tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317020722024-03-07T03:37:59.248-08:00Ellen's BlogA History of La MaMaEllen Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663103348346842812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31702072.post-10130508872248566602007-01-15T11:31:00.000-08:002007-01-15T11:33:02.228-08:002000 and Beyond!<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In May 2004 </span>the Great Jones Repertory presented <i style="">Seven: Seven Greek Myths in Repertory</i> which included Medea, Electra, Trjan Women, Mythos Oedipus, Seven Against Thebes, Antigone, and Dionysus Filius Dei.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br />More to come....<br /><o:p></o:p></p>Ellen Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663103348346842812noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31702072.post-80354984563198114832007-01-15T11:24:00.000-08:002007-01-15T11:29:12.195-08:00The 90's<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">November 1991</span> <i style=""><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Soundscape</span></i> by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tan Dun</span> was performed at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">MaMa</span></span>.<span style=""> </span>He later went on to compose the soundtrack for <i style="">Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</i> and <span style="font-style: italic;">The First Emperor</span> at the MET Opera.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In 1992 Ellen Stewart</span> was invited by the office of the President of Turkey to commemorate <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Yunus</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Emre</span></span> because UNESCO had named that year, The Year of <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Yunus</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Emre</span>, to celebrate the Sufi master all over the world to <st1:city><st1:place>Istanbul</st1:place></st1:City>.<span style=""> </span>The production, <i style=""><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Yunus</span></i>, was done in the mosque of <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Aya</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Irini</span>.<span style=""> </span>The mosque was built by a Sultan for a Christian woman named <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Irini</span> for whom he credited for saving his life.<span style=""> </span>In the company were <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Huseyin</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Katircioglu</span></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Ayla</span> and <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Beklan</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Algan</span></span>.<span style=""> </span>They later went on to form the group called <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">MaMa</span>’s</span> Boys.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In February 1993 </span><i style="">Faust/Gastronome</i> was performed by the East Coast Artists, directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Richard <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Schechner</span></span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In May 1995</span> <i style=""><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Geranos</span></i> was presented with the Great Jones Repertory Company, created by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Andrea <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Paciotto</span></span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sandra <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Tommassini</span></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mia <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Yoo</span></span> and music composed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alexandros</span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">November 1995</span> Slant premiered <i style="">Big Dicks, Asian Men</i>.<span style=""> </span>Slant is now a resident company of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">MaMa</span></span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">March 1999</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Yara</span> Arts Group, directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Virlana</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Tkacz</span></span>, presented the <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Buryat</span> National Theatre in <i style="">Flight.</i></p>Ellen Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663103348346842812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31702072.post-17981691094104869292007-01-15T11:13:00.000-08:002007-01-15T11:24:07.748-08:00The 80's<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In February 1980</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hong</span> Sin <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cha</span></span> from <st1:country-region><st1:place>Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region> presented <i style="">Laughing Stone</i> which later became the name of her well-renowned group.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In February 1980</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dario D’Ambrosi</span> from <st1:country-region><st1:place>Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region> with his theatre <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Il</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Teatro</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Italiano</span> D’<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Avanguardia</span>, which later became the Pathological Theatre, presented <i style="">Tutti Non Ci <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Sono</span>.</i><span style=""> </span>Dario was recently seen in Mel Gibson’s <i style="">The Passion of the Christ</i> as the Torturer of Christ.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In April 1980</span> Le Centre International <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">de</span> Creations <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Theatrales</span>, directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter Brook</span>, performed in repertory the productions <i style=""><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Ubu</span>, The <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Ik</span>, </i>and <i style="">The Conference of the Birds</i>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In October-November 1980</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Olympia <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Dukakis</span></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nicholas <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Kepros</span></span> performed <i style=""><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Otan</span> Oi <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Atreides</span>.