The Wooster Group

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The Wooster Group is a New York City-based experimental theater company known for creating numerous original dramatic works. It gradually emerged during 1975-1980 from Richard Schechner's The Performance Group (1967-1980) and took its name in 1980 (the 1975-1980 independent productions being retroactively attributed[1] to the Group). The ensemble is since directed by Elizabeth LeCompte and has launched the careers of many actors, including founding member Willem Dafoe. The Group's home is the Performing Garage in SoHo.

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[edit] Funding

The Wooster Group is a not-for-profit theater company that relies on grants and donations from supporters. It has received multiple grants from the Carnegie Corporation, which has supported more than 550 New York City arts and social service institutions since its inception in 2002, and which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.[2]

[edit] Works

[edit] Theater

[edit] Main

[edit] The Road to Immortality

  • Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony (1987)
  • L.S.D. (...Just the High Points...) (1984)
  • Route 1 & 9 (1981)

[edit] Three Places in Rhode Island

  • Point Judith (an epilogue) (1979)
  • Nayatt School (1978)
  • Rumstick Road (1977)
  • Sakonnet Point (1975)
  • Hula (1981) and For the Good Times (1982)(two dance pieces)
  • North Atlantic (1984/1999) written for the company by James Strahs
  • Miss Universal Happiness (1985) and Symphony of Rats (1988) written for the company & directed by Richard Foreman

[edit] Radio productions

Each radio piece was a BBC Radio 3 Broadcast for a Festival Radio Production.

[edit] Audio productions

  • Love Songs Songs from The Wooster Group's To You, The Birdie! (Phèdre) written, performed and produced and by drench (CD - 2002)

[edit] Film and video productions

  • House/Lights (DVD-2004)
  • The Wooster Group's The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill (video-1999)
  • Wrong Guys (film-in progress)
  • Rhyme 'Em to Death (video-1994)
  • White Homeland Commando (video-1992) written for the company by Michael Kirby
  • Flaubert Dreams of Travel but the Illness of His Mother Prevents It (video-1986)

[edit] Members

[edit] Founding members

The Wooster Group's founding members are:

[edit] Current associates


[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Wooster Group, "Production History since 1975".
  2. ^ Roberts, Sam (2005-07-06). "New York Times: City Groups Get Bloomberg Gift of $20 Million". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/nyregion/06donate.html. Retrieved 2010-05-25.  Retrieved on August 20, 2007
  3. ^ "Guide to the Ron Vawter Papers". New York Public Library. 2002. http://www.nypl.org/research/manuscripts/the/thevawte.xml. Retrieved 5 August 2009. 

[edit] References

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  • David Savran: Breaking the Rules: The Wooster Group. Reprint. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1990. ISBN 0930452828.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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