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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.

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