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978-0-521-81820-9 - Remaking American Theater - Charles Mee, Anne Bogart and the SITI Company - by Scott T. Cummings
Index

Index

Aaron, Stephen 270, 294n. 8

Abdoh, Reza 35, 49

Actors Theatre of Louisville 8, 48, 78, 94, 133, 237–238, 272–273, 296n. 21

Aizawa, Akiko 93, 202, 203, 259

Akalaitis, JoAnne 18, 48

American Repertory Theatre 18, 48, 61, 105, 112

Anderson, Laurie 133, 133, 139

Araiza, J. Ed 94, 202, 203, 301n. 17, 301n. 21

Baker, Suzi 17

Barall, Michi 261

Beavers, Wendell 111, 112

Bentley, Eric 16, 145

Betsoyaku, Minoru 86

Bihr, Jeffrey 91

bobrauschenbergamerica

   characters in play 172, 176–178, 211–214, 239–240

   as collage, theatrical “combine” 3–4, 200–201, 217–218, 231–232, 242, 243–244, 257–258, 269, 272

   critical reception 258–260, 272–273, 296

   dance sequences 221, 244, 247, 249, 254, 255, 257

   development of script: early drafts of script 179–182, origins of project 2, 163–164, playwriting workshop 173–178, pre-production draft 192–197, rehearsal draft 216–217, and student compositions 189–192, 195–196

   and freedom, as theme and feeling 4, 228, 257, 274

   “Martinis” scene 9, 203, 246–247, 259, 269

   rehearsal and production process: casting process 202–207, costumes 211–214, design process 209–216, first reading 184–185, first rehearsals 219–222, 226–228, first run-through 232, last-minute changes 232–236, scenic design, the flag set 210–211, 215–216, 238, 269, 270, 271, 294, sound and lighting design 214–215, table work 199–201

   revivals 270–274

   “Viewpoints” scene 201–202, 226, 235–236

   world premiere 237: in context of Humana Festival 237–238

Bogart, Anne

   affinities with Charles Mee 4, 39, 103, 188–189, 274

   audience, idea of 6, 41, 52, 134, 200, 223, 273, 297

   biography 42–48

   as co-founder of SITI Company 90–91

   directing principles and practices 6, 37–38, 95–96, 102, 221, 223–224, 235

   directing projects, by category 38–39

   “Essay Theater” 95–96

   Exit Art Gallery retrospective 35–37, 38–39

   and site-specific theater 51–53, 273, 297n. 29

   and Tadashi Suzuki 86, 90

   and Trinity Repertory Company 47–48, 296n. 19

Bogart, Anne productions (non-SITI Company)

   1951 (Wellman and Bogart) 45

   Adding Machine (Rice) 36

   American Vaudeville (Bogart and Landau) 48

   Another Person is a Foreign Country (Mee) 49, 54–58

   Artourist 111, 304

   Baltimore Waltz (Vogel) 48

   Behavior in Public Places 95

   Danton's Death (Büchner) 40, 126

   Emissions Project 52

   Gertrude and Alice: A Likeness to Loving 133, 304n. 1

   History, An American Dream 45

   In the Eye of the Hurricane (Machado) 48

   In the Jungle of Cities (Brecht) 48

   Inhabitat 51

   Knocks, A Collection 39

   Lower Depths (Gorky) 39

   Making of Americans (Stein, Carmines and Katz) 45

   Marathon Dancing 58

   No Plays No Poetry 46, 47, 95

   On the Town (Bernstein, Comden and Green) 40, 42, 48

   Once in a Lifetime (Kaufman and Hart) 48

   Out of Sync 6, 52, 273, 297n. 29

   Sehnsucht 45

   Songs and Stories from Moby Dick 133, 305 n. 1

   South Pacific 40

   Spring Awakening (Wedekind) 40

   Summerfolk (Gorky) 47

   Women, The (Boothe Luce) 36, 49

Bogart, Anne SITI Company productions

   see SITI Company productions

Bond, Will 90, 91, 93, 134, 137, 140, 142, 202, 203, 206, 207, 263, 266, 301n. 17, 301n. 21