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In October 1980<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">MaMa</span></span></span> presented <i style="">A Day in the Life of the Czar</i>, or <i style="">I Too Have Lived in <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Arcadi</span>,</i> written by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Frank O’<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Hara</span></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">V.R. Lang</span> and directed by<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Peter <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Sellars</span></span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In November 1980</span> <i style=""><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Gimpel</span> the Fool</i> by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Isaac <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Bashevis</span> Singer</span> had its American premiere at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">MaMa</span></span> directed by<span style="font-weight: bold;"> David <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Schecter</span></span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In April 1981</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Samuel Beckett</span> wrote <i style="">A Piece of Monologue</i> for <span style="font-weight: bold;">David <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Warrilow</span></span> which played at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">MaMa</span></span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In April 1981</span> <i style=""><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Rockaby</span></i> by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Samuel Beckett</span>, directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alan Schneider</span> and in association with NYU, premiered at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">MaMa</span></span>.<span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Billy <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Whitelaw</span></span> from <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:City> performed.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In April 1981</span> the Open Theater became the Winter Project and premiered <i style="">Tourists and Refugees.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In July 1981 </span><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Kazuo</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Ohno</span> performed at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La Mama</span> in <i style="">L’Argentina.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In August 1981</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wallace Shawn</span> presented <i style="">The Hotel Play</i> with Cooper-Keaton Group at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">MaMa</span></span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In 1982 </span><i style="">Unseen Hand</i> by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sam <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Sheperd</span></span>, whose plays were presented at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">MaMa</span></span> since 1965, went Off-Broadway from <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">MaMa</span></span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In July 1982</span> <i style="">Money: A Jazz Opera</i> by <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Amiri</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Baraka</span></span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Leroi Jones</span>) and <span style="font-weight: bold;">George <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Gruntz</span></span> with music by George <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Gruntz</span> was presented with full orchestra at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">MaMa</span></span>, directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">George <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Ferencz</span></span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 1983 </span><st1:time minute="0" hour="23"><i style="">11 PM</i></st1:time><i style=""> at La Mama</i>, the<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">MaMa</span></span> Cabaret, premiered, conceived and curated by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rick Richardson</span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">January/February 1984</span> <st1:time minute="0" hour="23"><i style="">11PM</i></st1:time><i style=""> at La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">MaMa</span></i> featured guest artists such as the <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">multi</span>- talented <span style="font-weight: bold;">Andre De Shields</span> in <i style=""><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Haarlem</span> Nocturne</i>.<span style=""> </span>The musical direction was by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marc <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Shaiman</span></span> featuring singers<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Debra Byrd, <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Ellia</span> English, and Freida Ann Williams</span>.<span style=""> </span>Later performers included <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Shami</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Chaiken</span></span>, singer, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Francis Ellen Thorpe</span>, who first appeared at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">MaMa</span></span> at age nine.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">MaMa</span></span> presented <span style="font-weight: bold;">Elizabeth <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Swados</span>’</span> <st1:city><st1:place><i style="">Jerusalem</i></st1:place></st1:City> in <span style="font-weight: bold;">May 1984</span> which later toured to <st1:place><st1:city>Rome</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place> and <st1:place><st1:city>Jerusalem</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In February 1986</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">John <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Jesurun</span>’s</span> <i style="">Deep Sleep</i> was presented which received an Obie. <span style="font-weight: bold;">William Harris</span> of the Village Voice wrote that John <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">Jesurun</span> was “the most original conceptual artist now working in experimental theatre.