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The Balcony

The Balcony (2003)

The Balcony (2003)

The Balcony
by Jean Genet, adaptation by Jean-Claude van Itallie

The LIDA Project presented Jean Genet’s The Balcony as translated by Jean-Claude van Itallie as evening of prepared theatrix rooted in fetish, orgy, illusionist magic and circus. LIDA’s production placed spectators in the center of an interactive 360- degree house of illusion.

“It’s a true image, born of a false spectacle.”
― Jean Genet,
The Balcony

Production History
September 5 – October 31, 2003: BINDERY | space :: Denver, CO

Awards
Best Experimental Theatre Production (2003) – Out Front

The Company
Direction: Brian Freeland
Assistant Direction: Jeannene Bragg
Dramaturgy: Jennifer French
Stage Management: Hart DeRose
Lighting Design: James McElwee
Scenic Design: Brian Freeland
Costume Design: Gina Penka
Sound Design: Brian Freeland

Ensemble
Kay Casperson: Irma
Robin Davies: Police Chief
Brian E. Lewis: The Bishop
Dane Torbenson: The General
Joseph A. Norton: The Judge
Jacob T. Morehead: Claude / Riger
Camilla Susser: The Thief / Slave / Georgette
Todd Simmonds: Executioner / Arthur
Irish Jones: The Filly / Slave
Bartlett Meeks: Old Man / The Beggar
Jadelynn Stahl: Follies Girl / Carmen
Kelley Wade /Amelia Mauro: Chantel
Todd Black: Andrew / Envoy / First Photographer
Matthew Korda: Luke / Envoy / Second Photographer
Susan Perry: Ensemble
Hart DeRose: Ensemble
Brian Freeland: Ensemble

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Alice

Kelley Wade in Alice (2001). Photo: Eric Weber

Kelley Wade in Alice (2001). Photo: Eric Weber

Alice
a devised work of The LIDA Project*
writing / script assemblage Tami Canaday & Brian Freeland

Production History
April 27 – June 2, 2001: BINDERY | space :: Denver, CO

Ensemble
Anne Angyal, Todd Black, Jeannene Bragg, Robin Davies, Tom Puckett, Brandy Qualls, David C. Riley, Nils Ivan Swanson, Kelley Wade, & Carrie Wyatt.

* Development collaborators: Anne Angyal, Todd Black, Jeannene Bragg, Tami Canaday, Robin Davies, Brian Freeland, Marie Gibbons, Jim O’Leary, Tom Puckett, Brandy Qualls, Aaron Reardon, David C. Riley, Nils Ivan Swanson, Kelley Wade, Carrie Wyatt, & kryssi wyckoff martin.