Event

Clouded Sulphur (death is a knot undone)

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Directed by Janie Geiser
Written by Erik Ehn
Music Composed by Valerie Opielski
A PROJECT OF AUTOMATA

Set at the raw edges of Los Angeles, where the untamed landscape meets the city, Clouded Sulphur merges Bunraku and other forms of puppetry with visual installation, projection, text and music to dig into the emotional terrain that surrounds the unsolved abduction and murder of a 15-year-old girl. Created for an intimate storefront theater by director and designer Janie Geiser, playwright Erik Ehn and composer Valerie Opielski, the work orbits the real-life events through an elliptical narrative in which figures move inexplicably between life and death, city and forest. As the laws of gravity and time become unmoored, this powerful work navigates a complex terrain of family, loss and psychological unravelling, along with unexpected floods of compassion and hope.

Performed by: Baxley Andresen, Catherine Adell, Tane Kawasaki, Moira Macdonald, Erin O'Donnell, Whitney Rodriguez, Eli Presser, Hilario Saavedra, Luis Tentindo, Jonathan Williams, Melody Yenn, and Zachary Schwartz.

Set Design: Sarah Krainin
Video Design: Carole Kim
Lighting Design: Jeff Teeter
Sound Design: Colbert Davis
Costume Design: Catherine Adell
Technical Design/Direction: Sarah Sowell
Puppet Design: Janie Geiser
Dramaturg: Emily Mendelsohn
Associate Lighting Designer: Ellie Rabinowitz
Producer:Miranda Wright
Video Operator: Dustin Niederman

These performances are part of Radar L.A. 2013, which is presented by REDCAT and CalArts in association with Center Theatre Group

RUN TIME: 70 minutes

LOCATION: Automata
504 Chung King Court in Chinatown, Los Angeles CA 90012 | Map