This Was The End

A concert presenting sound, video, and set elements developed for Mallory Catlett‘s piece The Was The End during her residency at The Performing Garage. Noise artist/analog tape DJ G. Lucas Crane and video designer Keith Skretch performed a live set of fragments of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya and The White Album. With special appearances by Black-Eyed Susan and a wall from the old Mabou Mines studio.

This Was The End subsequently premiered at The Chocolate Factory in February 2014. Using Uncle Vanya and featuring four actors in their sixties, the finished piece explored how memory and longing function in the formation of the future.

Text from Chekhov’s play and Proust’s Swann’s Way. Conceived and directed by Mallory Catlett. Designers: Peter Ksander (set), Keith Skretch (video), G Lucas Crane (sound), Ryan Holsopple (technology design) & Johanna Meyer (choreography). Performers: Black-Eyed Susan, Paul Zimet, Jim Himelsbach, Lizan Mitchell.