Past Productions: bobrauschenbergamerica

American Repertory Theatre

"Brashly, unapologetically entertaining."
- The New York Times

bobrauschenbergamerica

text by Charles L. Mee
directed by Anne Bogart
in association with the SITI Company

September 9 - October 7, 2006
at the Loeb Drama Center

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bobrauschenbergamerica is a fantastical road trip through the American landscape, written as Robert Rauschenberg, one of America's greatest living artists, might conceive it. Traveling easily through time, the play is a glorious collage of images and sensations – Rauschenberg's childhood home, a human martini, a pizza delivery boy, the world's worst collection of chicken jokes …

More than a biographical portrait, bobrauschenbergamerica is a tribute to one artist's singular vision. Anne Bogart and the SITI Company return to the A.R.T. for the first time since their award-winning production of La Dispute to stage this delightful, kaleidoscopic play by Charles L. Mee (author of Full Circle and Snow in June.)

set and costume design by James Schuette
lighting design by Brian H. Scott
soundscape by Darron L. West
choreography by Barney O'Hanlon
properties design by Jason Szalla

Presented in association with the Loeb Drama Center.

Kelly Maurer (above), Leon Ingulsrud, Akiko Aizawa.
Photo: Michael Brosilow. Click image for slide show.

CAST

Bob's Mom

... Kelly Maurer

Susan (9/9-21, 10/5-8)

... Ellen Lauren

Susan (09/22–10/4)

... Rebecca Henderson

Phil's Girl

... Akiko Aizawa

Phil, the Trucker

... Leon Ingulsrud

Becker

... J. Ed Araiza

Allen (9/9-21)

... Stephen Webber

Allen (9/22–10/8)

Carl

... Barney O'Hanlon

Wilson

... Danyon Davis

Bob, the Pizza Boy (9/9–21)

Bob, the Pizza Boy (9/21-10/8)

... Daniel Parker

Roller Girl

... Jennifer Taher

Ann and Graham Gund
have generously provided
Major Production Sponsorship
for bobruaschenbergamerica

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RELATED LINKS

A.R.T. Multimedia
- quicktime video (22MB) Introducing bobrauschenbergamerica & the SITI Company
- quicktime video, smaller version (16MB)
- podcast video (38MB)
- podcast, audio only (5MB)
ARTicles Vol. 5 No. 1 - print at 68% for 8.5x11
PDF files require free reader from Adobe.com
A.R.T. Connections - August 2006
A.R.T. Connections - September 2006
Boston Globe - ART's lively Americay odyssey - by Sandy MacDonald
Boston Globe - Cut and paste: America as Rauschenberg might see it - by Cate McQuaid
Boston Phoenix - Writing Rauschenberg: Mee & Bogart mix up art and Americana - by Iris Fanger
Boston Phoenix - Groundbreakers - by Carolyn Clay
Charlie Rose interview with Robert Rauschenberg - learn more about the work that inspired the play (IMPORTANT: interview appears during second half of the program; fast-forward to 29:00. Requires Adobe Flash Player.)
Museum of Moden Art - view selections from Robert Rauschenberg's work in MoMA's permanent collection
New York Times - A Collage of Sly Tricks In Honor of a Collagist - by Neil Genzlinger
Providence Journal - Bogart's latest unstructured, freewheeling - by Channing Gray
SITI Company - official website
slide show - images from the production

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ARTicles vol. 5 no. 1
PDF 5.3 MB, 12 pages
print at 68% for 8.5x11"

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