Desire Caught by the Tail
by Pablo Picasso
July 20-23, 2006
1409 Playbill Cafe
1409 14th Street NW DC
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Desire: An Event in Multiple Parts will follow a series of episodes revolving around Pablo Picasso’s Desire Caught by the Tail culminating with a staged production.
Episode
1: Poetry Commissions
Deadline: ongoing until opening night
DC poets are commissioned to create short poems capturing the spirit
of Picasso’s
vibrant writing, to be performed as Entr’actes within the staged event. More information here.
Episode
2: Character InSTALLation
July 6th-14th
Pulp! (1803 14th Street NW) hosts an InSTALLation that is sure to raise
giggles.
Episode
3: Scene Preview
Sunday, July 9 2:00pm
Theater J (1529 Q Street NW), in conjunction with its production of Ariel
Dorfman’s
Picasso’s Closet, hosts a free scene preview.
Episode
4: First Read
Friday, July 14 7:30pm
Candida's World of Books (1541 14th St. NW) hosts a public reading of
a newly adapted version of Desire Caught by the Tail.
Episode
5: Teaser Preview
Saturday, July 15 7:30 PM
Gallery Plan B (1530 14th St. NW) hosts a dance and theatre spectacle.
Main
Event: Staged Production
July 20-23
Thursday–Saturday at 7:30pm.; Sunday at
2:00pm and 7:00pm
1409 Playbill Café, 1409 14th
St. NW
banished?
productions reinterprets Picasso's wonderfully eccentric and deliciously insane play using
a combination of theatre, dance, lighting design, multimedia and live
music.
artistic collaborators
Carmen C. Wong - Artistic Producer/Concept Director
Niell DuVal - Producer/Props/Carpentry
Pruitt Y. Allen - Videography
Danielle Mages Amato - Dramaturgy/Poetry
Meisha Bosma - Choreography; Dancer: Anguish I
Frank Britton - Actor: Big Foot
Jean-Daniel Chablais - Translation
Clifton Duncan - Actor: Curtains/Silence
Naomi Jacobson - Voice: The Cousin
Matt Jordan - Sound/Set
Samantha LeBlanc - Poetry
John Lescault - Voice: Round End
Levia Lew - Lighting/Set/Concept
Tuyet Pham - Actor: Tart
Nicole Phillips - Choreography; Dancer: Anguish II
Joseph Price - Web/Poetry
Otis Ramsey-Zoe - Actor: Bow-Wows
Katherine Stebbins - Costume
Nikki Strong - Voice: Onion
Julie Young - Videography
Press Release (PDF)
Podcast (mp3) for dctheatrereviews.com.
Photos by Tom Kochel
Desire Caught by the Tail (July 2006)