Brandon, James R. 89

Brecht, Bertolt 46, 145–146, 156, 305n. 8

Brooklyn Academy of Music 8, 105, 271–272, 294

Brosius, Peter 18

Brown, Rebecca 174, 176, 228

Brown, Trisha 51, 106, 190

Brustein, Robert 16, 18

Corkins, Mark 301n. 17

Cage, John 1, 2, 106, 167, 311n. 14, 311n. 15

Castle, James 266

Caucasian Chalk Circle (Brecht) 145–146, 147–148, 305n. 8, 306n. 13, 306n. 15

Chapman, Linda 5, 133, 304

Chekhov, Anton 52, 98

Chen Shi-Zheng 267

Clarke, Jocelyn 132

Clarke, Martha 18, 19, 20, 266

Comfort, Jane 174, 176–177, 228

Composition 5, 104, 108, 115, 125–129, 133, 189–192, 304n. 16

Cook, Carol 232

Cornell, Joseph 266

Corrigan, Robert 16

Cunningham, Merce 2, 106, 167, 170, 271, 295, 304n. 16, 308n. 13, 311n. 14

Damrauer, Tom 84

Davidson, Gordon 18, 60

Davis, Danyon 206

De Bono, Edward 199, 310n. 1

Dillon, John 89

Dixon, Michael Bigelow 237

Duffy, Alec 174

En Garde Arts 49–51, 53, 58–59, 61

Fisher, Jeanne Donovan 73, 157, 261, 298n. 11

Fisher, Richard B. 157, 307n. 23

Foreman, Richard 35

Fornes, Maria Irene 47

Gai, Tali 171, 174

Gallo, Paul 19

Gianino, Gian Murray 207, 219

Gilman, Richard 16

Goldhammer, Jackie 174

Greenberg, Clement 267

Greenblatt, Stephen 267

Haj, Joseph 91

Hall, Adrian 43, 47, 296n. 16, 296n. 18

Halpern, Jeff 47

Hamburger, Anne see En Garde Arts

Hill, Eric 90, 91, 93

Herman, Reba 174

Hewitt, Tom 89, 91

Hightower, Susan 90, 91, 300n. 11, 313n. 2, 313n. 5

Humana Festival of New American Plays see Actors Theatre of Louisville

Hunter, Victoria 47

Iizuka, Naomi 132

Israel, Robert 19

Ingulsrud, Leon 87, 93, 202, 203, 206, 218, 228, 239, 259, 300, 313, 300nn. 4, 9

Jo-ha-kyu 130–131, 227, 259, 304n. 25

Jory, Jon 48, 219, 296n. 16

Jucha, Brian 47, 313

Judson Dance Theater 110, 167, 190, 211, 302n. 3

Klüver, Billy 168

Kulick, Brian 63

Landau, Tina 47, 48, 59, 61, 72, 112, 130, 132, 298n. 4

Lauren, Ellen 90, 91, 93, 102, 105, 134, 137, 140, 142, 184, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 227, 263, 266, 300n. 11, 301n. 13, 301n. 17

Linklater, Kristin 302n. 1

MacLane, Mary 153

MacLeish, Archibald 16

Malaczech, Ruth 263, 266

Masterson, Marc 219, 238

Maurer, Kelly 90, 91, 93, 134, 137, 140, 199, 200, 202, 203, 206, 227, 228–231, 266, 301n. 17, 301n. 21

Mays, Jefferson 93, 134, 203, 301n. 21, 310n. 6

McLuhan, Marshall 95–96, 128

Melillo, Joseph V. 271, 294

Mee, Charles

   affinities with Bogart 4–5, 39, 103, 188–189, 274

   American Century plays 14, 30–31

   biography 18 polio 15–16, 33

   finding a patron 157–158

   Greek tragedy, adaptation of 60–61, 68, 83–84

   as historian 13–14, 29, 31–32

   Dear Prince: The Unexpurgated Counsels of N. Machiavelli to Richard Milhous Nixon 17

