PLACE
CREATIVE TEAM
Created by TED HEARNE, PATRICIA MCGREGOR and SAUL WILLIAMS
Music TED HEARNE | Text SAUL WILLIAMS & TED HEARNE
Direction PATRICIA MCGREGOR | Scenic design SANFORD BIGGERS and TIM BROWN
FEATURING
STEVEN BRADSHAW, SOPHIA BYRD, JOSEPHINE LEE, ISAIAH ROBINSON, SOL RUIZ, AYANNA WOODS
Developed and produced by Beth Morrison Projects and the LA Phil
2020
LA PHIL - WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
March 24, 2020
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ABOUT
Part meditation, part confrontation, Place examines the complex consequences of a rupture in the place we call home. Boundaries crossed within a young family mirror the fault lines that are exposed when the desire for expansion by some causes displacement for others. Where will the impulse to claim our space lead us next; what is left to colonize and at what cost?
PRESS
“multimedia orchestral masterpiece”
- Broadway World
"--these three incredible collaborators…[solidify] their place in the realm of genius artists and provocateurs.”
- Broadway World
“Place takes shape in songs that emerge like a graffiti mural as repetitive gestures gradually bloom into vibrant, brash statements in high-volume color.”
- The New York Times
SUPPORT
Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, The Barbican, Beth Morrison Projects, Lynn Loacker and Elizabeth & Justus Schlichting with additional commissioning support from Sue Bienkowski, Nancy & Barry Sanders and the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts.
This project was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.