Welcome to Organs of State
a performance company that looks to explore the ideas that are important to us by taking those big ideas and making them tangible and human, and presenting them in performance.
Our ensemble series begins by gathering a passionate group of theatermakers around a theme, idea, or set of writings. They explore the source material, figuring out what in the material excites them, and finally create a show from the ground up to share with these moments of discovery with the community.
In September 2009, our ensemble gathered around the short stories and explored the literary giant's less recognized texts. We found a world of eccentric but lonely individuals searching for connection, feeling like hurt children, sensitive to the noises of the world and the silence of being alone.
ensemble
Susie Duecker
Kate Eastman
Joel Fullerton
Ines Garcia
Sydney Matthews
Caitlin McInerney
Anastasia Olowin
Fanny Schmid
Guy Yedwab
crew
Guy Yedwab (director)
Sydney Matthews (producer)
Joseph Wegmann (lights)
Dan Stearns (set)
Addy Cahill (sm)
Will Notini (asm)
Our creator series puts our resources at the disposal of a young exciting new theatermaker to work on a project which they propose. These theatermakers - writers, directors, choreographers, composers - may come from within our company or from within our community.
Our goal is to give these theatermakers the opportunity to explore their passions and share what they discover with our community.
Creators Guy Yedwab and Alix Angelis teamed up to bring an original movement-theater piece on the subject of manipulation and its limits. It painted the portrait of a man exerting his will over an ensemble, greedily exploiting their loyalty until his control collapses. Performed in NYU's black box Shop Theater in Spring 2007 in conjunction with the GAP Program Board.
JEAN............................................Spencer Novich
MARTA..............................Katherine Grant-Suttie
DUVEAUX.......................Matthew Robert Gehring
HELENE.....................................Caitlin McInerney
HAKIM..............................................Andrew Butler
KATIFAH.........................................Emmy Walker
ACCO.............................................Carina Renner
HORTON.........................................Joel Fullerton
DIRECTION/PROJECTION...............Guy Yedwab
CHOREO/DIRECTION.........................Alix Angelis
PRODUCTION............................Sydney Matthews
LIGHTING..................................................Josh Butz
COSTUME........................................Lara Quinones
COMPOSITION...............................Erica Diamond
STAGE MANAGEMENT...........Samantha Morrice
ASST STAGE MANAGER...........Sam Erenberger
The piece was as also adapted into a short film by board member Wren Noble,
and published by IndyMill Publishing.
In 2008, creator Guy Yedwab created a post-apocalyptic homosexual unrequited love story film noir. It was remounted in 2010 as part of Pipeline Theater'sBrave New Works festival.
The work continues to be expanded, and will be seen again in a more complete form soon.
cast 2008
Eli Bosnick
2010 cast
In November 2009, Creator Ines Garcia decided to investigate her relationship with the Virgin Mary. What she found was Syzygy: a movement performance piece for two people, composed in the language of dreams, incorporating multiple languages and projection design.
Syzygy was presented in a workshop at NYU's Playwrights Horizons, and at Northeastern's Fenway Hall. It continues to be developed to this day.
Jose Perez IV
Ines Garcia (director/choreographer)
Guy Yedwab (producer/stage manager)
Sarah Rose Leonard (dramaturg)
Christina Kim (costume)
Alejandro Soto Goico (projection)
In February 2010, creator John Kurzynowski lead a cast of eleven actors through meticulous structure and free experimentation in order to fully understand what is rotten in the state of Denmark.
Jaclyn Backhaus
Jonathan Bock
Matthew Capodicasa
Tommy Heleringer
Stacy Jordan
Miguel Pinzon
Jon Riddleberger
Mikey Santiago
Tina Shepard
Kyle Williams
John Kurzynowski (director)
Guy Yedwab (producer)
Natalie Robin (lighting/set)
Kate Marvin (sound)
Dinah Finkelstein (a.d.)
Cynthia Hennon (sm)
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"It was Hamlet in its purest form."
- Much Review About...
(or: this has never happened to me before)
It's about sex.
Actually, it's about not having sex.
It's also about love, and relationships, fear, and insufficiency.
In 2010, creator Guy Yedwab birthed this comedy.
(in descending order of clothes)
Matthew Carr
Guy Yedwab (writing)
Stephanie Kronenberg (directing)
Michelle Tobias (lighting)
Gabe Rives-Corbett (ass't lighting)
Kelsey Larsen (composition)
Joel Fullerton (set)
Victoria Myrthil (sm)
Our company's contribution to Pipeline Theater Company's Brave New Works evening will be an evening of entertainment from our Clown-in-Residence:
BORDELLO.
Bordello promises an evening of magic, song, delight, and possibly even love.
Maybe even love.
The End
the wings theater
154 christopher st.
9/21 at 8PM
9/27 at 8pm
9/28 at 8PM
director: ben lundberg
playwright: guy yedwab
starring:
will notini
guy yedwab
image courtesy of dickuhn
IndyMill Publishing, our independent publishing house, preserves our original performance works by committing them to print.
We also publish the works of young writers in our community who inspire us, and whose work we strongly believe should be available to the community.
This project is so important to us, it has its own website. Visit it to find out more about our writers and our books!
Organs of State is a venture for the community, and as such, it relies on the support of the community to survive. Organs of State is grateful for all of the support it gets in any form, whether in contributions of time, inspiration, or money.
orchestration
- flickr and 90 of its users
- lawrence lessig and the creative commons
- radiohead and the string section ensemble
- former czech president vaclav havel
- professor nikki cesare
- the major players of the 2006 lebanon war
- joshua butz and amanda feuer
kafka
- bigfoot
- bertold brecht
- jay bybee
- ee cummings
- t s eliot
- jane goodall
- homer
- william james
- ian johnston
- franz kafka
- aaron landsman
- david mamet
- christopher marshall
- a a milne
- nicholas murray
- dan safer
- the yedwab family
performance anxiety
- edward albee
- nanc allen
- dead or alive
- anchorman
- reporting the arts (f 2008)
- rick astley
- lorena bobbitt
- the bugle
- matthew carr
- tim chawaga
- alex christopher
- cialis
- congressional black caucus
- cnn
- brendan dill
- second year etw (s 2009)
- arcade fire
- joel fullerton
- my penis
- ines garcia
- vanessa gordon
- claude guinchard iii
- huda haqqani
- radiohole
- jet blue airlines
- amanda killian
- stephanie kronenberg
- john kurzynowski
- tony kushner
- office of legal counsel
- bret lehne
- robert j. lifton
- congressman hank johnson
- taylor mac
- jan machacek
- tom and ray magliozzi
- sydney matthews
- kate mcbride
- the little mermaid
- sam morrice
- wrennifer noble
- spencer novich
- anastasia olowin
- jose perez iv
- peggy pettitt
- nicole pursell
- rosemary quinn
- troubled asset relief fund
- rebecca robertson
- fanny schmid
- tina shepard
- self-scripting (f 2009)
- justice potter stewart
- jaq stieve
- august strindberg
- michelle tobias
- veronica venture
- raina von waldenberg
- i am one who (f 2009)
- yedwab family
- john yoo
Organs of State is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of Organs of State may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
51-100
- happy fitzgerald
- judy jordan
- gadi and nivi yedwab
- guy yedwab
25-50
- anonymous
- daniel crevina
- janet kurzynowski
- caleb hammons
- susan matthews
- karen neville
0-24
- jabari brisport
- paulette crevina
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