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Description

1 videocassette. 85 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Uniform Title

Bad play (Theater piece : Simo and Skura)

Subject

Performance art

Note

Videotaped in performance at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on November 3, 1991, and edited to create special effects. Video production: William Comstock and Karel van Aggelen. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop as part of The Fall Events 1991.
Choreography/direction: Stephanie Skura. Text: Ana Maria Simo. Performers' bios written by the cast, edited by Lenora Champagne and Skura. Shopping list, Fertilizer, and Lighting booth texts written by Skura. Sound design: Aural Fixation/Guy Sherman. Original music: Guy Sherman. [Additional music]: Sindo Garay (Maria's song, "La bayamesa") and Michael Gordon (excerpt from "Four knights fight five"). Scenery/props: Jamie Leo. Costumes: Elizabeth Prince. Lighting: Mary Louise Geiger.
Performed by Stephanie Skura and Company: Saskia Noordhoek Hegt (Gracie Binder), Eric Diamond (Jack Binder, an ophthalmologist), Jennifer Green (Lynette Binder, their daughter), Josie Chavez (Maria Montalvo, their Cuban maid), Scot Willingham (Sarah Hyman, Gracie's mother/Hank Morris, the boy next door), Barrie Raffel (Judy McGrath, the girl next door/the nurse, Jack's mistress), and Stephanie Skura (the mysterious woman, an apparition).

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1506

OCLC

NYPY936010216-F

Title

The bad play [videorecording]

Imprint

1991.

Local Subject

Television. The bad play.

Added Author

Skura, Stephanie, choreographer. aut, dancer.

Hegt, Saskia Noordhoek, dancer.

Diamond, Eric, dancer.

Green, Jennifer, dancer.

Chavez, Josie, dancer.

Willingham, Scot, dancer.

Raffel, Barrie, dancer.

Geiger, Mary Louise. Lighting designer

Sherman, Guy. Composer

Simo, Ana María. Author

Leo, Jamie. Designer

Comstock, William.

Van Aggelen, Karel.

Prince, Liz, 1961- Costume designer

Stephanie Skura and Company.

Added Title

Bad play (Theater piece : Simo and Skura)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1506