Ghostsonata Spöksonaten
1995
This late play by August Strindberg is a masterful concentration of one of the central themes in his oeuvre; the continuous repression humans exert on each other. The clash between the innocence of the young Student and the brutality of the Old Man, haunted by his memories, is in this staging, embedded in a sonic world of Indian sitar music and sharp electro acoustic music. The mode: a blurring of the border between the real and the imagined, between the pure and the haunted, where love dries out and dignity evaporates.
Performed at White Street Theater, the Soho Weaving Factory, New York City.
On stage
Terry Greiss actor
Joshua Taylor actor
Robin Kurtz actor
Georgina Corbo actor
Michael-David Gordon actor
Paul Ellis actor
Jim Niesen actor
Vicky Gilmor actor
D Zhonzinsky actor
Mahindro Sing musician (sitar)
Credits
Script August Strindberg
Translation Harry G. Carlson
Setdesign Ken Rotchild
Costume and lighting Hillarie Blumenthal
Music and Sound design Kato Hideki
Photographer Gerry Goodstein
Producer Terry Greiss
Direction Johan Petri
Produced by Irondale Ensemble Project, New York City, New York.
New York Times review: http://www.nytimes.com/