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  "What I have most wanted to do throughout the past ten years is to make political writing into an art.  My starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.  
   When I sit down to write... I do not say to myself: 'I am going to produce a work of art.'  I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing." 

-George Orwell
1947
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
-- Buffalo News Preview 7/24/09
-- Buffalo News Review 7/28/09
 
RELATED INFORMATION:
-- Director's Notes
-- Essay on Social Issues within THE HAIRY APE
-- About the Buffalo "infringement" Festival
-- Visit the Buffalo "infringement" Festival Website

Behind the Scene Photographs of

THE HAIRY APE
     Scroll down for a behind-the-scenes peek at artists and artisans as they made the whole show come together.




 

 

 

 

 

 

A Little Barber Shop Quartet Anyone?
Trying on their carny costumes for the first time, many of the play's male ensemble congregate on stage.  
From left to right:
Anthony Orlowski, Mark Tattenbaum*, John Vines, Drew McCabe*, and the humble Ringmaster Brian Zybala*.

A Meeting of the Minds!
Director Kurt Schneiderman* (left) and cast member Drew McCabe* calmly discuss a slight difference in script interpretation.

 

Take a Seat!
In the midst of an experimental movement rehearsal, actress Candice Kogut* sits delicately atop her human-formed deckchair made up of castmates John Vines (left) and Drew McCabe* (right).

Feelin' the Vibe
The mad geniuses at work!  Crazed bohemian found-sound musicians Patrick Cain (left) and Gabriel Gutierrez (right) get on the ready for another wild adventure in sound.

Don't Hold Your Breath
Donning their corsets for the first time, actresses Candice Kogut* (left), Monica Karwan* (center), and Sarah Brown (right) begin adjusting their movement choreography to something their scrunched mid-sections can handle.

Pink Precision
Actress Sarah Brown adds a parasol to her ensemble as she rehearses a lengthy movement sequence opposite actor Patrick Cameron (upper left).

 

Ape It Up!
Stage Manager Rachel Zeller (down right) channels the primate within while filing in for the one and only Hairy Ape.  
Cast members from left to right:
Candice Kogut*, Sarah Brown, Drew McCabe*, Paul O'Hern, and (on the far right) Anthony Orlowski.

A Well-Oiled Machine
Amidst another experimental movement rehearsal, the cast members Betsy Bittar (upper left), Monica Karwan* (up center), Anthony Orlowski (left bench), Paul O'Hern (right bench), Drew McCabe* (down left), and Sarah Brown (down right) explore ways to use their bodies to form the image of a massive machine under the watchful eye of musician Patrick Cain (down far left). 

Of Puppets and Apes
Just before the opening night performance, puppeteer Mark Tattenbaum* (left), puppet Revelli (center), and movement & pantomime artist Leonard Ziolkowski (the guy in the ape suit, right) find a moment to compare notes. 

Let There Be Paint
Rushing heroically to the rescue very late in the game, set painter Jessica Fialko magically finds a way to make our stage floor look like . . . well . . . like a stage floor should!

 

Hurrah for Grunt Work!
In the final days before opening to the public, diligent theatre volunteers Tom Izard* (standing right) and Michael Fanelli* (kneeling center) work feverishly to finishing construction audience platforms while set painter Jess Fialko (up left) makes the floor less ugly.

* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre Collective

Photography by Kurt Schneiderman.

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