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The [[Folger Theatre|Folger Theatre]] performed their production of ''The Conference of the Birds'' from October 23 to November 25, 2012. The show is based on the poem by Farid Uddi Attar, and was adapted for the stage by Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook. The production was nominated for one Helen Hayes Award, including Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production, for Erika Chong Shuch.
[[Folger Theatre|Folger Theatre]] performed their production of ''The Conference of the Birds'' from October 23 to November 25, 2012 in the Folger's [[Elizabethan Theatre]]. The show is based on the poem by Farid Uddi Attar, and was adapted for the stage by Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook. The production was nominated for one Helen Hayes Award, including Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production, for Erika Chong Shuch.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==

Revision as of 10:11, 16 June 2014

Folger Theatre performed their production of The Conference of the Birds from October 23 to November 25, 2012 in the Folger's Elizabethan Theatre. The show is based on the poem by Farid Uddi Attar, and was adapted for the stage by Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook. The production was nominated for one Helen Hayes Award, including Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production, for Erika Chong Shuch.

Cast

  • Patty Gallagher: Hoopoe
  • Katie deBuys, Britt Duff, Jessica Frances Dukes, Jay Dunn, Robert Barry Fleming, Tara Giordano, Celeste Jones, Jens Rasmussen, Annapurna Sriram, Tiffany Rachelle Stewart: The Birds
  • Tom Teasley: Musician

Understudies

  • Raven Bonniwell: Hoopoe, Heron, Duck
  • Colin Michael Brush: Parrot, Falcon, Magpie
  • Kathryn Connors: Nightingale, Partridge, Sparrow
  • Natalie Tucker: Peacock, Dove

Staff

  • Janet Alexander Griffin, Artistic Producer
  • Beth Emelson, Assistant Artistic Producer
  • David Polk, General Manager
  • Charles Flye, Theatre Production Manager

Production team

  • Aaron Posner, Director
  • Tom Teasley, Original Music/Sound Design
  • Meghan Raham, Scenic Design
  • Olivera Gajic, Costume Design
  • Jennifer Schriever, Lighting Design
  • Michele Osherow, Resident Dramaturg
  • Amanda Michaels, Production Stage Manager

Production

  • Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director
  • Teresa Wood, Casting Assistant
  • Marie Sproul, Assistant Director
  • Alicia Sells, Assistant Stage Manager
  • James Kramer, Production Assistant
  • Jens Rasmussen, Dance Captain
  • Annalisa Dias-Mandoly, Dramaturg Assistant
  • Samina Vieth, Prop Master
  • Brooke Robbins, Scenic Assistant
  • Bella Faccia, Inc., Scenery Construction
  • Adalia Vera Tonneyck, Costume Assistant/Wardrobe Head
  • Ananda Keator, Costume Assistant/Stitcher
  • Aaron Waxman, Master Electrician
  • John Rose-Caron, Light Board Operator
  • Matthew M. Nielson, Sound Head
  • Brandon Roe, Sound Board Operator
  • James Kegley, Promotional Photography
  • Scott Suchman, Production Photography
  • Heather Daniels, Mark Fastoso, & APTV, Promotional Video
  • WAPAVA, Archival Recording
  • C2, Inc., Open Captioning
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