Director Terry Kinney Reconceives Indie Rock Band Other Lives at BAM, 10/9-10

Director Terry Kinney reconceives the indie rock band Other Lives' performance as a unique theatrical event-
RECONFIGURATION: AN EVENING WITH OTHER LIVES on October 9 & 10 at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave), presented by Mix Tape Productions.

Conceived by Rebecca Habel and Kinney and directed by Kinney, RECONFIGURATION features set design by Frank McCullough, lighting design by Ben Stanton, projection design by Daniel Brodie, sound design by Drew Levy and original drawings by Matt Huynh.

True to its title, RECONFIGURATION: AN EVENING WITH OTHER LIVES reconceives the acclaimed rock band's live show as an immersive theatrical experience helmed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder Terry Kinney in this world premiere collaborative work. Other Lives' Jesse Tabish, Jonathon Mooney, Josh Onstott, Daniel Hart, and Danny Reisch will perform songs from their most recent album, Rituals, along with previous releases, while Kinney crafts an engrossing audio-visual narrative inspired by the band's cinematic music.

Reconfiguration features set design by Frank McCullough (Associate Scenic Designer: An American in Paris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), lighting design by Ben Stanton (Fun Home, Sufjan Stevens), projection design by Daniel Brodie (Disney's Aladdin, Bonnaroo festival), sound design by Drew Levy (Honeymoon in Vegas), and original drawings by Matt Huynh. Presented in a thematic, three-act structure, the production features scenic elements, animated illustrations, video, and multiple-surface projections.

Director Terry Kinney said, "Other Lives is the flagship concert for our company for so many reasons -- we wanted to work with a band that should be, but perhaps isn't, a household name yet. We wanted to create a large palette for them to work with, where they might otherwise be used to smaller venues. This is a band with a lush, evocative, full sound; their music is full of theater. Each of them plays multiple instruments and they loop together layers in a way that feels orchestral. Their music can build to a huge swell, or be as intimate as a voice and a piano. Other Lives created pictures in my head -- we are simply trying to create those for our audience."

Other Lives-from Portland, Oregon via Stillwater, Oklahoma-features members Jesse Tabish (piano, guitar, lead vocals), Jonathon Mooney (piano, violin, guitar, percussion, trumpet), Josh Onstott (bass, keys, percussion, guitar, backing vocals), Daniel Hart (violin, backing vocals, guitar), and Danny Reisch (drums, percussion). In addition to its latest album, Rituals, released in May (with a recently-released Dan Deacon re-mix of the track "Easy Way Out"), the band's discography includes a 2009 self-titled album; 2011's Tamer Animals; and an EP, Mind the Gap, released in 2012. The band opened for Bon Iver in the fall of 2011 and for Radiohead on the first leg of their North American tour in 2012. Later this fall, Other Lives will support Belle and Sebastian on European dates. Its lush, layered music has been heralded as "vividly cinematic" by Pitchfork and "uniquely sublime, meticulous, and heroic" by BBC Music.

Terry Kinney is a co-founder of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His directing credits there include The Violet Hour, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Clockwork Orange, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which moved to Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. He is currently directing Steppenwolf's world premiere production of East of Eden. New York directing credits include the world premiere of Checkers by Doug McGrath and Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty for MCC and Broadway, among others. As an actor he has appeared in films such as Last of the Mohicans and The Firm; television credits include the role of Tim McManus in the HBO prison drama Oz, as well as roles on Black Box and The Good Wife, among others. Kinney currently appears in the HBO mini-series Show Me a Hero and is filming the new Showtime series Billions.

Mix Tape Productions was formed by Rebecca Habel and Terry Kinney to produce concerts that are directed and designed by theater artists in theater venues, bringing the visual and story elements of that discipline to the music-creating a new form and a new way to experience live music.

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, and BAMcafe are located in the Peter Jay Sharp building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater is located two blocks from the main building at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell Places). Both locations house Greenlight Bookstore at BAM kiosks. BAM Fisher, located at 321 Ashland Place, is the newest addition to the BAM campus and houses the Judith and Alan Fishman Space and Rita K. Hillman Studio. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. BAMcafe, operated by Great Performances, offers a dinner menu prior to BAM Howard Gilman Opera House evening performances. BAMcafe also features an eclectic mix of live music for BAMcafe Live on Friday and Saturday nights with a bar menu available starting at 6pm.

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