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...Words and Music” and “Cascando” both feature an artist (Alvin Epstein) frustrated in his attempts to create art. The plays follow his efforts to control and combine the production of words and music. Actor Mickey Solis portrays the former as Joe in “Words and Music” and Voice in “Cascando.” An ensemble of pianist Donald Berman, percussionist Robert Schulz, and violinist Gil Morgenstern personifies music as Bob in “Words and Music” and Music in “Cascando...
These two plays featured a geometrically triangular relationship between the artist, words, and music on stage. Epstein looked out and addressed the audience from atop a small, central stage as Solis and the musicians stood on either side of him. One of the world’s most experienced Beckett actors, Epstein deftly conveyed the tiresome and even agonizing perspective of an artist through his contorted expressions...
...bring the television audience into the live audience’s consciousness was featured prominently on stage—a marked contrast from the “On Air” sign that hung unobtrusively in an upper corner during the first two plays. The triangular dynamic of artist, words, and music became a four-point relationship between Voice (Epstein), Man (Solis), the camera, and a screen placed on the stage...
...directorial decisions—along with John R. Malinowski’s work as scenic environment and lighting designer—impressively reflected this increasing complexity. Not only did he add more elements to the stage, but he also infinitely increased the scope and reach of the artist. By introducing a camera onto the stage, the artist (and Beckett himself) was finally able to convey the process of communicating his art to a larger public...
...would come to life. But when The Opener closed the box, the writer would freeze, and his side of the stage would darken. Then, when The Opener opened the box on the other side, the musical trio would start playing. The Opener himself showed signs of being a misunderstood artist: “They say, he opens nothing, he has nothing to open, it’s in his head.” The third play, “...but the clouds...,” was recorded by a video camera, and the recording was displayed on a large projection...