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An evening-length multi-media performance piece about the myth of Icarus and the rhyming schemes of history…

“…a deep, flowing meditation on the state of an America pitching towards 9/11 and economic turmoil.” -Eva Yaa Asantewaa

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written & perfomed by Samuael Topiary • directed by Miguel Gutierrez • live musical saw, ukele & accordion by C. Ryder Cooley • electronic sound by Peter Kerlin •
video by Samuael Topiary & Peter Kerlin • set design by Andrea Stanley • costumes by Jocelyn Davis • lighting design by Carrie Wood

 

 

photos by Liz Rubin & Paul Rowley; documentation video shot by Liz Rubin