Aging Magician, New Victory Theater, 2017
Aging Magician (2015-)
A new music-theatre work, AGING MAGICIAN is a composite of sonic and visual elements that paints an allegory on time, youth, and the peculiar magic of ordinary life, and, perhaps, the ordinary magic of a peculiar life. Accompanied by a string quartet and a choir of young people, Aging Magician moves us along with Harold from the surgical repair of a timepiece to the magic show of time itself, lives and deaths, appearances and disappearances. The man’s vibrant last adventure is brought to life by a team of multidisciplinary artists who combine music, theatre, puppetry, instrument making, and scenic design to create an enduring work for the stage. This work features vocalist Rinde Eckert, a musical set by Mark Stewart, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and string quartet.
Co-created by writer and performer Rinde Eckert, composer Paola Prestini, and director and designer Julian Crouch
Instruments made by Mark Stewart
Co-Scenic Design by Amy Rubin
Video Design by Katy Tucker and Josh Higgason
Lighting design by Josh Higgason
Featuring Brooklyn Youth Chorus, conducted by Dianne Berkun-Menaker.
Performance History
Walker Art Center (2015)
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (2016)
Mass MoCA (2016)
ASU Gammage (2017
New Victory Theater (2017)
San Diego Opera (Postponed)
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