Oxygen
runs through May 19
Wed — Sat 8pm
Sat Mats at 3pm
$10
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This unique play, set in modern-day Russia, is essentially a live concept album; the audience is guided through the evening by an onstage DJ. There are ten “tracks” — scenes that are constructed like prose songs. The story revolves around two lovers — Sasha and Sasha — dealing with their class differences, a murder, and their inextinguishable passion. The story is told by two actors who have their own history, and who repeatedly cross the traditional boundaries delineating character and narrator, public performer and private person.
Oxygen reunites Taffety Punk company member Esther Williamson and DC-area actor Mark Krawczyk, who appeared together in the highly acclaimed Car Plays last year. Dan Crane, as the DJ, fuses the music with the story.
The show features all new compositions by stars of DC’s music scene—including Edie Sedgwick (of Dischord Records), The Caribbean, The Gena Rowlands Band, local electro-punker Jupiter Rex, and Kathy Cashel. Directors Lise Bruneau and Chris Curtis asked this collection of punks and rockers to project themselves into East European electronica, with varied and powerful results.
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Photo by Teresa Castracane.
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