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BAAL
produced by Paper Chairs written by Bertolt Brecht directed by Dustin Wills assistant directed by Keri Boyd scenic design by Lisa Laratta costumes by Benjamin Taylor Ridgway lighting by Natalie George technical direction by Mason Baker and Dorian Robison original music by Rob Greenfield and Andy Tindall |
Bertolt Brecht’s first play, Baal, drags its audience deep into a
body of youthful desires and complete moral abandon. Written in 1918,
when Brecht was 20 years old – Baal unfolds in
fragments; like a piecemeal of the nearly forgotten events of a drunken
evening. It tells the story of our poet-musician and title character,
Baal, fleeing the civilized world to live the extreme life somewhere in
the forest finding plenty of people and pursuits to indulge his
insatiable appetite for experience. The themes coursing through this
text are especially pressing today: emerging adulthood, substance abuse,
nature’s destruction, homosexuality, and exploration of the body.
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Featuring performances by Gabriel Luna, Chase Crossno, Joey Hood, Kelli Bland, Robert Pierson, Sonnet Blanton, Noel Gaulin, Michael Amendola, Adriene Mishler, Elizabeth Doss, Kimberly Adams, and Jacob Trussell
Production Photos
Photography by Derrek Fore
Video
Paper Chairs presents from Dustin Wills on Vimeo.