Drummer Wanted

Drummer Wanted by New York City Players/Richard Maxwell (USA) was a theatre production unravelling the co-dependent relationship between Frank, a semi-professional drummer with a broken leg and irreparably damaged dreams, and Mom, a real-estate agent who offers to stay home from work to nurse him back to health.

Information

(Objekt ID 4809)
Object type Production
Premiere March 10, 2006
Produced by
Coproducers Wexner Center for the Arts
Audience Adults
Language English
Keywords Theatre, Chamber play, Post-dramatic theatre

Requirements to venue

Blackout Yes
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About Drummer Wanted by New York City Players/Richard Maxwell the following could be read in the program of Black Box Teater:

"With minimalist precision and a generous helping of tragicomedy Maxwell and NYCP let this duo circle each other in a poisonous pas-de-deux in which both test the vulnerability of the other. The expression can be characterised by a near flat, mechanic acting style combined with aggression on a loud volume."

BIT Teatergarasjen described Richard Maxwell and his work like this:

"Since the beginning in New York in 1994 Maxwell has developed his unique trademark. A toned-down acting style cultivating neutrality and non-acting, striving for being onstage. He works with professional actors and amateurs he finds bringing a vocabulary and a set of rules of their own to the stage. Drummer Wanted displays the topography in the daily lives of two persons, a search for beauty and metaphysics among the small rhythms of human interaction and communication."

Richard Maxwell is among the most influential directors and playwrights of New York theatre. His work has been produced increasingly around the USA and in Europe and includes performances like House, Boxing 2000, Drummer Wanted and Caveman.

The visiting performance was presented by The National Touring Network for Performing Arts in collaboration with Performance Space 122 (PS122), New York.

Source: BIT Teatergarasjen, spring program 2006. 13.09.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no/article/64

Black Box Teater

Contributors (12)
Name Role
Richard Maxwell – Playwright
Richard Maxwell – Direction
Richard Maxwell – Music
Angela Moore – Stage design
Tory Vazquez – Costume
Michael Schmelling – Lighting design
Ellen LeCompte – Actor
Pete Simpson – Actor
Janet D. Clancy – Technical director
Scott Sherratt – Technician
Barbara Hogue – Production manager
Christina Masciotti – Producer
Performance dates
March 19, 2006Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
March 18, 2006Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
March 15, 2006 Olavshallen, Lille sal Show
March 14, 2006 Olavshallen, Lille sal Show
March 11, 2006BIT Teatergarasjen Show
March 10, 2006BIT Teatergarasjen National premiere, Norway