From May 7th to May 9th, 2009, I presented a workshop of Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical at CalArts in Valencia, CA.
In Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical, an aging socialite grows fur and claws to recapture her philandering game hunter husband’s attention. Using puppets and masks to augment the body, this solo cabaret performance playfully unpacks desire and the contagion of identity with songs that examine the making of a monstrosity.
design: Marsian De Lellis
The weird and tragic love story wildly reimagines tabloid accounts of the real-life “cat woman”, Jocelyn Wildenstein. As the protagonist’s marriage dissolves, she begins to reinvent herself through drastic measures. But biomedical and surgical procedures to become more feline only heighten her sense of estrangement and embolden her quest to find a fiercer sense of self.
Marsian & Company Present
BRIDE OF WILDENSTEIN –
THE MUSICAL
Thursday, May 7th, 8pm
Preview
Friday May 8th, 8pm
Workshop Viewing
Friday May 8th, 10:30pm
Workshop Viewing
Saturday May 9th, 8pm
Workshop Viewing
Saturday May 9th, 10:30pm
Workshop Viewing
CalArts teaches artists to develop the skills and personal drive to reach their creative potential, question received ideas and expand forms of knowledge and experience in the world. CalArts challenges artists to create work that matters globally to the state of culture today and in the future.
CREDITS
written by Marsian + P.J. McWhiskers
performed by Marsian De Lellis
Music composed by Josh Senick
Directed with Leila Ghaznavi
Dramaturgy
Leila Ghaznavi
Set + Pop-up design
EuGean Seo
Costume Design
Rachel Weir
Lighting Design /
Assistant Director
Brandon Stirling Baker
Co-producer
Jennifer Kobloskyy
Composer
Josh Senick
Vocal Coach /
Sound Assistant
Sarah Ibrahim
Sound
E. Martin Giminez
Technical Director
Sarah Sowel
Scenic Artist
Amanda Smith
Puppet Builder
Chase Woolner
Pop – Up Assistant
Chi Kyung
Technical Supervisor
Byung Lee
Art Direction
Marsian De Lellis
SPECIAL THANKS
Ben White
Chris Barreca
Circus in Miniature
Cotsen Center for Puppetry + The Arts
Curtis Mueller
David Hanbury
Don Holder
Ellen McCartney
Emily OC
Gary Kechely
Jane Pickett
Janie Geiser
Jeremiah Thies
Lap Chi Chu
Lynn Rosenfeld
Mary Heilman
Michael Darling
Michael McIntire
CalArts Paint + Puppetry Shop
CalArts Performing Objects Lab
Rafael Lopez-Barrantes
Robert Tokarz
Renata De Lellis
CalArts Scene Shop
Steven Levine
Susan Simpson
CalArts Theater Management Office
TJ Kearny
Bride of Wildenstein was developed at CalArts and the National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center with funding from The Durfee Foundation and Ibex Puppetry.
