In Joan Ackermann’s The Taster, Henry’s career and marriage are in ruins, and his opera-singing wife Claudia wonders why he spends his days translating an obscure play about a boorish King and his beloved food taster. But sometimes a dusty play can speak to us from the past and provide the sustenance we need. Characters pass between the present day and medieval times, weaving a richly layered tapestry of theatre. Henry finds the nourishment he craves in the simple wisdom of a man gifted not only in the art of tasting, but of selfless service to others.
The World Premiere production is directed by Tina Packer and features Rocco Sisto, Maureen O’Flynn, Tom O’Keefe, and Robert Biggs. Scenic design by Yoshi Tanokura, costumes by Govane Lohbauer, lighting design by Christopher Thielking, with music by Scott Killian. In Founders’ Theatre through September 4. Check out the video:
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Tonight, Joan Ackermann’s The Taster enters previews. This world premiere is directed by Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer and featuring OBIE Award winner Rocco Sisto and famed soprano Maureen O’Flynn (in roles written specially for them) alongside Tom O’Keefe and Robert Biggs.
Check out the photos from the production, and buy tickets now. Scenic design by Yoshi Tanokura, costume design by Govane Lohbauer, lighting design by Christopher Thielking. Photos by Kevin Sprague.
Working behind the scenes, Shakespeare & Company Costume Director Govane Lohbauer “has saved seemingly every belt, buckle, blouse, coat, hat, petticoat, shoe and trouser that has ever been worn on stage at S&Co” since 1980.
Now she enters the spotlight in this article from Rural Intelligence about her work as Costume Designer for the current production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses:
One of the challenges of designing Liaisons was its location in the smaller Bernstein Theatre where the actors are literally inches away from the audience, so there could be no sleight of hand. “I couldn’t use zippers, for instance, because they’re not period,” she says…Indeed, authenticity is key to Lohbauer’s philosophy. “Lizzie Aspenlieder wears a full corset,” she says. “The actors wore panniers [the wire contraptions that create exaggerated hips] since day one of rehearsal.”
Read the full article: Rural Intelligence – Les Costumes Magnifiques!
Shakespeare’s tipsy-turvy comedy of misrule, madness and gender-bending comic fantasy is now playing in the Founders’ Theatre. Twelfth Night, or What You Will is directed by Jonathan Croy, with lighting design by Les Dickert, costumes by Govane Lohbauer and scenery by Jonathan Croy. Featuring your favorite actors from Hamlet and Othello and more.
Did you know that with our new Groundlings Tickets, you can get front-row seats to any Founders’ Theatre performance this summer for just $15? No restrictions—you can even buy ahead of time. Learn more »
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The World Premiere of The Goatwoman of Corvis County is now in previews—it opens this Friday in the brand-new Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
The play features Keira Naughton as Charlotte Clarke, the so-called “Goatwoman of Corvis County” because of her uncanny ability to heal goats, who finds herself in a bit of legal trouble, but gets little help from her rough-hewn fifth husband Randy (Thomas Kee) or her troubled teenage son (David Rosenblatt). Daniel Berger-Jones completes the cast as the youthful lawyer who tries to help. It’s a dark and comical look at the breakdown of communication in a dysfunctional American family—and the secrets that, left unspoken, threaten to keep them apart.
The Goatwoman of Corvis County is written by Christine Whitley and directed by Robert Walsh, with lights by Matthew Miller, set design by Susan Zeeman Rogers, costumes by Govane Lohbauer and a sound design with original music by Bill Barclay.
Check out these clips from The Ladies Man, which opened last weekend in Founders’ Theatre. Click here to buy tickets now.
The Ladies Man is written by Charles Morey and directed by Kevin Coleman, with costumes by Govane Lohbauer, lighting design by Les Dickert, set design by Carl Sprague, and sound design by Michael Pfeiffer. The production stage manager is Hope Rose Kelly.
