March 1-4 & 8-11, 2018

Created by Dan Hurlin. Text by Erik Ehn.  

Developed with the ensemble.

Inspired by Thomas Cole’s allegorical landscape paintings, ERRATICS: Scenes from Thomas Cole’s The Course of Empire, explores what empire means to those living in the modern era. Cole’s paintings, created from 1833-36, feature the same landscape at five different points during the rise and ultimate fall of an empire and highlights the dissonance between political power and freedom. ERRATICS follows the same journey using a traditional style of Japanese puppetry, Bunraku, shadow puppets and an original score by Department of Music Faculty member Eric Nathan to present short scenes that reflect the period in which they are set.

Featuring

Shade Au ’19
John Beck ’18
Ebube Chuba ’19
Joshua Danielson ’20
Julia Fein ’18
David Kleinman ’20
Zoë Koss ’20
Nathan Sorscher ’19
Graham Straus ’19
Mary Martha Wiggers ’18

Set and Puppet Designer Dan Hurlin

Costume Designer Jessie Darrell Jarbadan

Composer Eric Nathan

Sound and Projection Designer Alex Eizenberg

Properties Designer Miranda Friel ‘15.5

Lighting Designer Tim Hett

Stage Manager Patricia Garza ’20

Assistant Director Tristen Moseley ’18

“Yamaha Disklavier™ DU1E3 upright piano is provided by Yamaha Corporation of America.”