institute benjamenta
a journal of listening to a plateau which people call the world


The process. Take a text. Not written for the stage. The text has 28 or so possible plays in it. The text will be modified. New text will be created from that text. Not by playwright. By people involved. Director, actor play playwright. It is then created from scratch. New work. New dance. New music. Not taken. Based on. Music, part of story. Film, as part of story. It is all part of one. No strict definition between elements. Elements blend into each other. Thus the process itself is filmic. A riddle. The riddle is "How?" How is the riddle solved? It is solved by actor playing director, director playing designer, designer playing choreographer, choreographer playing playwright when fit. And back and forth.

- Gokcen Ergene



Performers: John Boyd, Cristian Panaite, Ann Viera, James Zatolokin, Jamil Olawale Kosoko, Daniel Broderick, Teresa Camou, Rivera Cook, Daniel Herter, Oberon Redman, Laura Wallace, Cosmo Whyte, Josiah Weiss, Lawson Wulsin, Jacob Wolf Music written and performed by: Hans Buetow, Adele Mori, Sallie Scribner, Joe Westerland Asst. Director: Munizeh Sanai Sound Design: Dexter Wayne Master Electrician: Krissy Wright

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Based on the novel JAKOB VON GUNTEN by ROBERT WALSER

DIRECTED BY: Gokcen Ergene
CHOREOGRAPHY: Susan Sgorbati
SET / COSTUME DESIGN: Sue Rees

LIGHTING DESIGN: Garin Marschall

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