Hand Foot Fizzle Face
Created by Piehole
Directed by Tara Ahmadinejad
June 19 - 27, 2015
JACK theater, 505 Waverly Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Directed by Tara Ahmadinejad
June 19 - 27, 2015
JACK theater, 505 Waverly Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Performance collective Piehole, helmed by director Tara Ahmadinejad, teamed up with sound artist/composer Lea Bertucci to wake up an expensive art-object and give it a workout in a surreal gymnasium of sound, video, dance, and sweat. Inspired by an enigmatic art-book produced from an awkward one-off collaboration between Samuel Beckett and Jasper Johns, Piehole’s HAND FOOT FIZZLE FACE examines the self-defeating impulse to transcend ephemerality, in art and life.
Ensemble Allison LaPlatney, Emily Jon Mitchell, Alexandra Panzer, Joshua David Robinson, Stacey Karen Robinson, Jeff Wood Sound Designer Lea Bertucci
Director Tara Ahmadinejad Co-Producer/Dramaturg Elliot B. Quick Producer Katie Naka Stage Manager Mikenzie Ames
Scenic & Costume Design Alexandra Panzer Lighting Design Masha Tsimring Video/Projection Design & Production Coordinator Matt Romein
Select Choreography Rebecca Warner Production Assistance Hye Young Chyun
Developed with a Production Assistance grant from The New York Theater Workshop, and a residency at The Drama League.
Director Tara Ahmadinejad Co-Producer/Dramaturg Elliot B. Quick Producer Katie Naka Stage Manager Mikenzie Ames
Scenic & Costume Design Alexandra Panzer Lighting Design Masha Tsimring Video/Projection Design & Production Coordinator Matt Romein
Select Choreography Rebecca Warner Production Assistance Hye Young Chyun
Developed with a Production Assistance grant from The New York Theater Workshop, and a residency at The Drama League.
PRESS
New York Times Sunday Arts & Leisure feature: 'Hand Foot Fizzle Face' Digs Into an Odd Collaboration Between Beckett and Jasper Johns by Melena Ryzik
"...moments of unexpected beauty and others of gratifying weirdness."
"Beckett explored and espoused the poetics of failure. Piehole has failed pretty well here."
- The New York Times
Staff Pick, alongside Karl Ove Knausgaard and Pixar (we swear)
"The performances here are exquisite..."
- Flavorwire
"original and timely (even urgent)..."
"totally disorienting and beautiful and haunting."
"Director Tara Ahmadinejad demonstrated an impeccable control of rhythm throughout the piece, executed by a fantastic team of actors."
"superb work from Piehole, this thoughtful work is an indication they are a company to keep a look out for."
- New York Theater Now
"...moments of unexpected beauty and others of gratifying weirdness."
"Beckett explored and espoused the poetics of failure. Piehole has failed pretty well here."
- The New York Times
Staff Pick, alongside Karl Ove Knausgaard and Pixar (we swear)
"The performances here are exquisite..."
- Flavorwire
"original and timely (even urgent)..."
"totally disorienting and beautiful and haunting."
"Director Tara Ahmadinejad demonstrated an impeccable control of rhythm throughout the piece, executed by a fantastic team of actors."
"superb work from Piehole, this thoughtful work is an indication they are a company to keep a look out for."
- New York Theater Now
HAND FOOT FIZZLE FACE history
Photography from Triple Canopy, June 2012, by Kathryn Wallem
The 2012 version of The Fizzles (working title) at Triple Canopy featured live sound by Lea Bertucci, video projections by Aniela Coveleski, choreography by Rebecca Breheny (nee Warner), dramaturgy by Elliot B. Quick., and performances by Mark Lanham, Allison LaPlatney, Anne Troup, Alice Winslow, and Jeff Wood. It was directed by Tara Ahmadinejad.