RESTLESS PRODUCTIONS NYC is an on and off-site theatrical entity designed to excavate the classical repertoire as a source of contemporary performance. Texts are disrupted by contemporary circumstance and modes of performance in an effort to create an urgent imperative for the language.
To engage the past in a dialogue about its life in the present.
Production History
2004 – As You Like It: restless in arden Shakespeare
Performed site-specifically in an vacant building in the Garment District.
Developed at Chashama in 2002.
2009 – Vanya Chekhov
Currently in Development at Mabou Mines Suite; Sept – April 2011.
Projected Production Dates: Fall 2011
2010 – R ii Shakespeare
Currently in development site-specifically with an LMCC Swing Space residency.
Work-in-Progress showings June 29, 30 & July 1st.
Projected Production Dates: Spring 2011
2010 – LITTLE CRIMES: 2 Chamber Opera Adaptations of Chekhov Short Stories –
Sleepyhead & Little Apples. Developed in Vancouver & NYC in conjunctions with
Restless Productions Vancouver: Composer James B. Maxwell, Librettist Alex Ferguson, Choreographer Claire French, Installation Artists Hadley + Maxwell.
Projected Production Dates: Fall 2012.