[NEohioPAL] NWPL's Frankenstein in Akron

[james slowiak]

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NEW WORLD PERFORMANCE LABORATORY¹S FRANKENSTEIN at The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />University of Akron

AKRON, OH ­New World Performance Laboratory's production of Frankenstein
will be presented in Akron, May 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31 at 7:30 pm in
Sandefur Theatre, Guzzetta Hall, on The University of Akron campus.
Reservations for the Akron performances can be made by calling (330)
867-3299.  Tickets are $12 general admission and $8 for students.  New World
Performance Laboratory’s investigation of the classic story of Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley incorporates images from the novel and scenes from Shelley’s
own life.  This company creation depicts the epic battle between body, mind,
and soul fought on a landscape of solitude and horror.  The characters of
Frankenstein mingle with Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, her husband Percy
Shelley, and their friends in a gothic nightmare that displays the deeply
detailed physical style of NWPL’s actors and a haunting vocal score
exploring 19th century romantic motifs and new music composed by Megan Elk.
NWPL’s Frankenstein, which premiered as part of The Cleveland Playhouse’s
Fusion Fest, has been called “mesmerizing,”  “amazing,” and “provocative.”

NWPL presents these Northeast Ohio performances of Frankenstein prior to
embarking on a tour to Poland where the production will be performed in June
and July as part of several international festivals including the Malta
Festival in Poznan and the Openings Festival in Wroclaw.  Co- Artistic
Directors Jairo Cuesta and James Slowiak (who recently published a book,
Jerzy Grotowski,, Routledge 2007) will conduct a series of workshops while
in Poland and then travel to  Italy where they will conduct workshops
throughout the month of July in Rome, Chieti, and at several locations in
Umbria.  When the company returns to the USA, the group will travel to the
Catskills to participate in North American Cultural Laboratory’s summer
festival in mid-August.

Directed by NWPL co-artistic director and University of Akron theatre
professor James Slowiak, Frankenstein features NWPL co-artistic director
Jairo Cuesta and company members Debora Totti, Christopher Buck, Megan Elk,
Justin Hale, and Jamie G. Hale.  Costume and set design is by Inda
Blatch-Geib, lighting design by Chris Hariasz, dramaturgy by Mike Geither,
company and technical management by Danny J Durst, and photographs by Andrew
McAllister.

NWPL works in residence at The University of Akron and under the auspices of
the Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC).  For information
on the company’s performances, educational programs, and workshops call
330-867-3299 or visit the website at www.nwplab.org   

 



New World Performance Laboratory
James Slowiak
Jairo Cuesta
Co-Artistic Director