"Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage" at A.R.T. (American Repertory Theatre), Boston
Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage
A.R.T. Season
OBERON Shows
April 25th, 2013
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"Joyfully raucous and silly… brings out the power and the color of the legend”
- The New Yorker
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OBERON becomes a 21st century mead hall in this passionate retelling of
the Old English epic poem. Watch as Beowulf sings, struts and slashes
his way through a thousand years of literary scholarship, revealing the
raw and rowdy SongPlay within. Featuring original music that combines
Weillian cabaret, 40’s jazz harmony, punk, electronica and Romantic
Lieder composed by Dave Malloy from last season’s sold-out Three Pianos.
| A SongPlay by Banana Bag & Bodice Text and lyrics by Jason Craig Music by Dave Malloy Co-directors Rod Hipskind, Mallory Catlett Lighting Design Miranda Hardy Music Director Rick Burkhardt Sound Design Charles Shell Choreography Shaye Troha, Anna Ishida Costume Design SF Bufoons and Enver Chakartash Production Stage Manager Kelly Shaffer-Allen Dramaturgy Mallory Catlett Assistant Lighting Design Eileen Goddard Light Board Operator Justin Paice Additional Sound Crew Jesse Vengrove Trombone Jen Baker, Andy Strain Grendel/Academic 1 Jeremy Beck Academic 3 Lisa Clair Beowulf Jason Craig Warrior Vocals Anna Ishida, Shaye Troha Academic 2 Jessica Jelliffe Guitar Sam Kulik Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Mario Maggio King Hrothgar/Piano Rick Burkhardt Bass Blake Newman Drums Peter Wise |