World of Wires
Presented at The Kitchen (NYC), Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (September 2012), Festival d’Automne Paris (Maison des Arts), Lieu Unique Nantes, and Le Manege, Maubeuge Mons, France (November 2012)
Adaptation of film Welt am Draht
by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, based on Simulacron-3 dnovel by Daniel F. Galouye
Adaptation and Direction, Jay Scheib
Scenography, Sara Brown
Costumes, Alba Clemente
Sound, Anouschka Trocker
Light and video, Josh Higgason
Caméra, Jay Scheib
Assistant Director, Kasper Sejersen and Laine Rettmer
Stage Manager, Susan Wilson
With Sarita Choudhury, Mikéah Ernest Jennings, Rosalie Lowe, Jon Morris, Ayesha Ngaujah, Laine Rettmer et Tanya Selvaratnam
////////// 2012 Obie Award for Best Direction WORLD OF WIRES adapted and directed by Jay Scheib after the film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Screenplay by Rainer Werner Fassbinder based on the novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye. The team of World of Wires includes director/adapter Jay Scheib, performers Sarita Choudhury, Mikéah Ernest Jennings, Rosalie Lowe, Jon Morris, Ayesha Ngaujah, Laine Rettmer and Tanya Selvaratnam; scenic design by Sara Brown, costumes by Alba Clemente, sound design by Anouschka Trocker, lighting design by Josh Higgason, video by Jay Scheib and Josh Higgason, assistant director Laine Rettmer, and stage managed by Susan Wilson. This production is produced by Tanya Selvaratnam. World Premiere: The Kitchen, January 2012 Performances History World of Wires was developed through a workshop with students at MIT followed by professional studio presentations with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the Prelude Festival in New York City (2011). Further presentations include the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (September 2012), Festival d’Automne Paris (Maison des Arts), Lieu Unique Nantes, and Le Manege, Maubeuge Mons, France (November 2012). ////////// His brand of theater always seems to be ahead of everybody else. Tom Murrin–PAPERMAG
“World opened with one of the most thrillingly witty displays of illusion I’ve even seen on a stage or a screen — a genuine challenge to one’s fixed notion of reality — and then barreled through another 90 minutes of riveting near anarchy. I’m hereby sending a brain transmission out to some Off Broadway/nonprofit Morpheus: Please, reboot this soon. ”