Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Donations
The Corn Maiden is still hungry for donations. Your donation is tax deductible and highly appreciated, and can never be too large ($5,000!) or too small ($5!).
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Coming soon to a theatre near you...
THE CORN MAIDEN is an ensemble-based multimedia stage adaptation of lauded novelist Joyce Carol Oates's brutally provocative novella THE CORN MAIDEN: A LOVE STORY. We've been accepted by FringeNYC for this August (2008) and are in the throes of assembling our cast and creative team.
THE STORY
Three Westchester teen girls kidnap their 11-year-old schoolmate to be the subject of their own version of the Onigara Indian Corn Maiden ritual.
WHY WE LOVE IT
Oates's novella is a disturbing look at the inner lives of the people embroiled in Marissa Bantry's kidnapping, from Leah -- Marissa's weak-willed single mom -- to the girls -- Jude, the 14-year-old mastermind behind the plot and her two followers, Anita and Denise -- to Mikal, the aloof 30-something computer TA and unknowing object of Jude's obsession. They all live just slightly under the radar, having built their lives on little white lies that come back to haunt them when Marissa's kidnapping unleashes a floodlight of exposure.
WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT
Our intrepid team of videographers will be filming Leah, Jude, Anita, Denise, Mikal and Marissa's inner lives -- their secret thoughts, hopes, dreams, nightmares and individual ways of seeing the world -- toward creating a uniquely textured theatre production that imaginatively blends video and animation with live actors and elements. Our motley crew, composed of artists from the experimental, new play, indie film, visual arts, music and musical theatre worlds alike, aims to immerse you in this story and characters in exciting new ways.
THE STORY
Three Westchester teen girls kidnap their 11-year-old schoolmate to be the subject of their own version of the Onigara Indian Corn Maiden ritual.
WHY WE LOVE IT
Oates's novella is a disturbing look at the inner lives of the people embroiled in Marissa Bantry's kidnapping, from Leah -- Marissa's weak-willed single mom -- to the girls -- Jude, the 14-year-old mastermind behind the plot and her two followers, Anita and Denise -- to Mikal, the aloof 30-something computer TA and unknowing object of Jude's obsession. They all live just slightly under the radar, having built their lives on little white lies that come back to haunt them when Marissa's kidnapping unleashes a floodlight of exposure.
WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT
Our intrepid team of videographers will be filming Leah, Jude, Anita, Denise, Mikal and Marissa's inner lives -- their secret thoughts, hopes, dreams, nightmares and individual ways of seeing the world -- toward creating a uniquely textured theatre production that imaginatively blends video and animation with live actors and elements. Our motley crew, composed of artists from the experimental, new play, indie film, visual arts, music and musical theatre worlds alike, aims to immerse you in this story and characters in exciting new ways.
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