overly merry

by Heather Kravas
in collaboration with Aretha Aoki, Cecilia Eliceche, Rebecca Books, and Madeline Best

The Chocolate Factory
Long Island City, NY
May 3 – 5 2024

Sound Designer

Materials: field recordings, tin can-shaking speaker, exponential decay calculation, storm recordings, indirect speaker focus, building sonic resonance, detached mic stand boom arm, dance floor creaks (above and below), laughter

With
Lola Lewis Mahaney, Symone Sanz, Jennifer Kjos, Joey Kipp, Dayna Hanson, + surprise guests
Somatic Dramaturgy: Rebecca Brooks
Lighting Design: Madeline Best

Recorded Music: Eliane Radigue: Safari from Opus 17;
The Raincoats: No Side to Fall In; John Cale: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Production Assistant: Julia Sloane
Snowflake Seamstress: Eden Grimshaw

Music
Invocation arranged by Chris McIntyre after Louis Hardin aka Moon dog

Trombone: Jen Baker
Trombone: Terry Green II
Trombone: Sam Kulik
Trombone: Christopher McIntyre
Trumpet: Kavi McIntyre
Percussion: Ryan Sawyer
Percussion: Dennis Sullivan II

Complete Program

overly merry

by Heather Kravasin collaboration with Aretha Aoki, Cecilia Eliceche, Rebecca Books, and Madeline Best

Sound Designer

Materials: field recordings, tin can-shaking speaker, exponential decay calculation, storm recordings, indirect speaker focus, building sonic resonance, detached mic stand boom arm, dance floor creaks (above and below), laughter

by Heather Kravas
in collaboration with Aretha Aoki, Cecilia Eliceche, Rebecca Books, and Madeline Best