Thirty-one inventors: playwrights, lyricists, poets, photographers, choreographers, architects [!] and others create short theater pieces inspired by Rube Goldberg and J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Conceived by Henry Akona and Robert Lawson.

World premier at Andy’s Summer Playhouse, July 2006.

Artist inventors:

Henry Akona, Becky Ances, Elizabeth Battey, Jaq Bessell, Sally Bomer, Jess DiGiacinto, Anna Dolan, Edward Einhorn, Jane Eklund, Daniel Mark Epstein, Bonnie Erickson, Jonathan Farmer, Kaitlyn Galonski, Jonathan Glatzer, Chris Huntington, Amy Jenkins, David Koteles, Robert Lawson, Erika Kate MacDonald, Lizette Morris, Kay Muehlmann, Laurie O’Brian, Julia Older, Robert Panza, Josh Perlstein, Julia Reimers, Carl Riehl, Robert Rodat, Steve Sherman, Kate Snodgrass, Ryan Wilson and Paul Zaloom

Production team:

Direction: Henry Akona
Scenic design: Amy Davis and Andy Stuart
Costume design: Jess D’Arbonne, Arlene D’Arbonne, Jeannie Wagner and Lisa Wilson
Lighting design: Joan Sand
Props design: Greg King
Sound design: Henry Akona
Musical arrangements: Henry Akona
Assistant director: David Quay

Stage manager: Alex DiGiacinto
Assistant stage manager: Kirsten White

Actors:

Carly Abrahams-Dematte, Renee Anderson, Lucy Beyer, Rosaleigh Blackmer, Emily Borne, Sara Cass, Julia Chapman, Carter Hammond, Gavin Harper, Liam Harper, Gerald Hoiriis, Charlie Imhoff, Olivia Mobayed, Sophia Mobayed, Ryan Ouellette, Julia Reimers, Kate St.Cyr, Nora Vargas, Sarah Ward, Hannah Webber and Brendan Wile

Kate St. Cyr in The Rube Goldberg Variations. Photo by Josh Gelbwaks.

Press:

“The “flash plays” range from amusing shorts that kids identify with to abstract and symbolic pieces that might leave you scratching your head. It’s definitely a cool show to catch if you are looking for something thought-provoking and new.”

Heidi Masek, Hippo Press