THE EMPEROR JONES

Production Credits

THE EMPEROR JONES
by Eugene O'Neill

Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte

Brutus Jones: Kate Valk
Smithers: Paul Lazar (1995), Willem Dafoe (1998), Ari Fliakos & Scott Shepherd (2006)
Stage Assistants: Dave Shelley (1998), Ari Fliakos (1998 & 2006), Scott Shepherd (2006)

Music Score: David Linton
Sound: James “J.J.” Johnson, John Collins (1998, 2006), Geoff Abbas (2006)
Video: Christopher Kondek
Set: Jim Clayburg
Light: Georg Bugiel (1998), Jennifer Tipton (2006)
Lighting Consultant: Jennifer Tipton (1998)
Costumes / Choreography: The Wooster Group
Assistant Director: Peyton Smith (1993), Clay Hapaz (2006)
Video / Master Electrician: Gabe Maxson (2006)
Video / Stage Assistant: Margaret Mann (2006)
Video Operator: Philip Bussmann (1998)
Stage Manager: Clay Hapaz (1998), Teresa Hartmann (2006)
Production Manager: Jim Findlay (1998), Bozkurt Karasu (2006)
Technical Director: Jeff Sugg (1998), Ruud van den Akker (2006)
Sound Restoration: Matt Tierney (2006)
Light Board: Joby Emmons (2006)
Light Programming: Ryan Graves (2006)
Wardrobe Assistant: Ellen Hofmann (1998)
Production Assistant (2006): Ariella Beth Bowden, Austin Guest, Daniel Pettrow
Technical Crew (1998): Brian Bickerstaff, Billy Burns, Eric Dyer, Iver Findlay, David Kabela, Pernille P. Jensen


Production History

1992 August, September: THE EMPEROR JONES rehearsals at The Performing Garage
1992 October 8-17: THE EMPEROR JONES work-in-progress showings at The Performing Garage
1992 November 19-22: THE EMPEROR JONES performances in Frankfurt, Germany
1993 January 28-February 6: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at The Performing Garage
1993 April 15-May 1: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at The Performing Garage
1993 May 16-19: THE EMPEROR JONES performances in Vienna, Austria
1993 May 27-June 4: THE EMPEROR JONES performances in Brussels, Belgium
1993 June 18-27: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at the Theater de Welt Festival in Munich, Germany
1993 September 7-11: THE EMPEROR JONES perforances in Aarhus, Denmark
1993 September 15-19: THE EMPEROR JONES performances in Stockholm, Sweden
1993 October 15-23: THE EMPEROR JONES performances in Frankfurt, Germany
1994 March 24-April 9: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at The Performing Garage
1995 September-October: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at The Performing Garage
1995 October: filming of THE EMPEROR JONES video at The Performing Garage
1996 April 18-May 4: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at The Luna Théâtre, Brussels, Belgium
1996 May: editing begins on THE EMPEROR JONES video
1996 September: editing continues on THE EMPEROR JONES video
1998 March-May: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at The Performing Garage
1998 November 20-24: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at Queen’s, The Belfast Festival, Belfast, United Kingdom
1999 June-July: editing continues on THE EMPEROR JONES video
1999 July 16: Showing of THE EMPEROR JONES video at the Walter Reade Theater, The New York Video Festival, New York City
2006 February: THE EMPEROR JONES rehearsals at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New York
2006 March 1-April 2: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New York
2007 September 5-9: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at Arts Bank at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Philadelphia
2009 January 7-11: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at the Goodman Theater, the Eugene O'Neill Festival, Chicago, Illinois
2009 February 18-22: THE EMPEROR JONES performances at Studio Theatre, HK Cultural Centre, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong


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