LAURA HARRINGTON
MARATHON DANCING
MARATHON DANCING, 1994
Written by Laura Harrington
EN GARDE ARTS, NY, NY
At the newly renovated ballroom at the Masonic Temple
Annie Hamburger, Artistic Director
Karen Dalzell, Managing Director
Conceived and directed by Anne Bogart
Musical Adaptation by Christopher Drobny
Choreographer: Alison Shafer
Muiscal Director: Michael Rice
Sets: Kyle Chepulis
Costumes: Gabriel Berry
Lights: Carol Mullins
Sound: Eric Liljestrand
Props: Derek Stenborg
Production Stage Manager: Jess Lynn
With: P.J. Benjamin, Steven Goldstein, Andrew Weems, Jennifer Wiltsie, Maureen Silliman, Frank Raiter, Lauren Mitchell, Jonathan Fried, Kristen Flanders, Matthew Bennett, Victoria Clark, Gabriel Barre Myra Lucretia Taylor Tom Nellis
WORKSHOPS: University of Iowa, 1992
“En Garde Arts has set its depression era musical/ melodrama in a Masonic hall and the result is a vivid slice of history… If you’re in the mood to consider alternative theatre, you couldn’t do much better than to check out Marathon Dancing … It’s not your average theatre experience.” —Vincent Canby, The New York Times
Chorus: Meredith Davidow, Alison Dubin, Susan Benett, Lisa Monacelli, Anne Hartmann, Abigail Gampel, Stephen Speights, Christopher Tracy, David Zellnik, James Kampf, Peter Flamm, Allen Cohen
The Band: Piano: Michael Rice, Drums: David Van Tieghem, Bass: Francoise Grillot