New Theatre Project Presents Immersive WOYZECK, 10/18-11/4

As The New Theatre Project's inaugural show of the Reinvention season, Woyzeck will provide audiences with a unique theatrical experience unlike anything seen before on the Mix stage. In fact, most of the action will take place below the stage in the depths of the basement, the original mid-nineteenth century foundation filled with remnants from the early days of the opera house at the corner of Michigan and Washington.

Audience members will travel through this immersive production running from October 18-November 4. The play, remaining incomplete after the playwright Georg Büchner's early death in 1837, has no ending and only fragmented scenes. TNTP has restored the play with it's own version of Büchner's creation that allows the audience to choose how best to complete this mysterious and enticing piece.

"Everything is still, as if all the world were dead." Nevertheless, something is moving below, where Woyzeck hears voices that torment and pursue him through the strange, dark night. A sinister master of ceremonies is your guide to an underworld seething with hidden menaces, jealousy, desire, and violence. Follow the voices below, one moment at a time, enveloped by the tale of Woyzeck, his mistress Marie, and the dangerous love triangle as you move through The New Theatre Project's adaptation of Woyzeck--an interactive haunted house created in collaboration with Brendalinda Performance Collective and Threefold Productions.

The adaptation is written by TNTP Ensemble Member Audra Lord (Fugue). The cast features Steve "Xander" Carson, Colleen Cartwright, Alastar Demetrie, Marisa Dluge, Mark Drum, Karilu Forshee, Linda Rabin Hammell, and Emily Roll (TNTP Ensemble Member) under the direction of Brendalinda Creative Director Brian Carbine and featuring designs by TNTP Artistic Director Keith Paul Medelis (Fugue, The American Crowbar Case, Posing). Original score is composed by Kevin McKay.

Further details are available online at www.thenewtheatreproject.org.

Performances are twice a night, Thursday-Saturday, with ten audience members admitted at 8 pm and ten admitted at 9:30 pm. There will also be two showings on Halloween, Wednesday, October 31 (also at 8 pm and 9:30 pm) featuring special surprises.

Have dinner at Bona Sera Cafe across the street and receive $1 off your ticket price. Just bring over your receipt.

All performances take place at the Mix Studio, 130 W. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ticket prices are $15, $10 for students and industry. Tickets are available for purchase online via the Brown Paper Tickets link on TNTP's website. TNTP no longer uses its old box office phone number, but the Mix can be reached at (734) 961-8704. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram.

Photo credit: Keith Paul Medelis

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