Columbia University School of the Arts Presents THE SCREENS

Columbia University School of the Arts, Theatre Arts Program presents THE SCREENS. Written by JEAN GENET, translated by PAUL SCHMIDT and directed by KATHRYN HAMILTON. 

The show runs March 3-6, 2010 at The Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Avenue Between 120th and 122nd Streets

Tickets cost $15 General Admission, $5 Seniors

FREE with Columbia University ID or any other valid student ID

(Subject to availability)

A 26-member cast of actors, artists, musicians and dancers re-imagine Jean Genet's last work The Screens - "a poetic combustion so strong and dense that it will illuminate the world of the dead." Welcome to a world in which becoming a hero is the worst of all fates and betrayal the ultimate triumph. The Screens, set during the Algerian War, is a sharply humorous exorcism of today's taboos seen through Genet's subversive glee. This production will present the unpublished translation used by JoAnne Akalaitis' notable production of the work at the Guthrie in 1989.

Performance Schedule:

(All performances at the Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Avenue between 120th and 122nd Sts.)

Wednesday, March 3 at 8pm

Thursday, March 4 at 8pm

Friday, March 5 at 8pm

Saturday, March 6 at 2pm & 8pm

The cast includes Adele Jayle, Amanda Boekelheide, Amira Nader, Brandt Adams, Caitlin H. Michener, Chongsi Chang, Christine Ryndak*, Cyrus Moshrefi, Devin Burnam, Elsa Carette, George Frye, Isabel Sanchez, James ‘Face' Yu, Jeancarlo Gutierrez, Jennifer La Fleur*, Jenny Gomez, Julien Marcland, Madeleine James, Malo De La Tullaye, Nick Lehane*, Pooja Karina, Seth Miller, Tania Garrido, and Terence Mintern.

* Appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

The creative team includes Kathryn Hamilton (Director), Damon Pelletier (Set Design), Bruce Steinberg (Lighting Design), Melissa Trn (Costume Design), Jude Traxler (Sound Design), Kjersti Kveli (Vocal Design), Ellen Joffred (Dramaturg), Arienne Pelletier (Casting Director), Malissa O'Donnell (General Manager), Sarah Helgesen (Production Stage Manager), Amy Steinman and Natalie Zhang (Assistant Stage Managers).

Kathryn Hamilton is originally from London. She has directed and taught workshops in the U.S., U.K., Nepal and India. Most recent work includes One Fat Day in Babylon, performed in an abandoned library in Harlem; Boxman, a devised piece based on Kobo Abe's novel of the same name; and a developmental workshop of The Screens at a summer residency at Salem Art Works, NY. She is a resident artist at Flux Factory, Queens. She completed her B.A. at Cambridge University and has also studied in Kerala at Natanakairali with G. Venu and in Japan on Min Tanaka's Body Weather Farm. www.thescreensproject.com
Bruce Steinberg is an NYIT award winning lighting designer and has recently designed Neal Medlyn's Her's a Queen at DTW and Company SoGoNo's Art of Memory at 3LD.

Jude Traxler is a composer and performer of experimental and conceptual music in New York City.

Melissa Trn is a costume designer. Her last design was for SITI Companies Antigone.

Kjersti Kveli is a vocalist and songwriter, with degrees in classical and contemporary music. She can currently be heard as a part of ensembles Duo Tamuveli, TACTUS, and Cochlea Freedom Ensemble.

Damon Pelletier is a set designer, builder and painter. Most recently, Damon has worked with the Manhattan School of Music on their annual opera scenes project.

Tickets for events at The Riverside Theatre can be purchased online (www.ColumbiaStages.org) or by visiting the box office of The Riverside Theatre. Box Office hours are Thursday-Saturday, 4-8pm; Sunday 12-4pm and 1 hour prior to all performances.
Columbia Stages is the producing arm of the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies of Columbia University's School of the Arts. Columbia Stages presents a season of graduate actor and director productions as well as an annual festival of new plays by emerging playwrights. The theatre program offers M.F.A. degrees in acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, stage management, and theatre management and producing. The goal of the program is to provide each student with the foundation for a career in professional theatre as well as the tools to embrace an ever-changing theatrical landscape and shape the future of the theatre.

For more information, visit www.ColumbiaStages.org

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