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In February 1986</span> <i style="">The Yellow House</i> with the <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">Shaliko</span> Company played at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La Mama</span>, written and directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo Shapiro</span> and music composed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Julie <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">Lyonn</span> Lieberman</span>. Later, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ellen Stewart</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo Shapiro</span> created the Trinity/La <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">MaMa</span> Program.</p>Ellen Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663103348346842812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31702072.post-4190231603194407822007-01-15T10:38:00.000-08:002007-01-15T11:01:06.146-08:00The 70's<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Mabou Mines</span> was in residence at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> from <span style="font-weight: bold;">1970-1974</span>, directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lee Breuer</span>, music composed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Phillip Glass</span>, and company members <span style="font-weight: bold;">JoAnne Akalaitis </span>and<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Ruth Maleeczech</span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The ETC Company was in residence at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> from <span style="font-weight: bold;">1970-1974</span>, directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wilford Leach</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">John Braswell</span>. The company toured <st1:country-region><st1:place>Denmark</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region><st1:place>Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region><st1:place>Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <st1:place><st1:city>Holland</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>France</st1:country-region></st1:place>, and <st1:country-region><st1:place>Austria</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wilford Leach</span> went on to be the Artistic Director of the Public Theatre.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Chinatown began in the Church of the Transfiguration on <st1:street><st1:address>Mott Street</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:place>Chinatown</st1:place> in <span style="font-weight: bold;">August 1970 </span>with <i style="">The Three Travelers Watch the Sunrise</i>, written by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wallace Stevens</span> and directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ching Yeh</span>.<span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Chinatown was co-founded by <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jing-Jyi Wu</span> and Ching Yeh.<span style=""> </span>The company received its training through <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lee Breuer</span> of the Mabou Mines, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Carlos Ueiveo</span> of <st1:country-region><st1:place>Argentina</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mavis Taylor</span> of Cape Town, South Africa.<span style=""> </span>Out of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Chinatown grew the Asian Repertory Company, and finally became Pan Asian Repertory Company, directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tisa Chang, H.T. Chen</span> and Dancers, directed by<span style="font-weight: bold;"> H.T. Chen </span>and<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Dian Dong</span>, also grew out of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Chinatown.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Jarboro Troupe, which was first called the GPA Nucleus, began in <span style="font-weight: bold;">October 1970</span> with <i style="">Street Sounds</i> directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hugh Gittens</span> and written by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed Bullins</span>.<span style=""> </span>The Troupe was named after <span style="font-weight: bold;">Katarina Jarboro</span>, an opera star in <st1:place>Harlem</st1:place>, and was directedby Hugh Gittens. The Company toured <st1:country-region><st1:place>Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <st1:city><st1:place>Holland</st1:place></st1:City>, and <st1:country-region><st1:place>Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tokyo Kid Brothers from <st1:country-region><st1:place>Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region> in residence at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span>, created <i style="">The Golden Bat</i> in 1970 with direction by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Higashi Yutaka</span> and music composed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Shimoda Itsuro</span>.<span style=""> </span>The production later had a successful Off-Broadway run at the Sheridan Playhouse.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Tel Aviv was created by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ellen Stewart</span> in <span style="font-weight: bold;">1970</span> in Tel Aviv.<span style=""> </span>It was given first workshop space in a bomb shelter, underneath a big apartment building.<span style=""> </span>It was very prestigious, because it had three different kind of toilets.<span style=""> </span>The shelter was given to Ellen by the Mayor Rabinovitz.<span style=""> </span>The mayor also put in heat and air conditioning, and <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Tel Aviv was the first to receive a grant for its work, and the grant was given by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Leah Pora</span>t.<span style=""> </span>Ellen sent <span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin Brenzell</span> from <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Canada and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kate Carney</span> to train the members of the workshop, and later <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rina Yerushalmi</span>, an Israeli, became the Artistic Director.<span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hanoch Levin</span> was one of its playwrights, and amongst the<span style=""> </span>actors were <span style="font-weight: bold;">Victor Attar</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Geula Jaffet</span>, who still represent <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Tel Aviv today.<span style=""> </span>It was through <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Tel Aviv that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Feldenchrist</span> came to <st1:state><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:State> and later did workshops at <st1:place><st1:placename>New York</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In 1970’s</span> The People Show, a troupe from <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:City> came, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael Figgis</span> was the Technical Director.<span style=""> </span>The Troupe continued to come many time.