k a t a b a s i s
January 2019
Written, Directed, and Composed by Mat Diafos Sweeney
Set / Prop Design and Choreography by Sebastian Peters-Lazaro
Additional Lyrics by Jesse Rasmussen
"Triumphant...A high-water mark for site specific theatre"
Kevin Gossett, NO PROSCENIUM
"Like a profound church service in its reach for eternal stasis...so beautifully and skillfully ensnared by fourlarks"
Steven Leigh Morris, STAGE RAW
"The best theatre I've seen in years"
Mark Gordon, CENTER STAGE
"A remarkable event...fun, fascinating, and totally unpredictable"
Jim Farber, SF CLASSICAL VOICE
"It held up a mirror for us to see the present in, leaving us to contemplate not only the state of our own souls, but matters of justice and moral responsibility"
Jacki Apple, FABRIK
with performances from Sheila Brown Ellis, Maya Gingery, Yvette Cornelia Holzwarth, Sharon Chohi Kim, Jett Kwong, Matt Orenstein, Ryan Parrish, Lukas Papenfusscline, Zachary Carlisle Sanders, Titus Tompkins, James Vitz-Wong, James Waterman, Eli Weinberg
designers: Regan Baumgarten (masks), Mieko Romming (costumes), Brandon Baruch (lighting), David McKeever
steel bells by Tom Peyton & Shawn HilbmaCronan
promotional photos by Michael Amico, production photos by Gema Galiana
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