LULU v.1 // pandora's box: a monster-tragedy

after the play by frank wedekind // adapted by ted witzel + the ensemble // at buddies in bad times theatre november 2014.

she is bedroom eyes and short skirts in every kind of weather. she is the long-legged high-heeled daughter of eastern europe, some fantasy born to drive an industry of sex-import and mail-order pussy. she will ruin you, and you will thank her for it.

LULU v.1 was a staged presentation, a performance-with-footnotes following a week-long intensive preliminary investigation into lulu and her lovers, the results of a week of debate and exploration, a crash-course staging about frank wedekind and his frankenstein-monster fembot, with a cast of characters that also includes a lesbian countess, a circus acrobat, and jack the ripper. additionally to the performance, 25 other writers were commissioned to respond to the piece with a text of their own, which were absorbed into the future trajectory of the creation process.  

directed by ted witzel.  assistant directed by daniela pagliarello.  dramaturgy by mel hague.  cowritten + performed by salvatore antonio, keith barker, sedina fiati, susanna fournier, sky gilbert, billy merasty, daniela pagliarello, aurora stewart de peña, + david yee.