Abandon
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 22, 2006
Closed Nov 5, 2006
Opened Oct 22, 2006
Closed Nov 5, 2006
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http://www.lamama.org|www.creationproduction.org
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La MaMa E.T.C., in association with Creation Production Company, presents Abandon, a narrative collage play written and directed by Obie Award winner Matthew Maguire. Featuring an original score by Andrew Ingkavet and video projections by Zbigniew Bzymek, Abandon tells the story of Helena - a young woman in crisis, terrified to love. When Helena's sister, Marguerite, forces her to confront her fear, will she be saved or destroyed?
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As co-artistic director of Creation Production Company, which debuted at La MaMa in 1977, Matthew Maguire -- the playwright/director of Abandon, CPC's latest work to show there -- professes an urge "to generate new forms of theatre ... seamlessly integrating the visual arts, music, dance, technology, and architecture."
Despite the efforts of a promising young cast, however, there are two big problems with the show. The style of cross-disciplinary experimentation that might have seemed avant-garde in the late 1970s doesn't necessarily amount to great shakes in the theatre world today -- especially not when the scale is small and homespun, as it is, of necessity, at La MaMa. Furthermore, [...]