World Premiere of Talking Band's The Door Slams, A Glass Trembles Coming to La MaMa

La MaMa, in association with Talking Band, presents the world premiere of The Door Slams, A Glass Trembles, written and directed by Paul Zimet with music by Ellen Maddow (both recipients of OBIE Lifetime Achievement Awards). The Door Slams, A Glass Trembles will be presented at La MaMa’s Downstairs theater April 24–May 10.

Talking Band was founded in 1974 by Paul Zimet, Ellen Maddow, and Tina Shepard and has remained a cornerstone of New York City’s avant-garde theater community.

The play unfolds over the course of a year and collapses past and present as family and friends gather for dinners that repeat, fragment, and morph into dinners in a sanatorium in the Alps. A couple moves from the city to a rural home, hoping for respite from the political turmoil gripping the country.

The cast includes founding company members Ellen Maddow and Tina Shepard, as well as Jack Wetherall, Steven Rattazzi, Lizzie Olesker, Amara Granderson, Patrick Dunning, Delaney Feener, and Jesse B. Koehler.

The production features original music composed by Maddow, choreography by Flannery Gregg, lighting design by Mary Ellen Stebbins, set and projection design by Anna Kiraly, and costumes by Olivera Gajic.