Young Jean Lee
UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW
UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW © Blaine Davis ©
UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW
Conceived and directed by Young Jean Lee
in collaboration with Faye Driscoll, Morgan Gould and the performers
Scenic Design, David Evans Morris
Lighting Design, Raquel Davis
Sound Design, Chris Giarmo, Jamie McElhinney
Projection Design, Leah Gelpe
Dramaturgy, Mike Farry
Production Supervisor, Sunny Stapleton
Lighting Design, Ryan Seelig / Associate Video Designer, Bart Cortright / Assistant Set Designer, Kate Foster
Featuring Becca Blackwell, Amelia Zirin-Brown (alias Lady Rizo), Hilary Clark, Cynthia Hopkins, Katy Pyle et Regina Rocke
Production Aaron Rosenblum
Coproduction Walker Art Center ; Steirischer Herbst (Graz) ; kunstenfestivaldesarts (Bruxelles) ; the Spalding Gray Award (Performance Space 122 New York, Warhol Museum Pittsburgh,
On the Boards Seattle) ; Young Jean Lee's Theater Company
Corealisation Théâtre de Gennevilliers, centre dramatique national de création contemporaine ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW was commissioned by the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and originally developed in association with Caleb Hammons.
Premiered at the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) on January 5, 2012
The work of Young Jean Lee, a New Yorker of Korean origin, is a relentless attack on the politically correct. In UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW, the six women actors, all naked, challenge stereotypes on womanhood and dominant beauty codes. WE’RE GONNA DIE is an existential pop concert, which blends the everyday and the tragic to reflect of our human condition.
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