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Must Don't
Whip 'Um (Part II of The
Accidental Trilogy:
a prequel/sequel to Accidental
Nostalgia)
premiered in January 2007 at the Walker
Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) and at St.
Ann's Warehouse (Brooklyn, NY). These opening performances
received rave reviews in publications including Variety,
The
New York Times, and Time
Out.
Must Don't Whip 'Um has also been performed at the Wexner
Center (April 2007 in Columbus, Ohio)
On
the Boards (May 2007 in Seattle, Washington);
the Philadelphia
Live Art Festival (September 2007); REDCAT (September 2007 in Los Angeles, California); and the
Carolina
Performing Arts Festival (November 2007).
Must Don't Whip 'Um is scheduled to be performed overseas for the first time: visit the shows page for details about shows scheduled for June 2008 in Slovenia and Croatia!
Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg were honored with a 2007 Bessie Award for their design of Must Don't Whip 'Um.
A
full-length albumof the music from Must Don't Whip 'Um has just been released, and is currently available through CD Baby and Amazon!
Must
Don't Whip 'Um was developed through residencies provided
by Yaddo;
the Swarthmore
Project in Theater (Swarthmore, PA); The
Field (New York, NY); Chashama
(New York, NY); MASS
MoCA (North Adams, MA); the Stable (courtesy of Two
Trees Management); the Walker
Art Center; and St.
Ann's Warehouse. Must Don't Whip 'Um was produced
by St.
Ann's Warehouse in collaboration with Accinosco
and co-commissioners including the Walker
Art Center, the Philadelphia
Live Arts Festival, and On
the Boards; and was funded in part through
grants from the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, the Jonathan
Larson Performing Arts Foundation, NYSCA,
the Jerome
Foundation, the Greenwall
Foundation, the New York State Music Fund, and APAP Ensemble Theatre
Collaborations Grant (a component of the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation Theatre Initiative). Works-in-progress performances
were presented by St.
Ann's Warehouse (December 2005); the Philadelphia
Live Arts Festival (September 2006); PICA
(September
2006 in Portland, OR); and the
Prelude Festival
(September
2005 and 2006 in NYC).
Must
Don't Whip 'Um was written and composed by Cynthia Hopkins,
and created in collaboration with: co-designers Jim Findlay and
Jeff Sugg (winners of a 2007 Bessie Award for their design work on the show); singer Susan
Oetgen,
lighting
designer Jason
Boyd;
sound designer Jim Dawson; choreographers Diane Madden, Annie
B Parson,
and Jordana
Che Toback;
directors DJ
Mendel
and Brooke O'Harra; costume designer Tara Webb; production coordinator
Aiyana D'Arcangelo; performers Steve
Ciuffo, Mary Fern, Aleta Claire Findlay, John Hopkins, Tom Hopkins,
Margot
Kingon, Jony Perez, Scott Shepherd, James Sugg, Gary Wilmes, and
Maria
Ventura;
musicians
Curtis Hasselbring, Ben Holmes, and Reut Regev; and the band Gloria
Deluxe (Kristin
Mueller,
Josh Stark, Philippa Thompson, and Karen Waltuch).
Photo
of Cynthia Hopkins in 'Must Don't Whip 'Um'
(January
2007 at St. Ann's Warehouse):
Paula
Court
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