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From a Gertrude Stein story "for children and philosophers," TWIRIRIR is adapted and directed by Karin Coonrod with music by Gina Lishman.
TWIRIRIR brings into tension the idea of identity with an unceasingly whirling world and questions how and what do we see... what and how do we hear. The story's community includes nine-year-old Rose, her cousin Willie and the various animals - wild and domesticated - that surround them . It is journey play in which Rose battles the darkness and climbs the mountain into new awareness and is full of Stein's wit , imagination and a touch of her unmistakable anarchy. It is played by a company of five women (all Rose at one time or another) and one musician.
World Premiere
The Mill: Arts, Letters, Numbers, Averill Park, NY
Cast
Monique Barbee
Dietrice Bolden
Barrett Doss
Julienne Hanzelka Kim
April Sweeney
Creative Team
Karin Coonrod - adaptation and direction
Gina Leishman - music composition
John Conklin - set
Oana Ortiz Botez - costumes
Brian Scott - lights
Raphaele Shirley, Ben Pardo - photographers
Latest Performance
This piece was last performed in February 2017 at The Norwood Club
From a Gertrude Stein story "for children and philosophers," TWIRIRIR is adapted and directed by Karin Coonrod with music by Gina Lishman.
TWIRIRIR brings into tension the idea of identity with an unceasingly whirling world and questions how and what do we see... what and how do we hear. The story's community includes nine-year-old Rose, her cousin Willie and the various animals - wild and domesticated - that surround them . It is journey play in which Rose battles the darkness and climbs the mountain into new awareness and is full of Stein's wit , imagination and a touch of her unmistakable anarchy. It is played by a company of five women (all Rose at one time or another) and one musician.