The Geographical History of America

Company: Human Group
Written by: Gertrude Stein
Directed by: Randi Rivera

I am I because my little dog knows me. In this new adaptation of Stein’s humorously dizzying novel, The Geographical History of America, Human Group plays with the ways we conceive, contextualize, and perform our identities. Employing poetry, movement, and music, this show is a communal experience for the Facebook generation.
BY GERTRUDE STEIN


ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY LINDSEY HOPE PEARLMAN AND RANDI RIVERA
DIRECTED BY RANDI RIVERA
FEATURING JULIA CROCKETT, PHIL GASPER, LINDSEY HOPE PEARLMAN AND THE MUSICAL STYLINGS OF DYLAN SCOTT
LIGHTING AND SCENIC DESIGN BY JONATHAN COTTLE
COSTUMES BY FRANCES PEZIK
MASTER ELECTRICIAN LIZ JENETOPULOS
ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER DREW VANDERBURG
ADDITIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY BY JULIA CROCKETT
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER JONATHAN SOLARI FOR THE CENTRIFUGE
PUBLICIST EMILY OWENS PR
PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREW SCOVILLE AND JOSH PESAVENTO
GRAPHIC DESIGNER LINDSEY HOPE PEARLMAN AND VICTOR FURIOUS
WEB DESIGNER WILLIAM WELLES

MAY 14-23, 2009
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AT 9 PM
KGB BAR/THE RED ROOM
85 EAST 4TH STREET, MANHATTAN


“THAT IS WHY THEY MAKE IT LIKE THAT NOT BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT IT BUT BECAUSE IT IS LIKE THAT.” – GERTRUDE STEIN


A MOST SINCERE AND HEARTFELT THANKS TO EVERYONE AT THE CENTRIFUGE, ALICE B. TOKLAS, THE PUBLIC THEATER, CAROLE BELLINI SHARP, FACEBOOK, PENNY POLLAK, JOHN MURDOCK, ALYSIA MILLER, WILLIAM WELLES, NICK FESETTE, CAROLINE NIXON, LAURA COLE, MAGGIE BROWN, DENNIS WOYCHUK AND THE KGB BAR STAFF, CHRIS DIERCKSEN, ALL THOSE WHO VOLUNTEERED ON THE RED ROOM BUILD, EMILY DENARDO, IAN BERTORELLI, SHULA KAPLAN, HEIDI GRUMELOT, EREZ ZIV, JAMES OAL, BELOVED FAMILY, DEAREST FRIENDS, AND GERTRUDE STEIN.