texts&beheadings/ElizabethR New York Premiere Compagnia de' Colombari Karin Coonrod

Created and directed by Karin Coonrod Dramaturgy and scenic design by John Conklin Music by Gina Leishman Costume design by Oana Botez Lighting design by Peter Ksander Movement by Adrian Silver

BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Oct 21—Oct 24 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25

Queen Elizabeth I left an indelible mark on history, inspiring a number of artistic works attempting to capture her extravagant iconography. In texts&beheadings/ElizabethR, director Karin Coonrod constructs a full-length theatrical work from Elizabeth’s own writings—letters, speeches, prayers—as well as those of her contemporaries. Four actresses portray the ever-changing spirit of the queen throughout this four-part work which investigates the great monarch’s as writer, director, designer, and actor of her own “performance” of royalty.

Karin Coonrod is a theater maker whose work has been seen and heard across the country and around the world. Coonrod founded two theater companies—Arden Party (1987—97), in downtown New York which re-imagined the classics—and Compagnia de’ Colombari (2004—present), an international company, based in New York, which began a new tradition of theater in Orvieto, Italy when it presented the medieval mystery plays in public spaces and a music-theater piece More or Less I Am (from Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself) performed around New York City. Coonrod is known for her Shakespeare productions including her epic Henry VI (1996) and surprising Love’s Labor’s Lost (2011), both at where she was artist-in-residence from 1995—96; (2000), (2003) and (2005), all with Theatre for a New Audience; Othello at Hartford Stage (2005), and most recently, Tempest at La MaMa (2014). Other seminal productions include Roger Vitrac’s Victor or Children Take Over (1996) at the Ohio Theatre, Coonrod’s own creation for the stage of non-dramatic material: Flannery O’Connor’s Everything That Rises Must Converge developed at the University of Iowa, Sundance Theatre Lab, and premiered at New York Theatre Workshop (2001), Anne Sexton’s Transformations with Arden Party (1991—95), and a cabaret adaptation of Lorca’s Poeta en Nueva York with flamenco dancer La Conja at New York University (2002). Coonrod is on the faculty at Yale School of Drama (since 2002).

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