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Accinosco
is a collective of performing artists, designers, and
musicians dedicated to creating groundbreaking original works
that meld music, text, technical and theatrical design, and video
with unbelievable fact and outrageous fiction. Accinosco
members include composer and performer Cynthia Hopkins, designers
Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg, singer Susan
Oetgen,
and the band Gloria Deluxe (Kristin
Mueller,
Josh Stark, Philippa Thompson, and Karen Waltuch). This core group
works frequently with a host of collaborating artists including
lighting designer Jason
Boyd;
sound designer Jim Dawson; director and filmmaker DJ
Mendel;
choreographers Diane Madden, Annie
B Parson,
and Jordana
Che Toback;
costume designer Tara Webb; and performers and musicians including
Steve Ciuffo, Curtis Hasselbring, Ben Holmes, John Hopkins, Tom
Hopkins, Margot Kingon, Reut Regev, Scott Shepherd, and Gary Wilmes.
Accinosco
emerged through the creation of their seminal and acclaimed work,
Accidental Nostalgia,
which premiered in March 2004 at St.
Ann's Warehouse (Brooklyn, NY). The group's second show,
Must Don't Whip 'Um
(conceived as a prequel/sequel to Accidental
Nostalgia)
premiered in January 2007 at the Walker
Art Center (Minneapolis, MN). Accinosco
is currently at work on Part III of The Accidental Trilogy,
which will serve as both prequel and sequel to Parts I (Accidental
Nostalgia)
and II (Must Don't
Whip 'Um).
Part III is titled The
Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success).
Find out more at the newly created Accinosco website!
Photo
by Paula Court
(from 'Must Don't Whip 'Um'
January
2007 at St. Ann's Warehouse)
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