How do you blow the mind of a five-year-old? And why do we adults build such hard shells around the forces that were so active in us as kids? Immediate Medium takes up these questions in its latest multimedia exploration, The Assassins Chase Pinocchio. Conceived as an avant-garde performance piece for children and adults, The Assassins Chase Pinocchio combines the surreal world of Carlo Collodi’s 1883 coming-of-age tale “The Adventures of Pinocchio” with the formal techniques of experimental theater to examine the process of growing up and those childlike aspects of ourselves that we assassinate in our mad dash to become “real boys.” Inspired by the read-along story albums of the late 1970s and early 1980s and rooted in the belief that even very young children can process complex works of art in unique ways, the piece uses live video, found objects, masks, gibberish, and psychedelic music and soundscapes to fracture the oral storytelling tradition and expand it into an immersive, multidiciplinary story experience for young and old.
The Assassins Chase Pinocchio was first presented as a work-in-progress in October 2010 as part of the IRT 3B Development Series. A full production was presented at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Education Center in April/May 2011.
CONCEIVED BY
Max Dana
CREATED & PERFORMED BY
Lisa Clair br>
Max Dana br>
JJ Lind br>
Siobhan Towey br>
Liz Vacco br>
SOUND & VIDEO
Rob Ramirez
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Maki Takenouchi
DESIGN TEAM
Jason Gandy
Lydia Fine
MUSIC COMPOSITION & br>
ARRANGEMENT
Alex Bleeker br>
G. Lucas Crane br>
Rob Ramirez
COSTUMES
Liz Vacco
LIGHTING DESIGN
Dan Rousseau
STAGE MANAGER
David E. Bruin
DRAMATURGICAL SUPPORT
Jonathan Shmidt
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The Assassins Chase Pinocchio
New York, New York
2010-2011

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If you came out to see our Pinocchio being born on October 23, please feel free to leave us your feedback. You can even log in with your Facebook account. High tech!
Posted November 3, 2010 at 1:22 am by Max Dana
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