HIDE
the operafilm
Time and Place
In a present day, nearly-empty crumbling old movie palace during a Halloween screening of the 1920 silent film.
Synopsis
While attending a screening with his fiancée of the 1920 silent film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Allanson, a genetic researcher addicted to painkillers who identifies with actor John Barrymore and Robert Louis Stevenson’s tragic story debates the ethics of contemporary genetic research with his mentor. As his body begins to detoxify, he begins to lose his grip on reality: the audience become his writhing, dancing demons; he confuses his friends with characters in the movie. He convulses. His heart stops. Paramedics arrive; they administer CPR, beating on Allanson's chest in time with Hyde's on screen cudgel. The audience sings a requiem as his demons lift him up and convey him from the theater.
The Team
534 Productions | Sidra Bell Dance New York | Burning Sled Media | Capture Productions
present
a New Mercury Collective
production
Words and Scenario by Barbara Grecki and Daron Hagen, based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel.
Story based in part on the 1920 Paramount movie screenplay by Thomas Robert Sullivan and Clara Beranger.
Conceived, composed, and directed by: Daron Hagen
Screenplay by: Barbara Grecki and Daron Hagen
Cinematographer: Talal Jabari
Producer for 534 Productions: Adrienne Shepherd
Producer for the New Mercury Collective: William Rhoads
Assistant Director: Tevi Eber
Editor: Rabab Haj Yahya
Conductor: Roger Zahab
Music Director: Robert Frankenberry
Art Director: Christopher Lyons
Music Publisher: Peermusic Classical
Hagen's Representation: Kathy Olsen, Encompass Arts, NYC
Performance Materials Preparation: TOG Music Services, NYC
The Live Orchestra
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, piano, string quintet
Cast
ONSCREEN
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (T.)
Dr. Richard Lanyon (Bar.)
Sir George Carew (Bar.)
Millicent, Carew’s daughter (S.)
Edward Enfield, Landlady, Housekeeper (S.)
Gina, an Italian exotic dancer (M.-S.)
Music Hall Proprietor, Police Officer (Bar.)
IRL
Dr. Adam Lee / Mr. Hide, a geneticist
Dr. Rhoads, Adam’s friend, a philosophy professor
Pritchett Landmark, a theater owner
Beatrice Benedict, Adam's fiancée, a concession clerk
Tessa Linfield, a ticket taker
Tina, Beatrice’s friend, a concession clerk
Movie Theater Manager
First Movie Buff
Second Movie Buff
House Manager with Flashlight
Paramedic #1
Paramedic #2
Police Officer #1
Police Officer #2
Conductor
Audience Members / Demons
Links
Official Film Website | Live to Film Version of Score Without Voices | Zen Violence Films Documentary | Wikipedia Entry for the 1920 Film
In a present day, nearly-empty crumbling old movie palace during a Halloween screening of the 1920 silent film.
Synopsis
While attending a screening with his fiancée of the 1920 silent film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Allanson, a genetic researcher addicted to painkillers who identifies with actor John Barrymore and Robert Louis Stevenson’s tragic story debates the ethics of contemporary genetic research with his mentor. As his body begins to detoxify, he begins to lose his grip on reality: the audience become his writhing, dancing demons; he confuses his friends with characters in the movie. He convulses. His heart stops. Paramedics arrive; they administer CPR, beating on Allanson's chest in time with Hyde's on screen cudgel. The audience sings a requiem as his demons lift him up and convey him from the theater.
The Team
534 Productions | Sidra Bell Dance New York | Burning Sled Media | Capture Productions
present
a New Mercury Collective
production
Words and Scenario by Barbara Grecki and Daron Hagen, based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel.
Story based in part on the 1920 Paramount movie screenplay by Thomas Robert Sullivan and Clara Beranger.
Conceived, composed, and directed by: Daron Hagen
Screenplay by: Barbara Grecki and Daron Hagen
Cinematographer: Talal Jabari
Producer for 534 Productions: Adrienne Shepherd
Producer for the New Mercury Collective: William Rhoads
Assistant Director: Tevi Eber
Editor: Rabab Haj Yahya
Conductor: Roger Zahab
Music Director: Robert Frankenberry
Art Director: Christopher Lyons
Music Publisher: Peermusic Classical
Hagen's Representation: Kathy Olsen, Encompass Arts, NYC
Performance Materials Preparation: TOG Music Services, NYC
The Live Orchestra
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, piano, string quintet
Cast
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (T.)
Dr. Richard Lanyon (Bar.)
Sir George Carew (Bar.)
Millicent, Carew’s daughter (S.)
Edward Enfield, Landlady, Housekeeper (S.)
Gina, an Italian exotic dancer (M.-S.)
Music Hall Proprietor, Police Officer (Bar.)
IRL
Dr. Adam Lee / Mr. Hide, a geneticist
Dr. Rhoads, Adam’s friend, a philosophy professor
Pritchett Landmark, a theater owner
Beatrice Benedict, Adam's fiancée, a concession clerk
Tessa Linfield, a ticket taker
Tina, Beatrice’s friend, a concession clerk
Movie Theater Manager
First Movie Buff
Second Movie Buff
House Manager with Flashlight
Paramedic #1
Paramedic #2
Police Officer #1
Police Officer #2
Conductor
Audience Members / Demons
Links
Official Film Website | Live to Film Version of Score Without Voices | Zen Violence Films Documentary | Wikipedia Entry for the 1920 Film