Woyzeck at Modern Sweater

Adult Film, the Brooklyn-based artist collective, will be continuing their ongoing collaboration with the texts of the late John Christopher Jones (Awakenings, Moonstruck), the storied American film, television, and stage actor, on their summer production of Woyzeck. Coming this July, directed by Seth Bockley (2666, Gilgamesh) and utilizing the talents of the Adult Film acting company, Woyzeck will be the inaugural production at a new performance venue, Modern Sweater, a former sweater factory in the heart of the independent arts capital of New York, Ridgewood. Joining the Adult Film company members is Randall Jaynes, who served as a Blue Man and the Senior Artistic Director with Blue Man Group for over two decades.

Bockley specializes in literary adaptation and design-driven work, notably adapting Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 with Robert Falls at Goodman Theatre, amongst many other national and international projects. Emphasizing site-specific exploration, Adult Film’s Woyzeck is a portrait of class conflict and madness, presented as a horror story through a modern humanist lens. Not quite a musical and not quite a play, the ensemble will bring some of Büchner’s lyrics to life, drawing inspiration ranging from German folk music to 90’s indie punk.