4 WARS
Producer
Allan Markowitz
Composers
Whitney George
Manuela Lechler
Ann Warren
Playwright
Mark Farnen
Prologue
Aleksandra Miglowiec
Dziady texts translated by
Aleksandra Miglowiec
Grace Mulligan
English Titles
Nancy Greening
Choreographer
Michelle Stuckey
Projections by
Robert Morton
Soundscapes by
Chris Kadis Moscato
Beatriz García Barreto
Costumes by
Sarah Thea Swafford
Lighting by
Kryssy Wright
Setting by
Richard Sage
Production Stage Manager
Lorraine LaPrade
4 WARS
Musicians
Hugh Ash - Trumpet
Melinda Faylor - Piano
Charlotte Munn-Wood - Violin
Joe Tucker - Percussion
David Stevens - Percussion
and featuring an Ensemble Cast
Jonas Barranca
Darold Cuba
Edgar Eguia
Polina Ionina
Cely Riva
Alejandra Venancio
6 Performances!
as part of the
2015 Dream Up Festival
Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue
(Between 9/10 St.)
Sun 9/13 @5:00
Tue 9/15 @9:00
Wed 9/16 @6:30
Thu 9/17 @6:30
Sat 9/19 @5:00
Sun 9/20 @5:00
A heartfelt thanks to:
4 Wars is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
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4 WARS
Scenes
The Prisoner’s Return
Music by Ann Warren (featuring excerpt of Chopin Impromptu Op. 66)
Soundscape by Chris Kadis Moscato
Text from Dziady by Adam Mickiewicz
Translated by Aleksandra Miglowiec
Video by Robert Morton
Music Performed by
Hugh Ash, Melinda Faylor, Charlotte Munn-Wood
Student - Cely Riva
War 1:
Excerpt from 1968 production of Dziady
Directed by Kazimierz Dejmek at the National Theatre in Warsaw
Translated by Aleksandra Miglowiec & Grace Mulligan
English Titles - Nancy Greening
Polish People Protest the Closing of Dziady
and the Government Responds
Music by Chris Kadis Moscato, New Arrangement by Ann Warren
Montage by Robert Morton
Music Performed by
Hugh Ash, Melinda Faylor, Charlotte Munn-Wood, Joe Tucker
The Categorical Imperative of No Bread Without Freedom –
or Why the Dragon Will Fight to the Death to Guard the Maiden
Text by Mark Farnen
Projections by Robert Morton
Polish Language Consultant - Aleksandra Miglowiec
Basia - Alexandra Venancio
Magda - Polina Ionina
Jarek Górski - Edgar Eguia
War 2:
The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
and the People Resist
Music by Whitney George
Montage by Robert Morton
Performed by
Hugh Ash, Melinda Faylor, Charlotte Munn-Wood, Joe Tucker
A fantastical retelling of the negotiations between Czechoslovakia and
the U.S.S.R. over the reforms of the Prague Spring
Music by Whitney George
Text by Mark Farnen
Projections by Robert Morton
Brezhnev - Jonas Barranca
Alexander Dubček - Polina Ionina
Chorus - Darold Cuba, Edgar Eguia, Cely Riva, Alexandra Venancio
Music Performed by
Hugh Ash, Melinda Faylor, Charlotte Munn-Wood, Joe Tucker
War 3:
Mexican Students March for Democratic Reform
and the government responds
Music by Whitney George
Montage by Robert Morton
Music Performed by
Hugh Ash, Melinda Faylor, Charlotte Munn-Wood, Joe Tucker
Tlatelolco Massacre
Text by Mark Farnen
Choreography by Michelle Stuckey
Projections by Robert Morton
Soundscape by Beatriz García Barreto
Magdalena - Cely Riva
Pancho Villa - Jonas Barranca
Zapata - Darold Cuba
Reflections
Music by Manuela Lechler
Music Performed by
Hugh Ash, Melinda Faylor, Charlotte Munn-Wood, Joe Tucker
War 4:
Protests Rock the U.S.A. and the Police and Military Response
Montage by Robert Morton
Headquarters of the East Village Motherfuggers
Text by Mark Farnen
Projections by Robert Morton
Trip Music (Reprise of The Prisoner’s Return) by Ann Warren
Trip Soundscape by Chris Kadis Moscato
Marigold - Cely Riva
Jim - Jonas Barranca
Jake - Darold Cuba
Stephanie - Alexandra Venancio
Cassandra - Polina Ionina
Epilogue - Images of Hope After 1968
Music by Ann Warren (d’après Lluís Llach)
Montage by Robert Morton
Music Performed by
Hugh Ash, Melinda Faylor, Charlotte Munn-Wood, Joe Tucker
4 WARS
is an interdisciplinary exploration
of the universal themes that exist in four stories reflecting different aspects of unrest that exploded in 1968.
The stories from Poland, Prague, Mexico City, and around the USA progress from hope, to occupation, to violence,
to finding a way to rise from the ashes.
In 2015, the historical underpinnings of these times rise again with the escalation of violent images and incidents.