June 14 – July 1, 2012

A Chris Tanner Production
Directed by Everett Quinton,
Choreographed by Julie Atlas Muz,

Death is a messy and terrifying horror. Or, it can be a quiet, unapologetic thief in the night. For the past twenty-five years, living in the East Village, I’ve been surrounded by death. I’m obsessed with how the dying and those who love them behave in the face of it. When you explore the artifice and manners that surround this unruly journey – the etiquette of death — the outcome can be absurd,paradoxical, wrenching, and at times, hilarious.

I’ve asked a group of artists I admire to help me put together a collage of scenes, songs, poetry, music and dance that explores the “Etiquette of Death”.

Contributing texts and compositions by:

Penny Arcade, Lance Cruce, Angela DiCarlo, Jeremy X. Halpern,John Jesurun, Beena Kamlani, Taylor Mac, Stephen McCauley, Martha Girdler, Stephen Lott, Agosto Machado, Edgar Oliver, Brandon Olson, Greta Jane Pedersen, Everett Quinton, Jon Ritter,Penny Rockwell, Tony Stavick, Sebastian Stuart, Chris Tanner

Dramaturgy by:

Leonie Ettinger, Daniel Nelson, Everett Quinton and Penny Rockwell

Creative Team:

Director: Everett Quinton
Choreographer: Julie Atlas Muz
Musical Director: Jeremy X. Halpern
Assistant Director: Daniel Nelson
Assistant Choreographer: Jezebel Express
Production Stage Manager: Leonie Ettinger
Costumer Designer: Becky Hubbert
Lighting Designer: Susan Hamburger
Set Designer: Steven Hammel
Prop Designer: Chuck Hettinger
Wig Design: Perfidia
Backstage Manager: Fabiyan Pemble-Belkin
Assistant Stage Manager: Brielle Simone
Press Rep: David Gibbs

Band:

Keyboards: Jeremy X. Halpern
Guitar: Barry Seroff
Guitar: Matt Buscher
Bass: Jason Smith
Drums: Yonatan “BizKeL” Oleiski
Brass: Brad Madsen
Reeds: Carras Paton

Cast

Agosto Machado, Kirstan Clifford, Sarah Kraynik, Chris Tanner, Angela DiCarlo, Beth Dodye Bass*, Jezebel Express, Angie Hobin, Joseph Mahan, Eugene the Poogene, Mike Russnak, Chris Sharp, Greta Jane Pedersen, Brandon Olson*, Everett Quinton*, Machine Dazzle, Matthew Crosland, Lance Cruce, Jeremy X. Halpern, Robert Appleton

Part of the Queer New York International Arts Festival / June 7–15 / queerny.org