Life and Times: Episodes 1-4
Life and Times: Episodes 1-4
  • Presented by The Public Theater

Life and Times: Episodes 1-4

created by Pavola Liska & Kelly Copper
from a telephone conversation with Kristin Worrall
original music by Robert M. Johanson, Julie LaMendola & Daniel Gower
design by Peter Nigrini

January 16 2013 - February 2 2013

When can the ordinary become extraordinary and the mundane monumental?

“Epic stories need epic forms,” says Nature Theater of Oklahoma, making their triumphant homecoming with this bold, exuberant 11-hour celebration of the most epic story of all: life. LIFE & TIMES: EPISODES 1-4 charts one person’s account of their own life from earliest memory through adolescence. It’s about you, too!

Soho Rep and The Public Theater join forces to bring the first four episodes of NTOK’s acclaimed musical serial to New York audiences this winter.

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  • The New York Times

    “Entrancing, maddening, heartbreaking, sidesplitting, even, in its humble way, awe-inspiring… one of the most unforgettable adventures of my theatergoing experience.”

  • Time Out New York

    “Life and Times is the most ambitious theatrical undertaking of my generation…”

  • The New Yorker

    “The Nature Theatre of Oklahoma’s “Life and Times: Episodes 1-4,” is a masterpiece.”

  • The Village Voice

    “Nature Theater of Oklahoma has developed a reputation for taking the most ordinary chitchat … and elevating it to the profoundly theatrical.”

  • The Village Voice

    “This performance is once in a lifetime.”

  • The Huffington Post

    “a masterpiece for the 21st century…[Nature Theater of Oklahoma] think on an epic, revolutionary scale, and are one of the most important theater companies working today”

Cast

Ilan Bachrach

Elisabeth Conner

Gabel Eiben

Anne Gridley

Robert M. Johanson

Matthew Korahais

Julie LaMendola

Alison Weisgall

Kristin Worrall

Daniel Gower

Adam Blodgett

Liza Dickinson

Chris Haag

Alex Herrald

Stephanie Hsu

Eva Peskin

Jennae Santos

Ikechukwu Ufomadu

Creative Team

Pavola Liska & Kelly Copper

Creators & Directors

Florian Malzacher

Dramaturg

Nora Hertlein

Chorus Director

Dany Naierman

Production Manager

Robert Saenz De Viteri

Production Coordinator

Daniel Gower

Audio Engineer

Elizabeth Moreau

Production Stage Manager

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