Vainglorious

Vainglorious

2012 and 2013

Collaboratively created large scale historical fantasia

Produced by Applied Mechanics, Philadelphia PA

 2012 Cast: John Allen, Kristen Bailey, Alex Bechtel, Kate Black-Regan, Marla Burkholder, Kennedy Candra, Thomas Choinacky, Marcel Williams Foster, Amanda Grove, Jenna Horton, Jessica Hurley, John Jarboe, Mel Krodman, Lee Minora, Reuben Mitchell, Kathryn Raines, Brian Ratcliffe, Isa St. Clair, Dave Sweeny, Sam Tower, MK Tuomanen, Anneliese Van Arsdale, Leah Walton, Miriam White, Annie Wilson, Ilse Zoerb

2013 Cast: Tabitha Allen, Nell Bang-Jensen, Kristen Bailey, Alex Bechtel, Kate Black-Regan, Thomas Choinacky, Akeem Davis, Chris Davis, Liz Filios, Jamison Foreman, Marcel Williams Foster, Amanda Grove, Jenna Horton, Jessica Hurley, John Jarboe, Kennedy Candra, Amanda Kearns, Adam Kerbel, Mel Krodman, Kathryn Raines, Brian Ratcliffe, Isa St. Clair, Izzy Sazak, Dave Sweeny, Sam Tower, MK Tuomanen, Anneliese Van Arsdale, Leah Walton, Annie Wilson

Production Design Maria Shaplin

Costume Design Katherine Fritz

Stage Manager Bayla Rubin

Press:

Philadelphia Inquirer:

“If you’re interested in experimental theatre, don’t miss this one.   … Audience members are free to pursue whatever story catches their interest: Josephine (John Jarboe) and Napoleon (Mary Tuomanen); the Emperor’s commandeering the sexual favors of the Duchess of Parma (Kate Black-Regan). Or maybe you want to watch Beethoven (Thomas Choinacky who has totally Romantic hair) compose symphonies, give piano lessons, discover he is going deaf.  Tallyrand ( the riveting Kristen Bailey) concoctsEurope-shaking politics, while Germaine de Stael (Jessica Hurley) creates the literary salon. Characters are composed of a team of five or six accomplished actors, and then the teams morph into armies on horseback.   Rebecca Wright directs this high-precision “movement opera”  where many things happen at once (as they do in history)."

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/202244572.html#74eYkdhX5juTKR00.99

Philly Weekly:

“The troupe’s signature choose-your-own-adventure narrative structure is incredibly innovative and fun. And unless you’ve seen an Applied Mechanics performance, chances are, it’s unlike any other theater experience you’ve had. The audience is free to roam the space as they choose and wherever they go, they become engulfed in the action.”

http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/style/2013/04/10/review-applied-mechanics-vainglorious/