The Golden Toad
By Talking Band
Directed by Paul Zimet
Written by Ellen Maddow and Paul Zimet
*Because of the configuration of the theatre for THE GOLDEN TOAD, seating is very limited. Advanced ticket purchase is suggested.
Talking Band celebrates their Fortieth Season with an episodic music-theater work that traces the shifting identities of its characters over time and changing circumstances. Developed by the company in four site-specific locations: the garden of a Brooklyn townhouse, a tour bus travelling through the New Jersey Meadowlands, a pop-up clothing store, a Karaoke bar called “The Golden Toad” – this world premiere re-creates and re-imagines the original sites throughout The Ellen Stewart Theatre so that the audience moves from episode to episode into four discrete worlds.
Composed by Ellen Maddow and Elizabeth Swados
Puppets by Eric Wright
Sets and Video by Anna Kiraly
Costumes by Kiki Smith
Lights by Lenore Doxsee
Production Stage Manager: Nic Adams
Featuring: James Clements, Michael Evans, James Tigger! Ferguson, Helen Gutowski, Melanie Herrera, Mikeah Ernest Jennings, Maria Kovacevic, John Kruth, Ellen Maddow, Nicolas Noreña, Dara Orland, Tina Shepard, Georgia Stettner, and Rebecca Weller