Like the provincetown players, as we will first see, the wooster group played with theatrical traditions and broke the boundaries of illusion. Gender and race trouble the emperor jones by the wooster group. Created from the wooster groups production of the emperor jones by eugene oneill and directed by elizabeth lecompte, this video reconception by christopher kondek and lecompte features performances by the obiewinning kate valk as the emperor. The wooster group, an innovative company of theater and media artists, will present four free performances of the critically acclaimed the bside. Negro folklore from texas state prisons a record album interpretation as part of its upcoming residency in the university at buffalos creative arts initiative cai.
It also explores the archive and the process of documenting performance, focusing on the group s source materials for, voices from, and memories of five later productions. Alex katz kate valk, as brutus jones in the emperor jones. For more than 24 years, beginning back in 1996, wooster group has been providing online application development and hosting services to clients, along with thoughtful ideas and approaches to using technology throughout a company. With spalding gray, libby howes, ron vawter, and jim clayburgh. From an improv comedy group to a studentrun investment club. The wooster group production of emperor jones is back onstage at st. The resort at pelican hill 22701 south pelican hill road newport beach, ca 92657 8558577297. The further adventures of the wooster groups kate valk. Download scientific diagram ari fliakos and kate valk in the wooster. Ari fliakos and kate valk in the wooster groups hamlet, directed. This enterprising experimental troupe has already flexed its oneill muscles earlier this season with a powerful version of the hairy ape. Every artistic process involves difficulty and risk, and devising has its own set of challenges. Yet the film was created by a team of irishamerican artists playwright eugene oneill, director dudley murphy, and actor dudley digges. Devising theatre in the style of the wooster group.
Anns warehouse in brooklyn, and there, at its center, is ms. Video reconstruction by ken kobland and elizabeth lecompte with the assistance of clay hapaz, matt schloss, and max bernstein. A native tried to shoot jones, but the gun misfired. Much like a wooster group production itself, the wooster group work book is made up of multiple layers, stories, and documents. Dec 02, 20 devising theatre in the style of the wooster group. Negro folklore from texas state prisons a record album interpretation in october, followed by a limited return. Received a bachelor of laws from columbia law school. Jan 10, 2011 if you think it would be ludicrous to protest such a thing, recall that when the wooster group brought the emperor jones to the goodman several years ago, picketers showed up outside the theater. I stayed for the discussion afterward and returned that weekend to listen to the panel featuring the director, elizabeth lecompte. Created from the wooster groups production of the emperor jones by eugene oneill and directed by elizabeth lecompte, this video reconception by. The emperor jones the famous wooster group perform eugene oneills classic expressionist text.
The emperor jones is a 1920 play by american dramatist eugene oneill that tells the tale of brutus jones, a resourceful, selfassured african american and a former pullman porter, who kills another black man in a dice game, is jailed, and later escapes to a small, backward caribbean island where he sets himself up as emperor. The wooster group inc was founded in 1970, and is located at 33 wooster st in new york. In january 2009, i saw the wooster group production of emperor jones at the goodman theatre in chicago. If youre looking for advice about raising your child, conversations about personal change, a forum for transgender issues, or want to listen to an old time radio show. The wooster groups 1977 production rumstick road has been recognized by critics and scholars as a landmark work that helped usher in a new era of experimental performance. It also explores the archive and the process of documenting performance, focusing on the groups source materials for, voices from, and memories of five later productions. Hamlet was performed with, and against, an edited film of richard burtons 1964 broadway production, which was shown on screens for much of the wooster version. The wooster groups emperor jones, on dvd the new york. Negro folklore from texas state prisons a record album interpretation as part of its upcoming residency in the university at buffalo s creative arts initiative cai. If you can hit up only one of these programs, go to this one. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. While the emperor jones had been hailed as a progressive masterpiece at the beginning of the twentieth century, by the 1990s, the wooster group were only able to relieve the racism of the play by using blackface in their production, a performance practice for which they had been roundly criticized twelve years previously, in their production.
The wooster group will present the premiere of its newest work, the bside. The further adventures of the wooster groups kate valk the. Cross dressing, eugene oneill, the wooster group, and. However, at the very last moment, jeeves would step in with an ingenious solution that would bring his masters troubles to an end. Soaring over twometres high, alex katzs largerthanlife kate, 2006, presents the sumptuous portrait of the american actress kate valk, dressed in character for her leading role in eugene oneills classic 1920s tale the emperor jones, which was reinvisioned by elizabeth lecompte and produced by the wooster group in 2006. Protagonizada por kain 1993, the iconoclastic american troupe, the wooster group, set out to explore the social issues inherent in o neills work and to shed light on their mechanisms by employing varying metatheatrical strategies. The wooster group started to develop a production of the play in 1992 through a series of. Abstract this paper is a study of the wooster groups staging of identityrelated tensions in eugene oneills the emperor jones. Close to a third of all wooster students make music through one of three choirs, symphonic and marching bands, a jazz ensemble, four a capella groups, and other ensembles. The wooster group is a real estate company with 1 employees. Theater history ii important people and key terms flashcards. Youll get peeks at the groups classic reinterpretation of oneills the hairy ape, starring will.
