STUPID F*ING BIRD
By Aaron Posner
Salt Lake Acting Company / SLC, UT / Director : William Missouri Downs / Scenic : Thomas George / Costumes : Erin West / Lighting: Jim Craig
By Aaron Posner
Salt Lake Acting Company / SLC, UT / Director : William Missouri Downs / Scenic : Thomas George / Costumes : Erin West / Lighting: Jim Craig
In this irreverent riff on Chekhov’s The Seagull, the director and I chose to use the Russian composer Shostakovich as our primary sound touch stone for this piece. I then collaborated with the lead guitarist of a local punk band to create covers of some classical pieces, as well as guitar riffs for punctuation within and between scenes. The punk cover of Waltz II became our anthem for the play.