Bride of Wildenstein

Have you ever gone too far for love?

photo: Nicholas Shoob, design: Marsian De Lellis

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.

SYNOPSIS

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. (More)

DESIGN

The design and creative team evolved over the course of the project. Designers included Rachel Weir, EuGean Seo, Hunter Wells, Lee Vargas Perez, Brandon Stirling Baker, and the production company, Ibex Puppetry. (More)

2009 ©Marsian De Lellis
2009 ©Marsian De Lellis

CREATIVE TEAM

P.J. McWhiskers

(Co-Writer) serves as the Grand High Witch of North America who also dabbles in mortal affairs from time to time.

Derron Wood

(Director) is the Executive Artistic Director of Flock Theatre in New London.

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PRESS

CHRONOLOGY

Premiere

2010 Velaslavasay Panorama
Los Angeles, California

Full Workshops

2009 Cameo Theatre
Orlando
2009 Avalon Gallery
Orlando
2009 CalArts
Valencia, California

Excerpts

2009 The Tank
New York City
2009 PLOP
Olympia
2009 Georgia Tech
Atlanta

REDCAT
Los Angeles

SUPPORT

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.