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THE WOOSTER GROUP

WORK-IN-PROGRESS THEATRO-FILM
recorded at The Performing Garage and on tour 2017

THE TOWN HALL AFFAIR
(in the form of a one act play)

Based on the film Town Bloody Hall by Chris Hegedus & D.A. Pennebaker

Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte

1. Excerpt from Lesbian Nation
2. The Play
3. Coda: Excerpt from Lesbian Nation

Kate Valk .............................................................................. Jill Johnston
Ari Fliakos.....................................................................Norman Mailer
Scott Shepherd ...........................................................Norman Mailer
Maura Tierney ..........................................................Germaine Greer
Greg Mehrten.................................................................. Diana Trilling
Erin Mullin ................................................. Jill’s Friend / Ruth Mandel
Gareth Hobbs (voice)........................................................Peter Fisher
Enver Chakartash ......................................................................... Usher

Ari Fliakos...........................................Norman, The Director
Scott Shepherd ...............................................Rip, The Actor
Maura Tierney .........................................Beverly, The Wife Greg Mehrten...........................................................A Friend
Mia Fliakos..........................................................A Daughter

Lighting: Jennifer Tipton and Ryan Seelig
Sound: Eric Sluyter, Gareth Hobbs
Video and Projections: Robert Wuss
Additional Video: Zbigniew Bzymek
Costumes: Enver Chakartash
Assistant Directors: Enver Chakartash, Matthew Dipple
Stage Manager: Erin Mullin
Technical Director: Joseph Silovsky
Production Manager: Bona Lee
Associate Director: Kate Valk
Producer: Cynthia Hedstrom

Sources
Town Bloody Hall, a film by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker, 1979, 88 min, color. The film documents a 1971 Theater for Ideas debate entitled “A Dialogue on Women’s Liberation.”

Excerpts from the film Maidstone, 1970, 110 min, color, by Norman Mailer, courtesy of the Norman Mailer Estate. Maidstone is an independent film directed by Norman Mailer with D.A. Pennebaker as one of the cinematographers. In Maidstone, Norman Mailer plays a famous film director, Norman Kingsley, who is running for President while making a movie about his campaign.

Additional text by Jill Johnston from Lesbian Nation (“Tarzana from the Trees at Cocktails” and “On a Clear Day You Can See Your Mother”) © Jill Johnston.

Special thanks to Jacob Bigelow, Andrew Maillet, Sheena See, David Sexton, Lucy Taylor, and Wladimiro Woyno.

THE TOWN HALL AFFAIR is made possible by support from: piece by piece productions; the National Endowment for the Arts Art Works program; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Work-in-Progress Theatro-Film
Recorded at The Performing Garage and on tour in 2017
Filmed and Edited by Ken Kobland
Additional Footage Shot by Juliet Lashinsky
Film Sound Mix by Eric Sluyter
Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte

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