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WHEN:
May 13 - 19, 2023
Sunday - 4 pm
Tuesday - 8:30 pm
Thursday - 8:30 pm
Friday - 8:30 pm
Saturday - 8:30 pm
WHERE:
HERE Performing Arts Center, Mainstage Theater
145 6th Ave
New York, NY
CAST:
Omar Najmi as Spearmint Lodge
Emily Solo as Najeen Teflo
Daniel Klein as Ted / Dewey
Brittany Fowler as Amalia Habitué / Shirl
CREATIVE TEAM:
Music by Eric Moe
Libretto by Rob Handel
Stage Direction by Dara Malina
Music Direction by Alex Wen
Co-Production Management by Victoria Benson & Jillian Flexner
Stage Management by Zane Alcorn
Piano by Candace Chien
Costume Design by Karen Boyer
Scenic Design by You-Shin Chen
Video Design by Jon DeGaetano
Technical Direction by Dan Delaney
Choreography by Joy Havens
Lighting Design by Daisy Long
Props Design by Henry Newman
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...The plot follows artists Spearmint Lodge and Najeen Teflo as they try to secure an artistic legacy. Inspired by a TED Talk about immortal artists such as Bach and Van Gogh, whose efforts have remained part of the human experience long after their deaths, they decide that they need to know whether their future-leaning music and “spectator-triggered musical robot installations” will indeed endure. With the help of scientist Amalia Habitué, they travel 300 years into the future and arrive at the Guggenheim Museum, which proves to be full of their work, honoring them as prophetic artists. A robot docent explains that humans have died out, barely noticing this while preoccupied with their phones. Returning to the present, the artists find themselves fiercely divided about what to do. She wants to abandon their dreams of immortality and devote their energies to saving humankind. He doesn’t see a problem with a future populated by robots, so long as the art survives. Will humankind be saved? How about their relationship? Answers in May..."