Rada / Annette Westerby Lighting Design: Steven J. Deidel / Anna Kaltenbach Master Electrician: Anshuman Bhatia Projection Design: Steven J. Deidel Scenic Design: Brian Freeland Sound Design: Brian Freeland
Ensemble Dan O’Neill: Joseph K Josh Hartwell: Kafka Brandon Kruhm: Franz Doron Burks: Willem / Bloch Lorenzo Sariñana: Investigator / Magistrate / Titorelli Petra Ulrych: Frau Grubach Elgin Kelley: Fraulein Burstner / Leni / Fraulein Montag / Urchin Girl Julie Rada: Felice / Wife / Urchin Girl Ken Witt: Huld Mike Marlow: The Whipper / Ensemble Elizabeth Parks: Ensemble
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