Great Jones Rep Presents New Adaptation of 'The Raven'

Great Jones Repertory Company at La MaMa E.T.C. Annex (66 East 4th Street) in Manhattan presents Ellen Stewart's new adaptation of THE RAVEN, an American-premiere musical based on the rarely seen play by 18th-century Italian writer Carlo Gozzi (TURANDOT, THE GREEN BIRD, THE SERPENT WOMAN).
 
Adapted, composed, and directed by the legendary Ellen Stewart, THE RAVEN tells the story of King Milo who shoots a crow during a hunting expedition, then is placed under a horrific curse by the bird's owner. To be delivered from that curse, he must find a woman who possesses special qualities.
 
Ellen Stewart has set Carlo Gozzi's tale of enchantment in China, transforming the work into a poetic new musical that blends the Venetian author's timeless fairytale with new elements inspired by the theatrical aesthetics of China: an original score composed by Ellen Stewart and Michael Sirotta, Heather Paawe, Yukio Tsuji and Cao Bao An, performed in Mandarin and English; text translation by Juliana Lau and Lu Yu; choreography by Lu Yu, Juliana Lau, Rob Laqui and Sinan Kajtazi; lighting design by Filippo de Capitani; video projections by Jeffrey Issac, Jan Klug, and Andrea Paciotto; puppets by Federico Restrepo; traditional native costumes from Shanghai, coordinated by Lu Yu and Ellen Stewart.
 
This adaptation of THE RAVEN represents a continuation of La MaMa E.T.C. and The Great Jones Company's tradition of contemporary interpretations and adaptations of the classics. The production will retain the inimitable international flavor that is a trademark of Ellen Stewart's body of work at La MaMa, with a multi-ethnic cast consisting of over 25 artists from Colombia, Italy, Japan, Germany, China, Korea, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Republic of Congo, Philippines, Taiwan, and the United States.