The Lydian Gale Parr

The Lydian Gale Parr

April 5 – 20, 2024

The Lydian Gale Parr is a surreal and poetic chamber oratorio with ballet: a child emissary is sent from a city under siege to deliver a letter to the attacking general. But the emissary cannot find him; at every place of arrival, the general has just left. Traveling through space and time, the emissary begins to shapeshift, to manifest freely: as boy, as girl, as man, as woman, as the Lydian Gale Parr, who journeys from ancient cities to cargo ships on an infinite errand to ask for an end to violence. They slip in and out of disparate webs of belonging, yet hold fast to their quest: a ghost child of war.

Co-Produced by The Tank and Amanda + James, The Lydian Gale Parr runs at Target Margin Theater from April 5–20, 2024.

Featuring:

Gelsey Bell

Aviva Jaye

Lacy Rose

Eamon Goodman

Chad Goodrige

Alaina Ferris

Leah Shaw

Yoshi Weinberg

Charlie Reed

Alina Eckersley

Arzu Salman, Ballez

Cove Barton, Ballez

MJ Markovitz, Ballez

Jay Beardsley, Ballez

Music – Alaina Ferris

Words – Karinne Keithley Syers

Choreography – Katy Pyle, Ballez

Set + Costume – Patricia Marjorie

Lighting Design – Yang Yu

Video Design – David Pym

Sound Design – Eamon Goodman

Associate Sound Design – Tristan O’Shea

Director – Meghan Finn

Assitant Director – Nicholas Browne

Music Director – Alaina Ferris

Associate Music Director – Simone Allen

Stage Manager – Mika Kauffman

Co-Produced by The Tank and Amanda + James

James Danner, Producer, Amanda + James

Alejandra Venancio, Line Producer, The Tank

The Lydian Gale Parr is commissioned by The Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation, with support from: The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts, and additional support from New Dramatists, The Hermitage Artist Retreat, National Sawdust, and The Movement Lab at Barnard College.