<span style=""> </span>Michael Figgis later went on to direct such films as <i style="">Leaving Las Vegas</i> and <i style="">Time Code.</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Third World Theatre Institute (TWITAS) of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span>, directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cecil Guidote</span> with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ellen Stewart</span>, began in the <st1:country-region><st1:place>Philippines</st1:place></st1:country-region> in <span style="font-weight: bold;">1971</span>.<span style=""> </span>It was further developed in <st1:place><st1:city>Bombay</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>India</st1:country-region></st1:place> in <span style="font-weight: bold;">1972</span> and was formalized in <st1:city><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> at the ITI Congress.<span style=""> </span><st1:place>Third World</st1:place> was the name given to developing countries at that time by the United Nations.<span style=""> </span>TWITAS was one of the ways that enabled the indigenous cultures of the <st1:place>Third World</st1:place> to be presented at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:street><st1:address>East 3<sup>rd</sup> Street</st1:address></st1:Street> Workshop was directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Martine Barat</span>, who was a member of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Paris. The address of the workshop was <st1:street><st1:address>236 East 3<sup>rd</sup> Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, and the building was given to <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Maurice Kanbar </span>and<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Paul Levine</span>. Although <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> was a non-profit organization, the City of <st1:city><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:City> tried to make <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> responsible for the taxes on the building. In midst of this battle, Ellen learned about the Nuyorican Poets who had no home of their own. She decided that she would agree for the Poets to come into the building. The first two floors had been completely renovated through a grant from the Ford Foundation. The Nuyorican Poets later were allowed to purchase the building in an auction. Ellen decided it was better to let them keep the space because she had <st1:street><st1:address>74 East 4<sup>th</sup> Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, a five-story building on the <st1:place>East Side</st1:place>. The workshop was created to teach children from <st1:place>Harlem</st1:place> music and dance, and to be a workplace for musicians. The workshop for musicians was directed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Charles “Bobo” Shaw,</span> with musicians <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lester Bowie, Joe Bowie, Vincent Terrel,</span> and others. The childrens’ workshop was created to bring twelve children from <st1:place>Harlem</st1:place> whose parents were largely unemployed and coming from disadvantaged homes. They received dance and music lessons from the musicians, and the musicians used the space for rehearsal, composing music, etc. Martine is now a world renowned photographer.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In early spring of 1972</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ellen Stewart </span>played a key role in the founding of a contemporary theatre for American Indians. Working with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hanay Geiogamah</span>, a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ms. Stewart</span> participated in the formation of the Native American Theatre ensemble, a 16-member troupe of performing artists representing Indian tribes from all parts of <st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region>. She and Mr. Geigomah had first laid out plans for organizing the company in the summer of 1970, when Mr. Geigomah came to <st1:city><st1:place>New York City</st1:place></st1:City> to ask for help in putting together a concept, a founding strategy and a training program for the ensemble. “The idea was to establish at theatre of , by and for American Indian people,” said Mr. Geigomah, who is now a professor of theatre and American Indian studies at the <st1:place><st1:placetype>University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:placename>California</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> at <st1:city><st1:place>Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City>. “Our intention was to form the company in <st1:state><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:State>, with the help of Ellen and the dozens of incredible theatre artists who were affiliated with <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span>, then tour the to Indian reservations and urban and tribal communities all across the country.” Mr. Geigomah gives high praise to Ms. Stewart for her contributions in founding the Ensemble. “She helped in every aspect of this project. She took me to the Ford Foundation, to the Rockefeller Foundation, to the National Endowment for the Arts in <st1:place><st1:city>Washington</st1:City>, <st1:state>D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, to raise the money for the project. We succeeded in raising $125,000 for a one-year program of training and production. Ellen helped us to obtain subsidized housing on <st1:street><st1:address>Second Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> from the City, helped draw up a comprehensive training for the actors, and guided me in the process of developing my first play, which the company performed in a world premiere at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> on <st1:date style="font-weight: bold;" year="1972" day="25" month="10">October 25, 1972</st1:date>, which was an incredible experience,” Geiogaham added. Among <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La Mama</span> veterans Ms. Stewart recruited to train the Indian company members were Liz Swados, john Bottoms, Andrei Serban, John Vacarro, Lee Breuer, Wilford leach, Bill Elliott, Tom O’Horgan and Paul Foster. “She made the entire creative and physical resources of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> available to the Ensemble,” Geiogamah noted. “And it paid off in a most wonderful way.” In his review of the company’s first bill, Clive Barnes wrote in The New York Times: “They offer a new kind of theater, and I welcome it.” Many other critics joined in with praise for the company’s inaugural season. Keeping its promise to take its work to the Indian communities, the company undertook a six-week tour of Indian reservations immediately after the two-week premiere season, with Ms. Stewart accompanying the company on part of the itinerary. A year later, in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Decemger 1973</span>, American Indian Theatre Ensemble presented its second <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa </span>season, and this was followed