mocador
mocador
Mocador Productions was founded in 2000 with the goal of exploring fresh and new language, uncovering hidden communication, and reformulating cultural gestures—then translating all of these into challenging, yet entertaining, forms of theater. Its inaugural production was "Yi Sang Counts to Thirteen", based on the life and words of the Korean surrealist poet.
“Yi Sang’s life and prose are continually woven together like a tightly structured piece of classical music….Funny, morose, and delicious to watch, but above all, intelligent and professional.” --Eva Van Dok, NYTheater.com
“Wonderful, experimental work…a celebration of the surrealist form…as accessible as the Diet Coke that provides one of its ongoing metaphors: It is sweet, not too heavy, and it has the right amount of fizz to shake things up.”--Adam Klasfeld, Theatermania.com
“Everything existential theater should be”--Backstage
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
YI SANG COUNTS TO THIRTEEN
Written and directed by Sung Rno
Featuring Deborah S. Craig, Paul H. Juhn, C.S. Lee
Scene & Costume Design Antje Ellerman
Lighting Design Josh Bradford
Sound Design Paolo Gomez
Production Stage Manager April Kline
Production Manager Vincent Hokia
Assistant Stage Managers Stefanie Walmsley
& Phil Navallo
Producers Sung Rno and Helen Yum
Poster design Richard Hahn
August
2001: New York International Fringe Festival (winner of a Best Overall Production
Award)
January
& February 2002: The Kraine Theater, East Village, New York city
February 2002: The Risley Theater, Cornell University
"Yi Sang Counts to Thirteen" was developed during an artistic residency at Mabou Mines. It received its world premiere in 2000 in the Seoul International Theater Festival in a production directed by Lee Breuer.
[Photo by H. Yum: Paul H. Juhn, C.S. Lee, and Deborah S. Craig in "Yi Sang Counts to Thirteen"]
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