PERSEPHONE, (2010)

a collaboration by Ben Neill, Mimi Goese, Warren Leight, and Ridge Theater.

Co-commissioned by BAM and VA Tech.

Sep. 29- Oct. 3 & Oct. 5, 2010 at Virginia Tech
NY Premiere Oct. 26-30, 2010 at BAM Next Wave Festival

"'Persephone', a multimedia production from the Ridge Theater at the Brooklyn Academy of Music...presents a lush feast of imagery for the eye to savor. At its bewitching best, the production evokes a French neo-Classical painting that has magically bloomed into three dimensions." - Charles Isherwood, New York Times

Review:
Variety
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Featuring:

Julia Stiles as Persephone and Mimi Goese as Demeter
Music by Ben Neil
Lyrics by Mimi Goese
Book by Warren Leight (Tony Award- "Sideman")

Films by Bill Morrison
Projections by Laurie Olinder
Sets by Jim Findlay
Dramaturgy by Daniel Zippi & Karl Precoda
Choreography by Dan Safer
Lights by John Ambrosone
Costumes by Jane Alois Stein
Directed by Bob McGrath

The Greek myth of Persephone is presented as a 19th century theatrical experience immersed in the colors of the Hudson River School of painting, then transported through a dense wave of cutting edge musical and visual technology.

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