Eve Beglarian: The Vicksburg Project — In Process (Part I)

MUSIC / THEATER
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2020 (Part II on DECEMBER 18)
7:00 PM

Mabou Mines Live Stream

Free (registration required)
https://www.maboumines.org/production/the-vicksburg-project-in-process/

Speaking for myself, I don't much like previews of works-in-process where the artists present excerpts and talk about what they're hoping to do. I like to watch complete works, myself — and care a lot more what I think about a work than what its creators do. But if you feel differently, this two-part preview of a work composer Eve Beglarian is putting together with actor/writer Karen Kandel and director Mallory Catlett — three of this List's favorites, to be sure — is worth your attention. Vicksburg was, of course, the site of a crucial Civil War battle (siege, really); and this piece is going to examine that town through the eyes of women and gender-complex people, starting with the time of the Civil War and then resuming every 50 years thereafter.

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