"A fanciful and engaging multimedia meditation on art and the marriage of true minds." - The Washington Post
"There’s one startling moment...that was so tender and beautiful it actually made me gasp." - Washington City Paper
"a rare find that combines different mediums to create something entirely new." - Show Business Weekly
PAIR
By No.11 Productions
Directed by Ryan Emmons
Original Music & Sound Design: Enrico de Trizio
Songs: Danny Tieger
Production Stage Manager: Alayna McCabe
Associate Director: Victoria Rae Sook
Visual Art/Props: Jen Neads
Set Designer: Seth Byrum
Associate Set Designer: Morgan White
Lighting Designer: Mextley Couzin
Projection Designer: Ryan Belock
Costume Designers: Julie Congress & Kathy Cote
Line Producer: Zachary Fithian
Directing Observer/PA: Sydney Scott
Social Media Manager: Haylee van Dalen
Cast: Emily Bautista, Julie Congress, Steven Conroy & Aubrey Lace Taylor
Inspired by the lives of world-famous artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Pair is a playful meditation on the nature of art and partnership. Claes and Coosje were renowned for their larger-than-life pop art sculptures that inflated everyday objects to extraordinary proportions. As the artists explore their creative process, something fantastical is happening as a pear (yes, the fruit) embarks on a worldwide quest for self-discovery. What emerges is a funny and intimate play about collaboration, imagination, and love.
Pair explores the duality of Claes and Coosje's 30 year artistic and romantic collaboration and their artistic vision. They carry on a spirited debate about color, composition, scale, and the messy, exploratory way that art is made in this refreshingly whimsical love story.
Photos by Carol Rosegg