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about performing, composing or sound design: ethan at
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City
At Peace New York presents: What's The Story
Cherry Lane Theatre, 2008
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| An original musical drama written
and performed by a diverse group of teenagers
from the five boroughs of NYC. I co-wrote
and produced beats and tracks with Todd
Almond. |
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Hair
NYU Skirball Center, 2006
Theater Mitu
and the NYU undergraduate theater program's production
of Hair was without a doubt the hottest stage piece
I've had the privelege of being involved with. Director
Ruben
Polendo describes the show thus: "An orchestra
of chaos and order—Hair explores the landscape
of counterculture as history, as fact, as absence
and as force. Propelled by undeniably powerful music—the
piece challenges notions of nostalgia by creating
an aesthetic of memory, of possibility and of resistance."
Musical director Todd
Almond and I reworked the songs to give them a
2006 feel: glitchy drum loops, Björkian synths
and punk-rock orneriness. The production was blessed
with a top-flight band, in addition to Todd and myself:
guitarist
Tricia Scotti, guitarist and mellotronist Chris
Anderson, bassist Chris
Luard, drummer Michael Horrigan, and multi-instrumental
utility man Jordan Woods-Robinson (currently appearing
as a Blue Man in the Blue Man Group! Go Jordan.)
Revolution In Progress
Michael Shimmelman Performing Arts Center, 2006
The 2006 City
at Peace production paints a vivid, poignant picture
of life as a teenager in modern-day New York. Written
and performed entirely by City at Peace's 70 young
members, the show tells the true stories of teenage
struggles with sexuality, family conflicts & broken
homes, abusive relationships, parent/teen relationships,
and feelings of betrayal, abandonment and rebellion.
Based on the lives and experiences of the cast, the
stories are both eye-opening and inspiring. Todd
Almond and I turned the score into bumping hip-hop
and R&B tracks, and we performed live with the
cast.
Notes In Motion - Extract
Philip Coltoff Center, 2006
I played various bells, shakers and other ambient
percussion for choreographer Erin Hunter Jennings'
modern dance piece From Here To There.
Biblical Bitches
Kraine Theatre, 2005
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a nice review
Jeff Bedillion and I cowrote original songs for his
biblically-themed burlesque fairy tale, quilted with
gospel-funk showstoppers, farcical comic scenes, and
explosive dance sequences.
The Accelerating Intoxicating
Death Machine
Sacred Circle Theater and Theater
Mitu, 2004
Todd
Almond and I created sound effects and atmospherics
for this performance piece by Lori Petermann, inspired
by The Crazy Locomotive and the life and works of
Stanislaw Witkiewitcz.
Forbidden Fruit
Wings
Theatre, summer 2004
Writer and director Jeff
Bedillion and I collaborated on some new songs
for his biblically-themed gay tragicomedy.
Five Hours 'til Morning
Remote Theatre Company, 2003
Hear a sample: spacy, dreamlike vibes and synth bells.
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True Stories From The ER That You're
Never Gonna Hear On Television!
2003 New
York City Fringe Festival
Rob Bronstein
wrote and performed this tragicomic monologue about
his real-life experiences with emergency medicine
in Spalding
Gray fashion, very physically animated on a bare
stage. I accompanied the show onstage with semi-improvised
guitar through a variety of digital effects - delay,
ring modulator, and so on. I was going for a combination
of blues and electronic music.
Über
Target
Margin Theater's Operatic Age series, 2002
Franklin Hundley and I co-wrote this original musical
based on the Nibelungenlied, the Norse myth that formed
the basis for Wagner's Ring Cycle. We wanted to add
a contemporary flavor and some much-needed humor to
the story. I also music directed and played guitar
in the show.
Elektra
La Tea, 2001
Another adaptation from classical mythology by Franklin
Hundley, taking a punk-rock approach to Greek tragedy.
I composed music and did sound design.
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