Description - Creative Team - Photos
Production History & Press - Credits

Description

Inspired by an actual concert that took place in the overthrown imperial palace during the 1871 revolution, Paris Commune uses the cabaret form to stage this attempt to radically reinvent society. Created by Steven Cosson and Michael Friedman and developed from primary source materials and actual songs from the period.

Creative Team

Created by Steven Cosson and Michael Friedman

Directed by Steven Cosson

With:
Kate Buddeke
Aysan Çelik
Nina Hellman
IVA

Dan Lipton
Jeanine Serrales
Brian Sgambati
Jeremy Shamos
Sam Breslin Wright

Tracy Bersley,
Choreography
Alex Dodge, Sets

Sarah Beers, Costumes
Thomas Dunn, Lighting
Ken Travis, Sound

Photos

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Production History & Press

Public Theater (PUBLIC LAB Series Workshop Production, New York, NY, April 4 to 20, 2008) Buy Tickets Now!

MoMA (Special Concert, New York, NY, December 11 & 12, 2007)

LaJolla Playhouse ("Page to Stage" Workshop Production, July 27 to August 15, 2004)

San Diego Union-Tribune: "the events of 1871 have strong contemporary reverberations"
North County Times: "In 'Paris Commune,'...we delve even deeper into the past"
Gay & Lesbian Times: "The Civilians...create original work that is connected to and inspired by the contemporary landscape"

Mazer Theatre (Workshop Production, New York, NY, April 3 to 6, 2003)

Credits

Performed as a workshop at The Mazer Theatre, NYC; Summer Residency with New York Theatre Workshop; produced as a "Page to Stage" workshop at La Jolla Playhouse; and showcased in The Public Theater's New Work Now! festival.