The timeless story, a single person, seemingly powerless, facing an unjust law. Will she stand up for what is right? Will anyone join her? This contemporary update of Sophocles’ play puts its namesake Antigone front and center, rather than Creon (as in the original). Ismene becomes Esme, and reminds us…
For fun, here are some views of ELEMENTAL – Earth, Water, Air, Fire, a project we started to build as one of the prototypes for our Conference of Fire (C o F) program. ELEMENTAL is designed to introduce kids and families to the function of fire in nature; for example,…
MULTISTAGES is presenting the world premiere Off-Broadway engagement of Paula Cizmar’s JANUARY, directed by MultiStages Artistic Director Lorca Peress. A play about the aftermath of traumatic violence, JANUARY performs as part of THE FEMME COLLECTIVE four-week residency in repertory at The Theatre at the 14th St Y. Performances began Thursday,…
The world premiere of JANUARY is in rehearsals–and the cast is superb. Alinca Hamilton as Lauren; Darlenis Duran as Maya; Veronica Cruz as Joyce; Jed Peterson as Henry. JANUARY by Paula Cizmar. Directed by Lorca Peress. Production Stage Manager Mel Ashby-Hunt. Artistic Company includes Jan Hartley: Projection Design; Sun Hee…
At long last, after delays caused by the pandemic, JANUARY will finally see the light of day. Produced by MultiStages in New York, directed by Lorca Peress, the production includes an artistic team made up of a projection artist; a choreographer; scenic, costume, sound, and lighting designers; music; social media…
What an amazing experience! Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles is an example of combining new and traditional ways of telling stories–a hybrid of video, interactive media, and live performance. Co-created and co-produced by Michael Bodie and Paula Cizmar, the event is the product of four years to research, devising, prototyping, involving…
What a wonderful group. It’s not an exaggeration to say that over 100 people have come together over the three years we’ve been developing this project–designers, researchers, writers, video makers, interactive creators. Here are a few of them at our first rehearsal! Cast members Claudia Elmore, Xol Gonzalez, David Huynh,…
Over a year’s work. From a team of over a hundred artists and community members. Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles (SZLA) is coming soon! SZLA is an immersive environmental justice experience that merges an art installation with live performance. Utilizing multimedia enriched, documentary theatre and film storytelling tools and techniques, SZLA highlights…
Our new short opera, FIRECRACKERS, premiered at White Snake Opera in Boston as part of their Let’s Celebrate festival on December 10–and what a fun show it was! Here are some early views of the production.
FIRECRACKERS!, a new opera by composer Guang Yang and librettist Paula Cizmar, premieres in December 2022 in the Let’s Celebrate series, produced by White Snake Opera. The Boston-based company specializes in world premieres of brand new operas. Under the artistic leadership of Cerise Lim Jacobs, White Snake is devoted to…