the world premiere of
Marcel Dzama's The Lotus Eaters and Sad Ghost

Saturday, April 22, 2006
7:00 p.m.
MoMA
Titus Theater 1
 

PopRally cordially invites you to attend the world premiere of Marcel Dzama's The Lotus Eaters and Sad Ghost. Followed by a cocktail reception in MoMA's Lauder Lobby.

The world premiere of Marcel Dzama's The Lotus Eaters and Sad Ghost, a collaboration with Spike Jonze, Patrick Daughters, and Michael Wadsworth, will feature live musical accompaniment arranged by musician/composer David Driver, and a reading by the actor Josh Hamilton of the classic Tennyson poem "The Lotus-Eaters" (1832).

Also presented are the Dzama Radio Shorts, a series of film vignettes dating from 1996. Four acclaimed musician-composers provide accompaniment for the films:

David Driver, a star of the off-Broadway musical People Are Wrong!

Chris Anderson, a guitarist for the bands Muckafurgason, Moi?, and
The Last Car

Marty Beller, drummer/percussionist for They Might Be Giants

Jon Spurney, who has performed off Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and with David Byrne and John Cale

Josh Hamilton, who will read the Tennyson poem, was nominated for a Drama Desk award in 2005 for his performance in The New Group's off-Broadway production of Hurlyburly and has also starred on Broadway in Proof and in Noah Baumbach's debut film Kicking and Screaming.

The night will conclude with a cocktail reception with Dzama, Driver, and Hamilton

Special thanks to SPARKS and Brahma Beer.

Marcel Dzama. Poster for The Lotus Eaters. 2006


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