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Past Work

House/Lights

June 1996–March 2001, January–April 2005

The 1960s cult film classic Olga’s House of Shame weaves through Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights. Featuring Kate Valk and Suzzy Roche as Faustus and Mephistopheles, with music by Hans Peter Kuhn and John Lurie.

Media & Ephemera

Production History

Additional Credits

Text: Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights by Gertrude Stein, 1938. Use of this material is made possible by Stanford G. Gann Jr., Literary Executor of the Estate of Gertrude Stein.

Additional text: Olga’s House of Shame, a film by Joseph Mawra, 1964.

Additional choreography: Act I Special Dance (to Young Frankenstein) by Trisha Brown with Diane Madden. Act II Ballet (I Love Lucy recreation) by Helen Pickett with the company.

Special thanks to Dennis Dermody for brining us Olga’s House of Shame.

Men’s suits and other wardrobe items courtesy of PRADA.

Lighting equipment provided by Big Apple Lights.