The Wayward Artist Presents the West Coast Premiere of IN THE GREEN Next Month
Performances start April 14, 2023 and will continue through April 30th at the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana.
The Wayward Artist has announced the West Coast Premiere of In The Green by Grace McClean. Performances start April 14, 2023 and will continue through April 30th at the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana.
In the Green tells the liberally and expressively adapted origin story of one of Medieval history's most prolific voices: Hildegard von Bingen. Before she became known as one of the first recorded female leaders of her age through her work as a healer, mystic, composer, and finally a saint, Hildegard von Bingen was a little girl locked in a cloister's cell with her mentor, Jutta von Spondheim, after demonstrating a preternatural sensitivity to the world around her.
This poetic and sonically sophisticated event, punctuated by elements of immersive storytelling, illustrates the divergent journeys of two exceptional women broken apart by trauma as they struggle to wrench themselves back together at any cost.
"In the Green artfully employs the most visceral medium to convey the most gut-wrenching of human experiences." said Anna Miles, Director of the In The Green production. "Through its innovative music, In the Green taps into the parts of us that are subconscious, suppressed, and subversive...the parts of us that we've been trained to keep hidden in the shadows, but which beg to be brought into the light."
In the Green is a unique musical event featuring live musicians, live vocal looping, and an all-woman/non-binary cast and crew. Come see the musical that Ben Brantley of The New York Times called "ingenuous and wildly inventive," and Raven Snook of Time Out called "a dazzling combination of folk, funk and pop, gorgeously sung by a five-woman cast."
Tickets are available for purchase now. The Wayward Artist shows frequently sell out, so don't delay.
CREATIVE TEAM:
Director: Anna Miles
Musical Director: Diane King Vann
Stage Managers: Mykela Sterris
Assistant Stage Managers: Maria Rodiguez
Assistant Director: Elizabeth Gimple
Choreographer: Emily-Mae Kamp
Dramaturg: Andrea Decker
Sound Design: Anais Azul
Costume Design: Anna Miles
Scenic Design: Avery Tang
Lighting Design: Alecia Bennett
CAST:
Jutta - Amanda Godoy
Hand - Jessica Ward
Mouth - Audrey Lyn Crabaño
Shadow - Abrianna Lawrence
Eye - Lily Edwards
MUSICIANS:
Diane King Vann - Keyboards
Anais Azul - Live Looping, Charango
Val Larsen - Harp
David Page - Percussion
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