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TRUPA DE TEATRU „THE WOOSTER GROUP“
The Wooster Group theatre group

Author(s): Diana Cupsa
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Universitatea de Teatru si Film »I.L. Caragiale« (UNATC)
Keywords: Elizabeth LeCompte; The Wooster Group; Willem Dafoe; Spalding Grey; Jim Clayburgh; Ion Cojar

Summary/Abstract: Created in 1975 at the Performing Garage, an off-off Broadway theatre, located at 33 Wooster Street in New York City’s So-Ho, the Wooster Group is viewed as an experimental theatre company. The group regards itself as a team of avant-garde artists who create highly innovative theatre works. Such artists as Elizabeth LeCompte and Spalding Gray, group’s most prominent members, were joined later by Jim Clayburgh, Libby Howes and Ron Vawter (while working on „Rumstick Road”) by Willem Dafoe and Kate Valk (while working on „Point Judith”) and by Peyton Smith (while working on „Route 1 & 9”) to name just a few. Most of their work originates from a selection of well-known scripts belonging to the universal culture heritage which are then manipulated and placed in new surroundings that generate a multitude of narratives and images.

  • Issue Year: 7/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 60 - 65
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian
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