by additional national and international tours. The company re-located to <st1:state><st1:place>Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State> in <span style="font-weight: bold;">1975</span>. the 16 original members went on to participate in the founding of six new American Indian companies and performing projects, and its legacy at<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> La MaMa</span> has since been recognized as the foundation of the contemporary American Indian theatre movement. American Indian theatre ensemble’s first season included: <i style="">Body Indian</i> by Hanay Geiogamah, and <i style="">Na Haaz Zaan</i> by Navajo playwright with actor <span style="font-weight: bold;">Robert Shorty</span>. The troupe’s second season <span style="font-weight: bold;">(1973)</span> included <i style="">Foghorn</i> by Hanay Geiogamah and <i style="">Coon Cons Coyote</i> created by the entire company. Mr. Geiogamah’s plays were published in 1980 under the title of <i style="">New Native American Drama</i> by the <st1:place><st1:placetype>University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:placename>Oklahoma Press</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, and that first-ever collection of American Indian plays is dedicated to Ms. Stewart.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Trocadero Gloxinia Ballet Company, an all-male ballet company, was a resident company of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> and was created by<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Larry Ree</span>. The first performance of the company was <st1:date style="font-weight: bold;" year="1972" day="29" month="11">November 29, 1972</st1:date><br /> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I<span style="font-weight: bold;">n March 1975 Bill Duke</span> directed <span style="font-weight: bold;">Garrett Morris</span> in the <st1:street><st1:address><i style="">Secret Place</i></st1:address></st1:Street><i style="">.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In April 1976 Meredith Monk</span> created <i style="">Quarry</i> for the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Annex Space.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /><br /></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">In Febuary 1978</span> the first play of the <i style="">Torch Song Trilogy</i> by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Harvey Fierstein</span> called <i style="">International Stud</i> was presented at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span>, followed by the plays <i style="">Fugue in a Nursery</i> and <i style="">Widows and Children First</i>.<span style=""> </span>Later <i style="">Torch Song Trilogy</i> opened on Broadway.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ping Chong</span> and Company became a resident company of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> in March 1978 with the production of <i style="">Humboldt’s Current</i>.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">In February 1979</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tadeusz Kantor</span> and<span style="font-weight: bold;"> the Cricot 2 Theatre </span>came to <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> and presented <i style="">Dead Class</i>.<span style=""> </span>All of Kantor’s plays were subsequently presented at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span>. They were <i style="">Dead Class</i>, <i style="">Wielopole, Wielopole, Let the Artist Die, I Shall Never Return</i> and <i style="">Today is My Birthday</i>.<span style=""> </span>Kantor allowed Ellen Stewart to give the name <i style="">I Shall Never Return</i> to that play.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In May 1979 Pieter-Dirk</span> Uys from <st1:country-region><st1:place>South Africa</st1:place></st1:country-region> presented <i style="">God’s Forgotten</i> at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br />This was <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pieter Dirk Uys</span>’ first American appearance. </p>Ellen Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663103348346842812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31702072.post-1153928839713030992006-07-26T08:44:00.000-07:002007-01-15T10:37:41.916-08:00The 60's<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman;">La MaMa was created in 1961...</span></span><br /><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In August 1962 </span>Michael Locascio wrote <i style="">A Corner of the Morning</i>.<span style=""> </span>It was <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa’s</span> first original play to be performed.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Harold Pinter allowed<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> La MaMa</span> to produce his work in <st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region> for the first time in <span style="font-weight: bold;">October 1962</span>. The play was <i style="">The Room</i>, directed by John Chace.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In December 1962<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> La MaMa</span></span> produced its first opera, created and conducted by Anthony Keller.<span style=""> </span>The production was entitled <i style="">The Flood</i>.</p> <br /> <p class="MsoNormal">Other original plays in the first season were <i style="">Head Hunting</i> by Korean playwright Pagoon Kang Wouk, <i style="">Lazy Baby Susan</i> by Leonard Melfi, <i style="">The Collector</i> by Kate Hoffman, <i style="">Rococco Joker</i> written by James Eliason and directed by Carlo Grasson.<span style=""> </span>In that first season <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> did 17 plays.<br /><o:p><br /><br /></o:p>Bruce Kessler <span style="font-weight: bold;">in January 1963</span> wrote and directed <i style="">Son of Fricka</i> with original music composed and played by Gary William Friedman who later went on to write music for Broadway.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p>Tom Eyen and the Theater of the Eye began in 1964.<span style=""> </span>Its first production was <i style="">Little Miss Frustrata</i>, or <i style="">The Dirty Little Girl</i> <i style="">with the Paper Rose Stuck in Her Head is Demented</i>. The company toured <st1:country-region><st1:place>Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">In May 1969</span>, <i style="">The Dirtiest Show in Town</i> was presented which later played the <st1:place>West End</st1:place> in <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:City>. Tom Eyen later wrote <i style="">Dreamgirls</i> for Broadway.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In March 1964</span> <i style="">The Allegation Impromtu</i> by Lawrence Ferlinggetti was performed at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa </span>at <st1:street><st1:address>82 2<sup>nd</sup> Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> when the space was closed by the Fire Department. Ellen went to jail.