   The End of Order: Versailles 1919 24

   Genius of the People 26

   Meeting at Potsdam 13

   Playing God: Seven Fateful Moments When Great Men Met To Change the World 31

   influence of Brecht 146–147

   plays as tragedy or comedy 77, 83–84, 262–263

   playwriting principles and practices 5–6, 20, 32–34, 60–61, 85, 176, 177–178, 179–180, 186–189

   remaking, concept of 5, 67, 84, 133, 304

   on Robert Rauschenberg 3

   use of borrowed texts, quotations 14, 20, 133, 172–173, 205–206

   website 84–85

Mee, Charles individual plays

   Another Person is a Foreign Country 54–58

   Anyone! Anyone! 16, 270, 294n. 8

   Belle Époque 267

   Berlin Circle see Full Circle

   Big Love 78–83, 132, 262, 291

   Cardenio 267

   Constantinople Smith 16

   The Constitutional Convention: A Sequel 26–28, 29, 271–272, 294n. 16, 294n. 19

   Fêtes de la Nuit 261–262

   First Love 262

   Full Circle 132–133, 144–157

   Hotel Cassiopeia 266

   The Imperialists at the Club Cave Canem 20, 28–30, 271, 294n. 16

   The Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador 18, 22–24, 27, 57, 271, 294, 298n. 6

   Limonade Tous les jours 168, 262

   The Mail Order Bride 267

   Orestes 2.0 7, 58, 59, 60, 61–68, 91, 204, 298n. 2, 298n. 3

   A Perfect Wedding 262, 263, 266, 298n. 6

   Players’ Repertoire 16

   Snow in June 267

   soot and spit (the musical) 266

   Summer Evening in Des Moines 205, 206

   Summertime 205, 206, 262, 264–266

   Time to Burn 132

   The Trojan Women: A Love Story 7, 59, 68–72, 224

   True Love 7, 72–78, 262, 264, 298n. 11

   Under Construction 266

   Utopia Parkway 267

   Vienna: Lusthaus 18–20, 266, 298n. 6, 7

   The War to End War 24–26, 133, 147, 271, 294n. 16

   Wintertime 262, 263, 264, 266

Mee, Charles L. III 17

Mee, Erin B. 17, 21, 29, 31–32

Monk, Meredith 35, 51

Moreau, Elizabeth 106, 219

Moredock, George E. III 270, 293

Morrison, Philip 171–172

Müller, Heiner 60, 147, 149, 154, 156, 158, 297n. 2

Nelis, Tom 55, 91, 93, 96, 102, 105, 184, 185, 202, 203, 206, 301n. 17

Neumann, Frederick 263, 266

O'Connor, Sara 89

O'Doherty, Brain 243

O'Hanlon, Barney 41, 93, 134, 137, 141, 196, 202, 203, 221, 223–224, 262, 264, 266, 301n. 21

