FISH STORY

A Documentary about Theatre Life in Eight Dances

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Production Credits

Text: Act IV of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, as translated by Paul Schmidt, and excerpts from Geinin (1977), a documentary film.

Director: Elizabeth LeCompte

Asako: Kate Valk
Eiji / Irina: Beatrice Roth
Hiroko / Kulygin: Roy Faudree
Sensaburo / Tusenbach: Jeff Webster
Sensha / Olga: Peyton Smith
Sentaro / Rohde: Dave Shelley
Taro: Christopher Kondek
Yukio / Andrei: Scott Renderer (1993-94), Willem Dafoe (1996)
Masha: Karen Lashinsky
Stage Assistant: Cynthia Hedstrom, Jack Frank, Ari Fliakos (1996)
Vershinin: Ron Vawter (on video)
Masha: Karen Lashinsky (on video)
Natasha: Anna Köhler (on video)
Ferapont: Elion Sacker (on video)

Video: Christopher Kondek
Sound: James “J.J.” Johnson, John Collins
Set: Jim Clayburgh
Light: Clay Shirky (1993-94), Jennifer Tipton (1994-96)
Assistant Director: Marianne Weems (1993), Clay Hapaz (1994-96)
Production Manager: Clay Shirky (1994-94), Georg Bugiel (1996)
Technical Director: Eric Dyer (1993-94), Jim Findlay (1996)
Master Carpenter / Rigger: Ruud van den Akker
Video Assistant: Victor Morales (1993), Philip Bussmann (1996)
Follow Spot Operator: Clay Hapaz (1993-94), Ruud van den Akker (1994-96)
Choreography: The Wooster Group
Costumes: The Wooster Group, Elizabeth Jenyon, Ellen McCartney
Dance Consultant: Jo Andres
Additional Music: Evan Lurie, John Lurie, The Roches

Special thanks to Vincent Dunoyer and Annie Iobst for their contributions to this piece.

Production History

1992 January-March: rehearsals for the as-yet untitled FISH STORY at The Performing Garage
1993 February, March: FISH STORY rehearsals at The Performing Garage
1993 April 14-May 1: FISH STORY work-in-progress showings at The Performing Garage
1993 May 16-19: FISH STORY work-in-progress performances in Vienna, Austria
1993 May 27-June 3: FISH STORY work-in-progress performances in Brussels, Belgium
1993 June 18-27: FISH STORY work-in-progress performances at the Theater de Welt Festival in Munich, Germany
1993 September 7-11: FISH STORY work-in-progress performances in Aarhus, Denmark
1993 September 15-19: FISH STORY work-in-progress performances in Stockholm, Sweden
1993 October 15-23: FISH STORY work-in-progress performances in Frankfurt, Germany
1993 December 29-January 29, 1994: FISH STORY performances at The Performing Garage
1994 May 13-17: FISH STORY performances at Maison des Arts, Créteil, France
1994 September 23-28: FISH STORY performances in Hamburg, Germany
1994 November: FISH STORY performances at The Performing Garage
1996 February-March: FISH STORY rehearsals at The Performing Garage
1996 March 21-25: FISH STORY in Bogota, Colombia
1996 April 18-May 4: FISH STORY performances at The Luna Théâtre, Brussels, Belgium