KAOS at New York Theatre Workshop

KAOS, by Martha Clarke, Frank Pugliese and Giovanni Papotto, opening at New York Theatre Workshop on 4 Dec 2006, following previews from 10 Nov and running through to 31 Dec 2006.

KAOS: Uses dance, live music, text and visual imagery to re-tell four Luigi Pirandello stories featured in the Taviani Brothers� 1984 film Kaos. Set in turn- of-the-century Sicily, these stories portray common people in mystical situations, heavily influenced by poverty and the violent political unrest of the time.

Performed in Italian with English surtitles.

Directed by Martha Clarke, KAOS features Felix Blaska, Sophie Bortolussi, George de la Pena, Daria Deflorian, Vito Di Bella, Lorenzo Iacona, Jim Iorio, Gabrielle Malone, Matthew Mohr, Rocco Sisto, Christina Spina, Rebecca Wender, Robert Wersinger and Julia Wilkins.

Set design by Scott Pask, with costumes by Erika LilienthalDonna Zakowska and lighting by Christopher Akerlind.