A new play adapted from the Jason and the Argonauts by Mrinalini Kamathwith Original songs by Little Embers ( myspace.com/littleembers) Directed by Jesse Jou Part one of Fluid Motion's "Women at War'" workshop series, "The Quest" is South Asian American playwright Mrinalini Kamath's adaptation of the stories of the mythic Quest for the Golden Fleece. The piece explores the theme of why we quest and how this drive transcends the desire for love, fame and immortality. This play was the inaugural 2006 commission in Fluid Motion's Start the Story commissioning program. The week-long workshop will culminate in three staged readings with artist talkbacks.
Presented in association with the National Asian American Theatre Festival.
The 2006 Start the Story Commission was made possible by the Nancy Quinn Fund and Maria-Teresa A. Gamboni. The 2007 workshop of The Golden Fleece Project was supported by a generous grant from the Fund
for Creative Communities/New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Cast (Orpheus)
As an actor, Konrad Aderer has played principal roles in the independent features "City of Strangers," "Use Your Head" (Finalist for SXSW's Best of Fest Award), and "Ignatz and Lotte" (Independent Spirit Award nominee). He also starred in the short films "Giant Metal Insects" and "Reverse Shot." His theatre credits include: "Fuenteovejuna" (National Asian American Theatre Company); "A Majority of One" (Jewish Repertory - Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival); "Cymbeline" (Pearl Theatre Company); "Love's Labor's Lost," "Romeo and Juliet" (Peterborough Players); and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (North Shore Music Theatre). Konrad currently freelances as a cinematographer and editor and produces short documentaries under the auspices of his project LifeorLiberty.org. He received a NYSCA grant for his feature documentary, Enemy Alien.
(Argonaut, Cyzicus, & Others)
Andrew has worked with: Ma-Yi Theater, National Asian American Theater Company, NYSF/Public Theater, Lark Theatre, IMUA! Theater, The New Group, Immigrants’ Theater Project, Diverse City Theater, Ensemble Studio Theater, Fluid Motion Film & Theater, Living Image Arts, among others. TV & Film: “The Sopranos,” Rigodon, Cardiac Arrest, Exit and The Vanished. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Drama from San Francisco State University and his Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Brandeis University.
(Eurydice & Others)
(Medea & Others)
(Hypsipyle & Others)
(Theseus)
(Argonaut, Phineas, & Others)
(Jason)
Production (Musician)
(Director)
Jesse is based in New York City. His work as a director has been seen in the New York International Fringe Festival, at the Lion Theater on Theater Row, at the Gene Frankel Theater, and at the American Theater of Actors. Favorite projects have included Take on Me: Adoption, Addiction,and a-ha for the Fringe Festival, My Mom Across America for the Kitchen Theater (Ithaca, NY), and Greyhounds. He studied with the School of Russian Art Theater and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
(Stage Manager)
Writers (Writer)
Mrinalini Kamath's plays have been performed around the country, as well as the United Kingdom, Australia and India. She was a finalist for both the 2007 O’Neill and Seven Devils Playwrights Conferences, took first prize in the 2005 East West Players "Got Laughs?" Asian-American Comedy Play Contest, was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers' Conference and a finalist for the Jerome Fellowship. Her plays have been selected for the New Play Development Workshop of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education three times and her short plays have been published in the Smith and Kraus anthologies, Best Stage Scenes of 1999, Best Stage Scenes of 2000, Best Ten Minute Plays for Three or More Actors (2004) and the upcoming Best Ten Minute Plays for Two Actors (2007). She has also been published by playscripts.com. She is a member of the Ma-Yi Theatre Writers' Lab and the Dramatists Guild and an alumnus of EST’s Youngblood. www.mkwriter.com
Thursday, June 21
Friday, June 22
Saturday, June 23 7:00 pm Cherry Lane Studio Theatre
38 Commerce Street
New York, NY
Sorry, no reviews are available for this production at this time.
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(L to R back): Siho Ellsomre, Mary Hodges, Michelle Glick
(L to R front): Robert K. Wu, Konrad Aderer, Sanjiv Jhaveri
(L to R back): Andrew Eisenman, Siho Ellsmore, Mary Hodges, Michelle Glick, Debargo Sanyal
(L to R Front): Robert K. Wu, Konrad Aderer, Sanjiv Jhaveri
(L to R back): Siho Ellsmore, Mary Hodges, Michelle Glick
(Front): Konrad Aderer
(L to R): Konrad Aderer, Mary Hodges, Sanjiv Jhaveri
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