On The Road (Kerouac) 178, 181, 194, 210, 309n. 21,

Our Town (Wilder) 180, 185, 186, 229

Overlie, Mary 110–111, 112, 303n. 8

Palmer, Tanya 219, 222, 224–225

Papp, Joseph 18, 20

Pasholinski, Lola 133, 147

Passloff, Aileen 126, 304n. 16

Patel, Neil 41, 209

Paxton, Steve 190, 214–215, 311n. 15

Peaslee, Richard 19

Rachels 262, 264

Rabinowitz, Scott 91

Rauschenberg, Robert 1–2, 200, 211, 302n. 3, 307n. 1, 308n. 13, 311n. 14

   biography 165–170

   combines, combine paintings 161, 217

   Guggenheim retrospective 163, 307n. 2

   and “the flatbed picture plane” 267–269, 271, 294

   and “the vernacular glance” 243–244, 250, 262, 264

   Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) 169–170

Rauschenberg, Robert individual works

   1/4 Mile or Two Furlong Piece, The 170

   Automobile Tire Print 1, 268

   Bed 161, 268

   Canyon 313n. 10

   Erased de Kooning Drawing 1, 268, 270, 293n. 2

   First Time Painting 199, 201

   Gold Standard 313n. 10

   Interloper Tries His Disguises (Kabal American Zephyr), The 313n. 10

   The Lily White 268

   Money Thrower 168

   Monogram 161, 218, 268

   Pegasus' First Visit to America in the Shade of the Flatiron Building 311n. 14

   Pelican 167

   San Pantalone (Venetian) 313n. 10

   Short Circuit 311n. 14

   Sor Aqua (Venetian) 309n. 16

   Soundings 168

   Spring Training 168, 248

   Synapsis Shuffle 170–171

   Trophy IV (for John Cage) 313n. 10

   Washington's Golden Egg 217

Rhoades, Jason 266

Robbins, Sanford 89

Rockwell, Norman 266

Rogoff, Gordon 16

Sanchez, Karenjune 93, 102, 134, 301n. 21

Saratoga International Theater Institute see SITI Company

Scharbau, Puk 301n. 17

Schechner, Richard 16, 35, 44, 51, 271, 295n. 23

Schuette, James 209, 210

Schumann, Peter 35

Schweizer, David 21, 61

Scott, Brian 209, 214, 219, 220, 224, 225, 227, 235

Serban, Andrei 35

Shawn, Wallace 18

Shepard, Tina 91

Sherin, Mimi Jordan 209

Shiraishi, Kayoko 87

show people: Downtown Directors and the Play of Time 35

Shue, Larry 300n. 6

Site specific theater see En Garde Arts; Bogart

SITI Company

   company principles and practices 6–7, 97–98, 104–105, 217–218 221–223, 224, 225

   layering of texts 6, 106–107

   origins, founding of company 90–91

   rehearsal principles and practices 221–223, 224, 225

   Summer Intensive 109–110, 129, 183–184, 191

   table work 198–199, 201–202

   and training 108–110, 124–125, 303n. 14

SITI Company productions

   Bob 263, 266

   Cabin Pressure 132–144, 184, 219, 220, 273, 297

   Culture of Desire 2, 103

   Death and the Ploughman (von Saaz) 105, 262, 264–266

   Going, Going, Gone 91, 95, 101–102, 219, 220

   Hay Fever (Coward) 41, 263

   La Dispute (Marivaux) 41, 105, 129, 271, 294

   Medium the, 91, 95, 96–98, 219, 220, 263, 266, 301n. 17

   Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare) 105

   Nicholas and Alexandra (Drattel) 105

   Orestes 2.0 (Mee) 58, 91

   Reunion 105, 106, 129

   Room 184, 263, 266, 305n. 1

   Score 105, 266

   Small Lives, Big Dreams 91, 95, 98–99, 263, 266

   systems/layers 105, 262, 264

   War of the Worlds (Iizuka) 184

   War of the Worlds: Radio Play (Koch) 105, 184

Smith, Anna Deavere 172

Smith, Carolyn Clark 174

Smith, Molly 47

Smith, Regina Byrd 91

Stamford Center for the Arts 216, 270, 271, 294

Steinberg, Leo 217–218, 267–269

Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT) 87, 89

Suzuki Method of Actor Training 88–89, 108, 117–124

   basic exercises 120–121

   speaking, emphasis on 121–125

   “Stomping Shakuhachi” and “Slow Ten” 122–123

   Viewpoints, relationship to 124–125

   “walks” and “statues” 121

Suzuki, Tadashi 6, 86–88, 91, 108, 301n. 13

   USA, influence in 89–90, 300n. 9

Szalla, Megan Wanlass 94

Thomas, Clare Lu 16

Taher, Jennifer 207, 219, 222, 224–225, 226

Tolan, Kathleen 21, 271, 294n. 12

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de 267

Trinity Repertory Company 43, 47

Turco-Lyon, Kathleen 174, 178, 309n. 16

Von Hove, Ivo 73

Via Theater 43, 46, 95, 313

Viewpoints 108, 110–117

   and bobrauschenbergamerica 201–202, 226, 235–236

   definition of individual Viewpoints 112–113

   exercises, examples of 113–115

   open Viewpoints 115–117

   Suzuki, relationship to 124–125

Walker, Jewel 89

Waters, Les 262

Watt, Kenn 63

Webber, Stephen 90, 93, 102, 134, 137, 139, 203, 262, 266, 301n. 17

West, Darron 95, 96, 137, 140, 184, 206, 209, 214–215, 219, 222, 224–225, 227, 228, 230, 233, 235, 259, 313n. 5

Wexner Center for the Arts 94, 266

Whitworth, Julia 219, 220

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Albee) 101, 142

Wilder, Matthew 63

Williams, Laurie 72–73, 179, 195, 298n. 11

Wilson, Robert 35, 51, 137, 139, 147, 297

Woodruff, Robert 47, 60, 61, 298n. 4, 306n. 18

Zeami, Motokiyo 130, 132

Zeisler, Peter 86, 90





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