Concept and direction by Martha Clarke
Music by Richard Peaslee
Text by Charles L. Mee
Set and costume design by Robert Israel
Lighting design by Paul Gallo
Musical direction by Jill Jaffe
With: Vivienne Benesch, Erica Berg, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Mark De
Chiazza, George De La Pena, Philip Gardner, Richard Hoxie, James
Lorenzo, Denis O'Hare, Jimena Paz, Andrew Robinson, Paola Styron,
Julia Wilkins.
Based on the landmark 1986 production, Mee and Clarke explore the
unconscious world of Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century.
Through a series of startling textssome of which are culled
from the psychoanalytic writings of Sigmund Freudand inspired
choreography, this collaboration depicts a Vienna waltzing into
the nightmare of a world war. This seductive dreamscape earned strong
critical praise and sold-out houses. Audiences were drawn to the
strange mix of prettiness, eroticism, and war.