Project

Darkling: World Premiere Production – March 2006 

The world premiere of Darkling was performed at the East 13th Street Theater (136 East 13th St.) in NYC February 26 - March 18, 2006. 

Adapted and Directed by Michael Comlish
text: Darkling: A Poem by Anna Rabinowitz
Music by Stefan Weisman
"The Darkling Thrush" song by Lee Hoiby

Music Director: J. David Jackson
Conductor: Brian DeMaris 

Performers: 
Hai-Ting Chinn, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Marcus DeLoach, Jon Garrison, Julie Hart, Julie Lockhart, Carol Monda, Jody Sheinbaum, Micaela Silver, Hillary Spector, Mark Uhlemann, Sid Williams, Perri Yaniv. 

FLUX Quartet:
Violin 1: Tom Chiu
Violin 2: Conrad Harris
Viola: Max Mandel
Cello: Raman Ramakrishnan 

Designers:
Lighting Designer: Brian H. Scott
Set Designer: Glenn Reed
Costume Designer: Anna Kiraly
Sound Designer: Zachary Williamson
Vocal Soundscape Designer: Tom Hamilton
Film/Video Designer: Gregory King
Projections Designer: J. Ryan Graves
Props/Asst. Set Designer: Claire Falkenberg 

Soundscape Voices:
Elzbieta Czyzewska, Yuval David, Peter Kazaras, Mikel Sarah Lambert, Julie Lockhart, Carol Monda, Yehuda Nir, Anna Rabinowitz, Dina Rose Rivera, Lois C. Schwartz, Hillary Spector, Mark Uhlemann, Sid Williams, Perri Yaniv. 

Production Staff:
Production Manager: Scott H. Schneider
Stage Manager: Sara Bancroft
Assistant Director: Crystal M. Manich
Master Electrician/Asst. Lighting Designer: William Gregory Goff
Assistant Sound Designer: Gabe Wood
Assistant Stage Manager: Rebekah K. Fredholm
Movement Coach: Hillary Spector
Dramaturg: Matthew Gray
Make-up/Hair: Daniella Shachter for makeupwithdani.com
Assistant Costume Designer: Sophia Flores
Costume Construction: Katrina Jeffries, Lara Greene
Wardrobe: Rachel Ney
Alterations: Sara Rochford
Props Assistant: Kim Korba
AOP Resident Production Stage Manager: W. Wilson Jones
Construction/Carpentry: Michael Gonzalez, Ross Dawson, Kim Korba