A heattreated, corrosion resistant, extruded aluminum base with satin lacquered finish. Cross dressing, eugene oneill, the wooster group, and the emperor jones. Additional information is available at or by contacting edward mckeaney at 212 9663651. New drama new drama, by rivka galchen harpers magazine. This paper is a study of the wooster group s staging of identityrelated tensions in eugene oneills the emperor jones.
The use of diamond hard aluminum oxide in the filler assures long tread life under heavy pedestrian traffic use. The wooster group s production of oneills the emperor jones has again extended its run, this time through apr. Woosters 120 student organizations reflect the wide range of interests, ideas, hobbies, and passions on campus. The wooster group inc new york, ny business information. Is the wooster groups take on troilus and cressida greg mehrten and kate valk in the wooster groups cry, trojans. Mar 02, 2012 theater magazine editor tom sellar talked with legendary avantgarde performer kate valk on the exciting challenges presented by the wooster groups 201112 theater season. Over the years, we have built highly specialized solutions specific to the industries we serve. The wooster group is a new york citybased experimental theater company known for creating numerous original dramatic works.
The play recounts his story in flashbacks as brutus makes his way. Towards the end of the show, it always looked as if woosters trouble would never end and he saw himself plunging into a bottomless pit of inexorable suffering sometimes even meaning that he may have to get a job. The world according to the wooster group is the world that most of us live in now any of us, that is, who spend time with some kind of computer, cellphone, television andor recording device. The emperor jones performances in vienna, austria 1993 may 27june 4. The wooster group has over 180 years of combined property and construction industry experience. The emperor jones 1933 was a film aimed at critiquing empire while also evoking the black diaspora. Additional information is available at or by contacting edward mckeaney at. Feb 28, 2005 the world according to the wooster group is the world that most of us live in now any of us, that is, who spend time with some kind of computer, cellphone, television andor recording device. The wooster groups rumstick road 20, 75 min, digital. For more than 40 years, the wooster group has cultivated new forms and techniques of theatrical expression reflective of and responsive to our evolving culture. An emperor who tops what oneill imagined the new york times. New york stage these days, in a production of the emperor jones by the wooster group. The wooster groups production of oneills the emperor jones has again extended its run, this time through apr. This company has been part of connected investors since 02062017 the wooster group is a real estate company in.
Played the role of brutus jones in a 1924 revival of the emperor jones and a 1933 film based on the play. The emperor jones performances in brussels, belgium 1993 june 1827. Connect with the employees and team members of the wooster group on connected investors. If you think it would be ludicrous to protest such a thing, recall that when the wooster group brought the emperor jones to the goodman several.
The wooster group has over 180 years of combined property and construction industry experience, ranging from residential and commercial to large scale high rise construction. In its contemporary formulation, the play sees its eponymous. We are in the process of causing a disturbance in the building industry. Youll get peeks at the group s classic reinterpretation of oneills the hairy ape, starring will. It gradually emerged from richard schechners the performance group 19671980 during the period from 1975 to 1980, and took its name in 1980. Admitted international students financial aid for international students success after wooster international studentathletes english language learning program application information for international students for international parents campus resources test policies for international students visa information. In 1998, wooster group veteran kate valk, a white woman, played the title role of a black, male, railroad porter in a rare reclamation of oneills the emperor jones.
In two years, jones makes himself emperor of the place. Composed by spalding gray and elizabeth lecompte in response to the suicide of grays mother, rumstick. Wooster group to present free performances of highly. With its staging of the emperor jones, the wooster embarked the spectators on a journey through the looking glass, beyond both theatrical and traditional social representations of reality. The playwright faces the problem of the blank page. Using judith butlers theories on performativity as an analytical framework, this paper shows how elizabeth lecomptes iconoclastic american company deconstructs oneills 1920 work to trouble the traditional configurations of both gender and race. Crossdressing, eugene oneill, the wooster group, and the emperor jones. As the wooster group turns 30, its surviving founders and some of their peers relive the saga of the provocative company thats still. Wooster group to present free performances of highly praised. The emperor jones, by eugene oneill, was staged with kabukilike dance interludes and featured the actress kate valk, in blackface, as the male lead.
In the spring of 2006, the wooster group restaged its 1998 production of the. The emperor jones by eugene oneill directed by elizabeth lecompte. The emperor jones performances at the performing garage 1993 may 1619. Created from the wooster group s production of the emperor jones by eugene oneill and directed by elizabeth lecompte, this video reconception by christopher kondek and lecompte features performances by the obiewinning kate valk as the emperor jones, and willem dafoe, with original music by david linton. Late wednesday afternoon, hours before the opening of the wooster group production of eugene oneills play, the emperor jones, at the goodman, third world press sent out emails asking for a boycott of the show. Starring jason robards and willem dafoe with the help of his. The emperor jones is about an american negro, a pullman porter who escapes to an island in the west indies. Alex katz kate valk, as brutus jones in the emperor. Aug, 2009 fragment proby hamleta nowojorskiego the wooster group. The wooster group to stage the bside and early shaker. Representation of trauma in the emperor jones cscanada.