Robert Quillen Camp
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Chekhov LizardbrainPig Iron, 2007-2010
WRITER
An amalgam of Russian tragicomedy and contemporary brain science in which a lonely, mildly-autistic botanist conjures up a parade of unsettling and comic recollections in an attempt to shape his fractured memories into a comforting fiction.
WRITER
An amalgam of Russian tragicomedy and contemporary brain science in which a lonely, mildly-autistic botanist conjures up a parade of unsettling and comic recollections in an attempt to shape his fractured memories into a comforting fiction.
text by Robert Quillen Camp
directed by Dan Rothenberg
lighting by James Clotfelter
sets by Anna Kiraly
sound by Nick Kourtides
costumes by Olivera Gajic
with James Sugg, Geoff Sobelle, Quinn Bauriedel, and Dito van Reigersberg
OBIE Award, 2009
New York Times 10 Best of 2008
Press
“Peculiar, hypnotic, and unexpectedly moving... [a] wonderful production... [that] glimmers with a quirky fascination.” - The New York Times Full Review
“As with Chekhov, the things we understand from it hang in the atmosphere, articulated but unspoken, engulfing the characters. The result is a kind of exhilarating despair: Everything in life is hopelessly weird, including the act of building a theater piece; we build on our awareness of that.” - Village Voice Full Review
“ Successfully experimenting with style and substance while retaining heart, Lizardbrain leaves one wandering out of the theater feeling transformed.” - ZYZZYVA Full Review
“Dressed in white long undergarments, top hats, and strap on moustaches (wonderfully assembled by costumer Olivera Gajic), [the performers] ping-pong Robert Quillen Camp's text off each other with a sharpness and grace akin to the Marx Brothers.” - NY Theatre.com Full Review
“Hilarious and brilliant... Chekhov Lizardbrain is an astounding piece of theatre.” - Broadway World Full Review
“One of my all-time greatest viewing experiences. I don’t say this often, but you really must see it right away” - Curtain Up Full Review