Video Design
The Wooster Group (link)
SYMPHONY OF RATS
From a play by Richard Foreman
Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte & Kate Valk
Production Credits
SYMPHONY OF RATS
From a play by Richard Foreman
Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte & Kate Valk
With Niall Cunningham,* Jim Fletcher, Ari Fliakos, Andrew Maillet, Tavish Miller, Michaela Murphy, Guillermo Resto
Production Designed By: Elizabeth LeCompte
Sound Design/Music: Eric Sluyter
Video Designed By: Yudam Hyung Seok Jeon
Lighting Designed By: Jennifer Tipton & Evan Anderson
Costumes Designed By: Antonia Belt
Additional Sound & Video: Andrew Maillet
Additional Lighting (Los Angeles & Nashville 2024, The Performing Garage & Venice 2025): David Sexton
Lighting Board Operator (The Performing Garage 2025): Cheyenne Sykes
Sound & Video Technician (Venice 2025): Dan Dobson
Assistant Director & Stage Manager: Michaela Murphy
Dramaturg: Matthew Dipple
Technical Director: Tavish Miller
Production Manager: Bona Lee (through 2023); Aaron Amodt (REDCAT 2024-present)
General Manager: Monika Wunderer
Producer: Cynthia Hedstrom
“The Door Song,” “The Human Feelings Song,” and “The Ice Cream Song”: new songs with music by Suzzy Roche; lyrics derived from Symphony of Rats by Richard Foreman; and arrangements by The Wooster Group.
Co-commissioned by piece by piece productions.
Special thanks to Richard Foreman, Antonia Belt, Wendy vanden Heuvel, Tom Shapiro, Rita Ackermann, and Hauser & Wirth.
Thanks to Allison Chomet, Fales Library, Hai-Ting Chinn, David Glista, David Sexton, and Joseph Silovsky.
The text of Symphony of Rats is available in Unbalancing Acts: Foundations for a Theater by Richard Foreman.
*Niall Cunningham appears through the courtesy of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Development of this piece is supported by: the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Production History
2021 December 2 - 22: Rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2022 March 28 - April 15: Rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2022 October 13 - December 15: Rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2023 March 15 - April 4: Rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2023 May 16 - 31: Rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2023 September 11 - November 3: Rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2023 November 8 - 21: Work-in-progress showings at The Performing Garage
2023 November 27 - December 16: Rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2024 February 13 - March 26: Rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2024 March 27 - May 9: Performances at The Performing Garage
2024 October 18 - 23: Performances at REDCAT, Los Angeles
2024 December 6 - 8: Performances at OZ Arts, Nashville
2025 January 2 - 4: Rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2025 January 7 - February 8: Performances at The Performing Garage
2025 May 31 - June 1: Performances at Teatro alle Tese as part of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
(as of 2025 June)