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In June 1964</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> had its first Coffeehouse Theatre Festival. The plays performed were <i style="">The Recluse</i> by Paul Foster and <i style="">Who’s Afraid of Edward Albee</i> by David Starkweather. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In August 1964</span> the Bogota Troupe played Paul Foster’s <i style="">Hurrah for the Bridge</i> which became <i style="">Que Viva El Puente</i> in Spanish at the Sheridan Playhouse. It was the first Off Broadway performance by a Latin American Troupe in Spanish.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"> </o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">In April 1965</span> La MaMa presented <i style="">America Harrah</i> by Jean Claude van Italie which later became <i style="">Motel</i>.<span style=""> </span>This show opened our season and was directed by Michael Kahn. The <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Troupe, directed by Tom O’Horgan and Ross Alexander, began in 1965 and toured <st1:country-region>England</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region>France</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region>Denmark</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region>Sweden</st1:country-region>, <st1:city>Holland</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>Austria</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region>Italy</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region>Germany</st1:country-region>, and the <st1:place>Virgin Islands</st1:place> with 22 plays. Tom O’Horgan later went on to direct <i style="">Hair</i> on Broadway.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In August 1965</span> the National Educational Television filmed <i style="">Three Plays from<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> La MaMa</span></i>. They were <i style="">Pavanne</i> by Jean Claude Van Italie, <i style="">Fourteen Hundred Thousand</i> by Sam Shepard, and <i style="">The Recluse</i> by Paul Foster. Tom O’Horgan directed the entire program.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ruth York was a patron of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span>, and she helped in <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa’s</span> first tour in 1965 to <st1:country-region><st1:place>Denmark</st1:place></st1:country-region>. She was greatly beloved for her help in the underground during the Holocaust where she spent her whole fortune helping the Jewish movement.<span style=""> </span>She was related to the Fischer Verlag Publishing House in <st1:place><st1:city>Frankfurt</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>She was responsible for our first publications of plays in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and, in fact, the world.<span style=""> </span>Ruth died of a heart attack in the lobby of the Broadway Theatre during a matinee of Peter Brook’s production of <i style="">Marat/Sade</i>. She died in Ellen Stewart’s arms crying out, “Omm!”<span style=""> </span>Ellen ran into the theatre shouting for a doctor. The audience thought she was part of the play.<span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">In February 1966</span>, <i style="">Lullaby for a Dying Gaul</i> was performed which was written by Ruth Landshoff Yorck and directed by Walter Leyden Brown.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In October 1965</span> John Thompson directed <i style="">The Typist</i> by Murray Schisgal which was performed by <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa’s</span> Theatre of the Blind.<span style=""> </span>These performances with the Blind and workshops for blind artists were stopped by the public who expressed their opinion to the Lighthouse that the work was cruel and inhumane for the Blind to walk on a stage.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In October 1965</span> the Open Theatre came into residence at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span>. Their first show was called <i style="">Open Theatre Improvisations</i>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> Plexus began in 1966 under the direction of Stanley Rosenberg and later was directed by Joel Zwick.<span style=""> </span>Joel Zwick went on to direct many different films, including <i style="">My Big Fat Greek Wedding </i>and <i style="">Fat Albert</i>, as well as various television sitcoms, including <i style="">Lavene and Shirley</i> and <i style="">Happy Days.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In May 1966</span> <i style="">Viet Rock</i> by Megan Terry was presented at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La </span>MaMa.<span style=""> </span>It was the first anti-Vietnam play.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Larry Sacharow conceived and directed <i style="">Concept</i> with the Daytop Company in <span style="font-weight: bold;">November 1967</span>; the production went on to Broadway.<span style=""> </span>The revenues of the Broadway production enabled the <st1:place><st1:placename>Daytop</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype>Village</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> to develop into the institution it is today.<span style=""> </span>Larry Sacharow is now the Dean of the Drama Department of Fordham University.</p> <br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In 1968 <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span></span> did the first International Theatre Festival at <st1:place><st1:placename>Brandeis</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> in <st1:place><st1:city>Waltham</st1:City>, <st1:state>Massachusetts</st1:State></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>Among the productions were:<span style=""> </span>Megan Terry’s <st1:state><st1:place><i style="">Massachusetts</i></st1:place></st1:State><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">Trust</i>, directed by Tom O’Horgan and with the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La </span>MaMa<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Troupe; Max Stafford-Clark and his company from <st1:city><st1:place>Edinburgh</st1:place></st1:City> with a play by Stanley Eveling; Jerome Savary and his company from <st1:city><st1:place>Paris</st1:place></st1:City> with <i style="">The Labyrinth </i>by Fernando Arrabal.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /><br /></o:p>The Playhouse of the Ridiculous, founded and directed by John Vaccaro, first presented at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">La MaMa</span> in June 1969 with <i style="">Cockstrong</i>.<span style=""> </span>The company toured countries, such as <st1:place><st1:city>Holland</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>Belgium</st1:country-region></st1:place>, <st1:country-region><st1:place>France</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and <st1:country-region><st1:place>Switzerland</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</p>Ellen Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663103348346842812noreply@blogger.com10