The Lydian Gale Parr has raised $7,063 out of their goal of $20,000
The Lydian Gale Parr
by Alaina Ferris & Karinne Keithley Syers
The Lydian Gale Parr is a surreal and poetic chamber oratorio with ballet the follows a child emissary 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.
AT TARGET MARGIN THEATER
CO-PRODUCED BY THE TANK and AMANDA + JAMES
APRIL 5-20 2024
Your donation and generosity go a long way! Here are some ways it supports us directly:
Sleeping Cat $100
Cover three rehearsal hours and choose one thank you item to be picked up at the show.
Companion in Arms $150
Cover five rehearsal hours and choose one thank you item to be picked up at the show.
Emissary $250
Cover eight rehearsal hours, and choose two thank you items to be picked up at the show.
The General $500
Cover twenty rehearsal hours, choose any or all of the thank you items, your portrait as a general drawn by Karinne and included in the program.
Lustrous Cloud $1,000
Cover the tech week rehearsal hours for one performer, choose any or all of the thank you items, your portrait as a general drawn by Karinne and included in the program, be a named commissioner of Lydian Gale Parr forthcoming piano/vocal score.
Our Mont-Saint-Michel $5,000
Cover the full fees for the Target Margin Theater rehearsal and performance residency for two collaborators, choose any or all of the thank you items, have your portrait as a general drawn by Karinne and included in the program, be a named commissioner of Lydian Gale Parr forthcoming piano/vocal score.
Thank you gift options for donations of $100 and above include:
- Lydian Gale Parr poster by Wesley Allsbrook
- Sleeping cats print by Wesley Allsbrook
- Sleeping cats hand screenprinted t-shirt
- The 30-Day Accretion Workshop, a guided writing workshop in a book by Karinne Keithley Syers
All donors get a sleeping cats laptop sticker or postcard.
Why we need your help
We, Alaina and Karinne, have been building The Lydian Gale Parr together since 2017. From the start, we knew it couldn’t be fulfilled by a small cast: it needed a plurality of voices. Many of our 14 performers have been with us since our initial workshops, held with the support of artist residencies like New Dramatists and National Sawdust, where we paid performers out of pocket. We always knew that we wouldn’t be able to pay for a full production of this size on our own. When we were awarded the New York City Mayor’s Office Women’s Fund in 2023, we knew we finally had the momentum to get us there.
About half of our $120,000 budget has been supplied by grants from foundations; the remainder has to be raised through private donation, ticket sales, and in-kind support. This crowdfunding campaign aims to raise $20,000 of that balance. This is why we need your help! Our biggest expense is paying our 24-person crew of performers, designers and technicians a living wage during our rehearsals and performances.
This is a piece of work that we all deeply love, which has proven its beauty and impact every time we have shared it with audiences. Please help us bring it to fruition.
If you can donate, please consider doing so. If you cannot, consider passing this along to someone who might and, most of all, buy a ticket to the show!
Collaborating Artists
Music by Alaina Ferris
Libretto by Karinne Keithley Syers
Directed by Meghan Finn
Choreographed by Katy Pyle
Spatial Instrument Design by Eamon Goodman
FEATURING
Gelsey Bell, soprano
Lacy Rose, soprano
Alaina Ferris, alto, piano, Celtic harp
Aviva Jaye, alto, Celtic harp
Chad Goodridge, baritone
WITH
Yoshi Weinberg, flute, clarinet, pedal harp
Eamon Goodman, flute, bass clarinet, steel guitar
Leah Shaw, bassoon
Alina Eckersley, French horn
Charlie Reed, viola da gamba
AND
Jay Beardsley, dancer
Cove Barton, dancer
Arzu Salman, dancer
MJ Markovitz, dancer
Music Direction: Alaina Ferris
Spatial Instrument & Sound Design: Eamon Goodman
Associate Music Direction: Simone Allen
Associate Sound Design: Tristan O’Shea
Assistant Direction: Nicolas Browne
Set & Costume Design: Patricia Majorie
Lighting Design: Yang Yu
Projection Design: David Pym
Stage Management: Mika Kauffman
Technical Director: Curtis Howard
Tank Production Fellow: Alejandra Venancio
Illustration: Wesley Allsbrook
Copyist: Michael Genese
Music Assistant: Sam Kaseta
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