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.

Gertrude Stein (Playwright) Gertrude Stein was an American writer known for her role in the experimental arts and letters of Europe in the early part of the 20th century. She traveled in Paris, Vienna and San Francisco as a child, studied philosophy with William James at Radcliffe College and medicine at John Hopkins University. She moved to France in 1904 and found herself in the center of a crowd of artists that included Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway and Henri Matisse. Stein's prose is often compared to the abstract paintings of the time, daring and, at times, nearly incomprehensible. Although Stein had been writing plays, prose and poetry for years, she was unknown to most readers until the 1933 publication of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, named after her companion of many years. Her other books include Three Lives, Tender Buttons, The Making of Americans, and The Geographical History of America.

Jonathan Cottle (Designer) Jonathan Cottle (Set/Lighting Designer) is a theatre designer and technician. Recent design credits include: “What Happens to Women Here” and “The Living” (set) with Stone Soup Theatre Arts, “The Other Shore” (set) at Hampshire College, “Lake” (set/lights) at the Zipper Factory, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (lights) at Barrow Mansion in Jersey City, and “Under Milk Wood” (lights) at HERE Arts Center. Jonathan is a graduate of Fordham University, credits there include: “Clue and the Parlor Games” (lights), “H&A” (set/video), “Fall Up and Fly” (set/lights), and “Exit, Pursued by Bear” (set). He is excited to be working with Human Group.

Julia Crockett (Performer) Julia Crockett is a recent graduate from NYU and the Maggie Flanigan Professional Conservatory program, where she was trained in the Meisner technique. She also teaches the Lloyd Williamson movement/physical performance technique for actors. Favorite theater credits include: Romeo and Juliet (Bushwick Shakespeare Repertory), Hamlet: Deconstructed, Richard III, Crimes of the Heart, A Midsummer's Night's Dream. Film: Ramblin' Round, The Absence. So many thanks to Lindsey, Randi, and Phil. All my love to Moose, Penelope and Aida.

Lindsey Hope Pearlman (Creator - Performer) Lindsey Hope Pearlman (Creator/Performer) began her love affair with Gertrude Stein's writing while living in Paris, France in the spring of 2007. The Geographical History of America marks Lindsey's third Stein-based project, after directing and performing Ladies' Voices and Identity: A Poem in the spring of 2008. She is a founding member of Human Group, formed with three fellow Hamilton College graduates. Favorite projects include The Snow White Project presented by FIAF and performing with The Drafts, the Horse Trade Ensemble.

Phil Gasper (Performer) Phil Gasper is an organic export from Ohio. He was a really big deal in his high school theatre program. He attended the University of the Arts Philadelphia before dropping out to take Manhattan. Nearly 4 years later, he is thrilled to be making his New York stage debut in The Geographical History of America. Many thanks to Julia, Lindsey, Randi, especially Dylan, and undying love to Frances and Ruth.

Randi Rivera (Director) Randi Rivera is a director, designer, stage manager, and technician. She is thrilled to be working on Stein alongside Lindsey once again after designing Ladies' Voices and Identity: A Poem in the spring of 2008. Randi is a founding member of Human Group and a graduate of Hamilton College. Since graduating she has proudly worked with many companies, including Dance Theater Workshop, New York Film Academy, and of course Horse Trade Theater Group.