Hurlin and his sound designer, the superb Dan Moses Schreier, are inviting us to take in their clues and envision a story as well.
And why does her prim, princess-sleeved dress seem from a different wardrobe than the clothes hanging up?
***Over at La MaMa proper, on nearby East Fourth Street, my favorite festival performance of last weekend was Tom Lee’s mesmerizing “Sounding the Resonant Path,” upstairs at the Ellen Stewart Theater.
Entering with an ax slung over one plaid-shirted shoulder, he walks slowly and deliberately along a curving wooden track, ostensibly alone.
Never mind the puppeteer (Lee) seated just behind him, dressed in black and scooting along on a small, wheeled box.
Persons:
Dan Moses Schreier, prim, Tom Lee’s, Ellen Stewart, Lee
Organizations:
La, Ellen, Ellen Stewart Theater
Locations:
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