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 The Wooster Group - Definition 

The Wooster Group is an ensemble of artists who collaborate on the development and production of theatre and media pieces. Under the direction of Elizabeth LeCompte, The Group, along with its many associate artists, has conceived and constructed sixteen works for the theatre, six works for film and video, three radio pieces and three dance pieces.

Contents
1 Mission statement
2 Works

2.1 Theater

2.1.1 THE ROAD TO lMMORTALlTY
2.1.2 THREE PLACES IN RHODE lSLAND

2.2 Radio Productions
2.3 Audio Productions
2.4 Film - Video Productions

3 Members

3.1 Founding members
3.2 Current associates

4 External links

4.1 Official site
4.2 Associate artists' links

Mission statement

For over twenty-five years, The Wooster Group has cultivated new forms and techniques of theatrical expression reflective of and responsive to our evolving culture, while sustaining a consistent ensemble and maintaining a flexible repertory. Wooster Group theatre pieces are constructed as assemblages of juxtaposed elements: radical staging of both modern and classic texts, found materials, films and videos, dance and movement, multi-track scoring, and an architectonic approach to theatre design.

The Wooster Group has played a pivotal role in bringing technologically sophisticated and evocative uses of sound, film and video into the realm of contemporary theatre, and in the process has influenced a generation of theatre artists nationally and internationally. The Group's work is unique because it attracts not only the theatre-going community but also artists and enthusiasts of many other cultural disciplines, such as dance, painting, music, video and film.

The Group has created and performed all of its theatre pieces at The Performing Garage in SoHo, New York City. All pieces in The Group's award winning repertory have toured widely in the US and Europe, as well as to Asia, Australia, Canada, and South America.

Works


Theater

  • POOR THEATER (2004)
  • TO YOU, THE BIRDIE! (Phèdre) (2002)
  • HOUSE / LIGHTS (1999)
  • THE HAIRY APE by Eugene O'Neill (1995)
  • FISH STORY (1994)
  • THE EMPEROR JONES by Eugene O'Neill (1993)
  • BRACE UP! from Chekhov's Three Sisters (1991 & 2003)
  • NORTH ATLANTIC (1984 & 1999)


THE ROAD TO lMMORTALlTY

  • FRANK DELL'S THE TEMPTATlON OF ST. ANTONY (1987)
  • L.S.D. (...JUST THE HIGH POINTS...) (1984)
  • ROUTE 1 & 9 (1981)

THREE PLACES IN RHODE lSLAND

  • POINT JUDITH (an epilog) (1979)
  • NAYATT SCHOOL (1978)
  • RUMSTICK ROAD (1977)
  • SAKONNET POINT (1975)
  • HULA (1981) and FOR THE GOOD TlMES (1982)(two dance pieces)
  • NORTH ATLANTlC (1984/1999) written for the company by James Strahs
  • MlSS UNlVERSAL HAPPlNESS (1985) and SYMPHONY OF RATS (1988) written for the company & directed by Richard Foreman

Radio Productions

Each radio piece was a BBC Radio 3 Broadcast for a Festival Radio Production.

  • THE PEGGY CARSTAlRS REPORT (radio play - 2002)
  • RACINE'S PHÈDRE (radio play - 2000)
  • THE EMPEROR JONES (radio play - 1998)

Audio Productions

  • LOVE SONGS Songs from The Wooster Group's To You, The Birdie! (Phèdre) written, performed and produced and by drench (CD - 2002)


Film - Video Productions

  • HOUSE / LIGHTS (DVD-2004)
  • The Wooster Group's THE EMPEROR JONES by Eugene O'Neill (video-1999)
  • WRONG GUYS (film-in progress)
  • RHYME 'EM TO DEATH (video-1994)
  • WHlTE HOMELAND COMMANDO (video-1992) written for the company by Michael Kirby
  • FLAUBERT DREAMS OF TRAVEL BUT THE ILLNESS OF HIS MOTHER PREVENTS IT (video-1986)

Members

Founding members

The Wooster Group's founding members are:

Current associates

External links

Official site

http://www.thewoostergroup.org/

Associate artists' links
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