woyzeck [waits]
[11/2019] [chicago premiere]
composer | TOM WAITS
playwright | GEORG BÜCHNER
music director | CATHERINE O’SHAUGHNESSY
orchestrator | CARL KENNEDY
designer | BRAD CALEB LEE
lighting designer | TED NAZAROWSKI
photographer | WENDY ALAS
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Woyzeck (Jonathan Wilson) sings that "Misery's the River of the World"...
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...as the ensemble of animal-humans join him.
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The Drum Major (Matt Peckham) is a bull.
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The Doctor (Michelle Jasso) is a bird.
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The Captain (Matt Peckham) is a pig.
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Woyzeck's partner Marie (Christina Pecce) is a sheep.
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Woyzeck's pal Andres (Christina Pecce) is a dog.
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The nosy neighbour Margret (Michelle Jasso) is a mouse.
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iPads provide fractured images during the fractured tale.
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Woyzeck swears he can hear voices.
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Marie calms her child as the band plays on.
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The Drum Major seduces Marie.
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Jeder Mensch ist ein Abgrund. | Everyone's an abyss.
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Woyzeck prepares to murder Marie.
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Marie comes back to life, singing "My Favorite Color is Red".