LAST RITES
LAST RITES
Conceived, written, and directed by Brian Jucha with
Infernal Bridegroom Productions, Jason Nodler, Artistic Director
Created in collaboration with
Ensemble: Shelley Calene Black, Tamarie Cooper, Greg Dean, Sarah Mitchell, Celia Montgomery, George Parker, Jim Parsons, Troy Schultze, Charlie Scott, Greg Stanley
Premiered December 1997 at DiverseWorks, Houston, TX.
Especially commissioned collaboration with Infernal Bridegroom Productions as part of the DiverseDialogues series.
Lighting design: Roma Flowers
Stage Manager: Adrienne Patton
Jucha and IBP team up to create an original, movement-based production inspired by the age of the cult - from Amway to Scientology. In this chaotic journey, all that unites the players are a sorrowful madness and a beguiling search for the truth. Jucha draws on the early sacrificial ritual depicted in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring for Last Rites, an entertaining attempt to make sense of the world at the end of the millennium.
"When a hot New York artistic director leads a hot Houston theater troupe in a collaborative work, the results are likely to be, well, hot." - Houston Chronicle
"Ridiculously funny and mesmerizingly thoughtful." - Houston Press
"A strange, entertaining, ball of nerves." - Houston Sidewalk
Special Thanks to Loris Bradley
Photos: Brian Jucha & Houston Sidewalk
