Mad Art: Friday, 10 July 2009
Opening Reception for Work Inspired by Cowboy Mouth
Friday, July 10, 7 pm to 11 pm
Adam Andrews, Ron Buechele, Katie Clancy, and Aunia Kahn have created an exhibition of art inspired by Cowboy Mouth. This exhibit opens prior to the play, on Friday, July 10, 2009, with a free opening reception from 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. The exhibit continues through July 28, 2009.
Cowboy Mouth is a semi autobiographical, one act play written by Sam Shepard. One of his lesser known plays, Cowboy Mouth owes its genesis to an affair between Shepard and rock star Patti Smith. Shepard left his wife and small son to take up residence in Manhattan's Chelsea Hotel with Smith. Shepard and Smith co-wrote the original roles of Slim and Cavale and were to play the roles in a production scheduled at The American Place Theatre in 1971. Shepard fled following a preview performance, deserting Patti Smith in life and in art, to return to his wife and child. The play never opened.
The characters are complex, intense, and at times, disturbing. Sarah Jones plays Cavale, the Patti Smith character, who is obsessed with death and frequently flips into periods of bizarre fantasy. The Sam Shepard character, Slim, struggles with the meaning of art and the role of the artist. Slim, played by John Joern, is unable to move, yet is at complete unrest. Jimmy Griffin plays Lobster Man, a phantom of the couple's paranoia.
The play was written at the time when Shepard wanted to be a rock and roll star rather than a plawright, and he experimented with the inclusion of live music in his plays. This production of Cowboy Mouth features live music performed by Jesus Was a Sullivan Band following each performance. On July 17 and 18, musician Irene Jones will perform prior to curtain.
Friday, July 10, 7 pm to 11 pm
Adam Andrews, Ron Buechele, Katie Clancy, and Aunia Kahn have created an exhibition of art inspired by Cowboy Mouth. This exhibit opens prior to the play, on Friday, July 10, 2009, with a free opening reception from 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. The exhibit continues through July 28, 2009.
Cowboy Mouth is a semi autobiographical, one act play written by Sam Shepard. One of his lesser known plays, Cowboy Mouth owes its genesis to an affair between Shepard and rock star Patti Smith. Shepard left his wife and small son to take up residence in Manhattan's Chelsea Hotel with Smith. Shepard and Smith co-wrote the original roles of Slim and Cavale and were to play the roles in a production scheduled at The American Place Theatre in 1971. Shepard fled following a preview performance, deserting Patti Smith in life and in art, to return to his wife and child. The play never opened.
The characters are complex, intense, and at times, disturbing. Sarah Jones plays Cavale, the Patti Smith character, who is obsessed with death and frequently flips into periods of bizarre fantasy. The Sam Shepard character, Slim, struggles with the meaning of art and the role of the artist. Slim, played by John Joern, is unable to move, yet is at complete unrest. Jimmy Griffin plays Lobster Man, a phantom of the couple's paranoia.
The play was written at the time when Shepard wanted to be a rock and roll star rather than a plawright, and he experimented with the inclusion of live music in his plays. This production of Cowboy Mouth features live music performed by Jesus Was a Sullivan Band following each performance. On July 17 and 18, musician Irene Jones will perform prior to curtain.
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