OPENTHEATRE/DC      Washington's Laboratory Theatre since 1988

Rumi's MATHNAVI THEATRE FOR PEACE BASED ON THE MASTERWORK OF THE BEST LOVED POET OF AMERICA AND THE MUSLIM WORLD

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Open Theatre/DC is a laboratory company, which in the past has developed one project per year: original works, adaptations of classics, premieres of challening international plays: employing unique approaches to physical theatre, music theatre, and dance theatre.  It explores the full register of possibilities on the stage: from artistic anarchy to works  of high stylization.  There is no one form, no one way to act, no one method of creating a work for the stage, accorting to the OT approach.   In 2003-2004 Open Theatre will be putting on its first "season," partly in residence at the newly revived Takoma Theatre. Open Theatre has existed in various incarnations, indicated by the names of other collaborating theatre companies coming after its final slash (/) mark: for example OPEN THEATRE/C.I.T.E. (The Center for International Theatre Exchange at the Department of Performing Arts, American University), or OPEN THEATRE/TUTA (The Utopian Theatre Asylum, our long-time collaborators now in Chicago.)  This pays homage to our collaborators, who can be found in the ensuing pages and links.

Open Theatre, a brief history (From the TUTA website).   LINK 1 for photos and synopses of productions. LINK 2 for information on productions as OPEN THEATRE/TUTA                                _________________________________           A TIME LINE OF PROJECTS AND PRODUCTIONS THE STRINDBERG FESTIVAL (1988)       PARIAH/SIMOOM/THE STRONGER (with Source Theatre)       THE GOST SONATA (with Metro Stage)       CARL XII (with The Shakespeare Theatre, concert reading) PARABOLA  (Tales of the Wise and the Idiots) Joe Martin/Anne Bassen,        1990. THE RECEIVER by Joe Martin 1991 NIGHT TALK WITH A MAN DESPISED by Friedrich Durrenmatt,      (World English language premiere, 1991) ANATOLE'S LOVER by Joe Martin 1991 WOYZECK by Georg Buchner, 1993 The Match Girl's SNOW QUEEN (After HC Andersen) 1994.       Forthcoming revival production, 2004 season. THE WEDDING/THE CHALK CROSS/ THE BEGGAR: Three plays by       Brecht, 1997. QUARTET by Heiner Muller, 1998 & 1999, tour. (Best Direction and Best       Design nominations, the Helen Hayes Awards.) Rumi's MATHNAVI, the concert readings, 1999 & 2000. LaMaMa ETC        Main Stage, 2001   A DREAM PLAY by August Strindberg, Fall 2003.        Open Theatre & Takoma Theatre Arts Project.(With the        collaboration of the Embassy of Sweden and theEmbassy of India.)

Collaborating artists: John Antone, Artist & designer Raine Bode, Director (See La MaMa ETC) Beth Davis, Choreographer Edith di Bartolo, Musician Natasha Djuikic, Costume and Set Designer (TUTA)            Zeljko Djukic, Director (See TUTA) Laurence Fingerhut, Composer Sinclair Hamilton, Sculptor Anna Larson, Composer Lisa Lias, Actor, Artistic Associate Joe Martin, Artistic Director Milan Palec, Scenographer (Czech Republic) Genia Salazar, Designer Shubha Shankaran (Musician, composer) Brian Silver (Musician, composer) Mike Stepowany, Set designer Prosser Sterling, Performance Artist, Movement Coach Christel Stevens, Chroeographer, Artistic Associate Brandon Welch, Actor, performance artist Steve Wilhite, Actor

Open Theatre/DC Presents  Rumi's MATHNAVI Contact us at opentheatredc@yahoo.com

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