This contemporary interpretation of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick reunites puppeteer Blair Thomas, songwriter Michael Smith, and percussionist Michael Zerang.
Together they explore the implications of storytelling, tracing Ishmael’s hope that recounting his adventure will deliver his soul. Through Thomas’s image-based theater, Smith’s folk-rock songs, and Zerang’s atmospheric percussion, the themes, sensations, and environments of this larger than life story becomes visible.
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Production Credits
Conceived by Blair Thomas by Herman Melville and created in collaboration with the company
Directed and co-adapted by Greg Allen
Songs by Micheal Smith
Live Sound by Michael Zerang
Puppeteers
Blair Thomas
Michael Montenegro
Musicians
Michael Smith
Michael Zerang
Performance History
Excerpted Preview Performances
Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | March-April 2016
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | February 5, 2016
Chicago Humanities Festival, Harold Washington Library | Chicago, IL | November 2, 2013
Logan Center, University of Chicago, IL | Chicago, IL | September 2012
Living Room Tour | Chicago, IL | June-August 2010
Toy Theater Festival St Ann’s Warehouse | Brooklyn, NY | May 2010
Links Hall | Chicago, IL | February 2010
Jay Pritzker Pavillion Stage Millenium Park | Chicago, IL | January 2010
Gallery
Technical Rider
Available upon request.
