THE GREEN KNIGHT
RADY&BLOOM COLLECTIVE PLAYMAKING
EACH PERFORMANCE IS A CELEBRATION & AN INVOCATION
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
Newly adapted for the stage from the strangest of Arthurian legends, THE GREEN KNIGHT celebrates the sprawling and fantastical alliterative lyricism of the epic poem, and casts it in a fresh irreverent light. The story starts when a green knight comes to Camelot on his green horse with his great green axe. He was a beautiful being. He was terrifying but he knew what justice was. And perhaps justice is greater than the grail.
“The Green Knight was absolutely
the most entertaining, hilarious, seamless
performance I’ve seen in a long time.”
“They at once mock the deliberately quirky and shoddy costumes and set design while completely enrapturing the audience in an Arthurian legend gone postmodern. They meet the challenge of an updated, edgy and highly alliterative script and spin off these ceaselessly tongue-twisting lines with ease. As the Green Knight interrupts the yuletide feast at King Arthur’s court, the scene succeeds in being at once engaging and funny. We are rooting for this goofy Gawain, even as he rides off on his horse– piggy-backed on an actor wearing a horse head.”
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THE
GREEN
KNIGHT
JUNE 2010
45 Bleecker
PCTF Award Winner
“A MUST-SEE
WHIRL OF WILD WONDERMENT AND HAUGHTY HILARITY”
The Happiest Medium
THE TEAM
written and conceived by
BRIAN RADY
directed by
JEREMY BLOOM
based on the story of
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
the 13th century English poem by
THE ANONYMOUS PEARL POET
Performed by
Joel Sinensky, Joyce Miller,
Brett Aresco, Amanda Bloom,
Veracity Butcher, Catherine LeFrere,
Scott Morse, Thomas Crawford,
Laura Siszkin-Fernandez,
Holly Chou, and Kareem Lucas
costumed by Erin Schultz
VIDEO TRAILER:
SOUNDTRACK BY AVAN LAVA
PHOTOS BY CHELSEA DUNAWAY
