Accidental Death of an Anarchist
一个无政府主义者的意外死亡

[Workshop in English]: Studio Theater, Tisch School of the Arts, NY
Nov 3 - 5, 2022

[Production in Mandarin]: Studio Theatre, Theater Row NYC, NY
Feb 9 - 12, 2023

Production Photos

2023 Production in Mandarin

PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY YIBING WANG.

Accidental Death of an Anarchist
一个无政府主义者的意外死亡

DIRECTOR, LIGHTING DESIGNER, “CLOWN A” IN THE CAST

In an absurdist adaptation of Dario Fo's stirring Anarchist play, the actors experiment with the mixing nature of theater and reality both within the play and in the process of rehearsing this play. A clown that hates authority was chosen to be an authority by the authority. A group of police that scorns the maniac was turned into maniacs by the maniac. Are you living for yourself or a strong yet hidden force you can never specify? In Chinese, we can always hear people saying a command or policy coming from “上面” (literally, up there), without actual specifications. And we work for these “up there”s and always follow their leads. This play pushes us to question who that “up there” is, and asks ourselves a famous question Jonathan Larson asked himself: “Why do we follow people who never lead?”

BASED ON THE PLAY BY DARIO FO

ADAPTED BY HUANG JISU

READAPTED BY ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG

DIRECTED BY ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG

MUSIC COMPOSER: CHENCHEN (ARYA) LI

SCENIC CONCEIVED BY CAST AND CREATIVES

COSTUME DESIGN: JIXIAN (PEI) LIU, ZIQI ZHANG

LIGHTING DESIGN: ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG

SOUND DESIGN: YIRAN (AMELIA) CHEN, DANIS ZHANG

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: YIFAN (TRIXIE) ZHANG

PRODUCER: JUNHONG (ANDREW) FEI

CAST: JUNHONG (ANDREW) FEI, CHENCHEN (ARYA) LI, FIONA (FANGQI) WANG, ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG, PETER XIAO, PETER YANG, CINDY ZHANG

Accidental Death of An Anarchist was workshopped in English as a part of Fall 2022 Season of PHTS Student Productions at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Production photos and team credits can be found below.

Production Photos

2022 Workshop in English

BASED ON THE PLAY BY DARIO FO

ADAPTED BY HUANG JISU

TRANSLATED BY ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG

DIRECTED BY ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG

ASSISTANT DIRECTED BY DANIS ZHANG

MUSIC COMPOSER: ELIANA COE

SCENIC DESIGN: SIRUI “RAY” QIAN

PROP DESIGN: TOPAZ GAO

COSTUME DESIGN: TONG ZHAO, TINA QIU

LIGHTING DESIGN: HESTER YUJIE ZHENG

SOUND DESIGN: DANIS ZHANG

STAGE MANAGER: OLIVIA MARTIN

PRODUCTION IS A PART OF PHTS STUDENT PRODUCTIONS FALL 2022 SEASON AT TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY.

ENGLISH WORKSHOP CAST: ELIANA COE, ISSAC TAY, FIONA (FANGQI) WANG, ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG, PETER XIAO, JUNHONG (ANDREW) FEI

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