Stage Direction, Script/Concept, Costume Design, Scenography

Produced by The LIDA Project

BINDERY | space, Denver, Colorado

February — March, 2009

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This immersive performance experience about the glories and pitfalls of revolution featured an ensemble cast of 12 and original music composed by local musicians from Denver’s indie rock scene. Through the lens of LIDA’s unique aesthetic and devised through collaborative process, Georg Büchner’s classic Danton’s Death, received new life in this story of the inevitable triumph of humanity and its insatiable lust for life...against the backdrop of sex, violence, corruption, and bloodshed.

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“It’s theater of chaos. It’s smoldering, it feels a little dangerous and it’s completely unlike any other theatrical experience you’ll get in this town.” – John Moore, The Denver Post

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Nominated for a 2009 Denver Post Ovation Award for Best Lighting Design (E. Miriam Suzanne)

Performed by Nathan Bock, Kestrel Burley, Ed Cord, Eve D'Agosto, Kirsten Deane, Desiree Gagnon, Brandon Kruhm, Leroy Leonard, Elizabeth Parks, Lorenzo Sariñana, Matthew Schultz, and Todd Webster. Understudy: Jose Aquila

Stage Management by Frank Cason and Kenny Storms

Lighting Design by E. Miriam Suzanne 

Sound Design by Brian Freeland

Original Music by Carrie Beeder

Costume, Properties, and Scenic Design by Julie Rada

Assistance from Melanie Owen Padilla and Doron Burks

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Photography by Kate Conger

Postcard Design by Brian Freeland