PRIVATE SCREENING - ONLINE

NOVEMBER 4: 1 P.M. (EDT)

IN-PERSON:

3, 4, 5 NOVEMBER: 8 P.M. (EDT)

ROCKABY — BRICKBOX THEATRE, WORCESTER, MA.

“Beckett & the Virtual” first produced in 2021, has been invited to “Not I: 50th Annyversary” - a Theatre Festival and Beckett Symposium hosted by Assumption University, and BrickBox Theatre in Worcester, MA.

CONFERENCE TALKS:

2 NOVEMBER:

Diana Zhdanova, “Beckett & the Virtual”- a presentation of AnomalousCo’s experimental project, with video installation of several short plays developed during “Beckett & the Virtual” by a multinational team of collaborating artists.

Dr. Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva, “Flesh Melt off the Bone: Character, Actor, and Identity in Beckett.”

“Krapp’s Last Tape”, a private screening of the New Media film directed by Marc Grandsard with Lloyd Bricken. Special Guest: S. E. Gontarski.

CREDITS:

Video installation of several short plays developed during “Beckett & the Virtual” by a multinational team of collaborating artists will include:

“Come and Go” by Galya Zdanova with Shirshina Asya, Nadya Chernykh;

“Breath” by Farrah Karapetian;

“That Time” Adriana Cudnik, Przemek Wasilkovski ;

“Ohio Impromptu” by Kyle Gillette with Lloyd Bricken;

“Rough for Theatre I” Philip Salata, Piotr Siwek, Sasha Drugov;

“Ghost Trio” by Daniel Jackson;

“Words and Music” by Michael Hunter with Lily Lamboy and Luis Aros;

“Rough for Radio I” by Diana Zhdanova, with Marc Grandsard, Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva and Philip Salata;

“Krapp’s Last Tape” by Rachel Andersonl-Rabern.

- 14 short plays by Samuel Beckett -

- An International Experimental Theatre Festival -

- Produced during a 4-week investigatory theatre laboratory -

- An exploration of the possibilities of virtual space as a theatrical form -

- By 38 collaborating artists from the US, Chile, France, Poland, Estonia, and Russia -

-Producing Artistic Directors: Diana Zhdanova & Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva-

Press ⇩

Beckett, Technology, and Experimentation: Report from the Between.Pomiedzy Festival 2021 (Sopot, Poland)

• The Theatre Times, 08/02/2021

„Beckett i Wirtualność”. Międzynarodowe Teatralne Laboratorium Wirtualnego Absurdu

• e-teatr.pl, Warsaw, Poland. 03/30/2021

Беккет и Виртуальность. Международная театральная лаборатория виртуального абсурда

• Seagull Magazine, USA, 03/25/2021

AnomalousCo в рамках фестиваля виртуального театра покажет короткие пьесы Самюэля Беккета

• Журнал ТЕАТР. (The Journal THEATRE), Moscow, 04/04/2021 

Festival Program

2021

Rockaby

Directed by Diana Zhdanova. With Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva. Sound Design by Derek Phillips.

Breath

Conceived and Designed by Farrah Karapetian.

Nacht und Träume

Directed by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva. With Alina Pokrovskaya, Adrianna Cudnik, Diana Zhdanova. Designed by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva & Ensemble; Edited by Daniel Jackson.

That Time 

Directed by Przemek Wasilkowski. With Adrianna Cudnik

Rough for Theatre I 

Directed by Philip Salata. With Piotr Siwek and Alexander Drugov.

Krapp’s Last Tape

With Lloyd Bricken. Directed by Marc Grandsard.

Rough for Radio I

Directed by Diana Zhdanova. With Marc Grandsard and Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva. Sound design by Philip Salata.

Ghost Trio

Conceived and Designed by Daniel Jackson

Beckett & the Virtual was made possible by the extraordinary generosity of our donors

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Bill and Jeanette Hunter

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刘一晨

Jason Araujo

Ben

Biemen

Joshua Cohen

Mirit Cohen

Nancy J. Lovato

Juan Mederos

Fernando Mederos

Jan Roll-Mederos

Patrice Roll

Katie Sigismund

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Sukanya Chakrabari

Petrina Huston

Nikita Koch

Tyler Koch

Sergey Kochergan

Oksana Krasnopiorova

concept: DIANA ZHDANOVA & KATHRYN MEDEROS SYSSOYEVA, 2021