The Attendants
The Attendants is part installation and part interactive multimedia performance. The dominant set piece is an eight-foot, transparent plexiglass cube. Two silent performers dressed in black suits move inside it, and a recording of a conversation about making theatre is heard. People can communicate with the performers by texting to them with their cell phones or home computers. The messages appear on two plasma screens flanking the cube. The performance is durational and allows viewers to come and go as they please.
Concept: Chance Muehleck
Direction: Melanie S. Armer
Stage Design: Solomon Weisbard
Sound Design/Composer: Stephan Moore
Costumes: Shannon Koger
Featuring: Bizzy Barefoot, Stacia French, Karen Grenke, Irene Hsi, Robin Kurtz, Mark Lindberg, James “Face” Yu
Commissioned by Arts Brookfield