A collective of theater and media artists committed to the creation and production of aesthetically innovative and emotionally compelling works that address sociopolitical realities in a direct yet artful way, embracing complexity and contradiction.
Artistic Directors: Noel Salzman and Jay Smith
1990 - Present: Production History and Butane Associates
Listen to Me is 45 minutes long. At the end of each part the next one will start automatically
| Listen to Me an audio adaptation of Gertrude Stein's play |
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Conception: Noel Salzman & Brian Nishii Direction: Noel Salzman Sound Design: Katie Down & Brian Nishii Recording Engineer: Dave Lawson @ Full House |
Performers: d'Adre Aziza (The Syllables) H. Ryan Clark (Sweet William) Christen Clifford (The Female) Mark Alan Gordon (The Earth) Eileen O'Connell (Lillian) Jay Smith (The Male) Jeremy Soule (The Guide) |
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SCENES Part the First: in which it is established that Sweet William has his genius and is looking for his Lillian Part the Second: in which Lillian asserts herself and The Female disables linear time Part the Third: in which Sweet William is or is not nervous and The Male loses track of how many characters there are Part the Fourth: in which The Earth is covered over completely and the counting begins Part the Fifth: in which Sweet William’s creative work begins and there is action and nothing to do The Interlude: in which it is explained why dogs no longer bay at the moon Part the Sixth: in which Sweet William is alone, but not by himself, at war Part the Seventh: in which The Syllables explains herself and The Guide attempts to maintain equilibrium Part the Eighth: in which there is not remembering and the characters altogether finally hear what they say Part the Ninth: in which The Guide teaches Sweet William to apologize so that his story can conclude Part the Tenth: in which there are no characters or acts, nothing is ever together, and the curtain comes Credits: in which the actors introduce themselves Bonus: in which The Syllables pretends to be The Reverend Jesse Jackson |
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