Lucia Roderique and Katiana Rangel play friends examining their relationship in The Power of Emotion: The Apartment (photo by Katherine Brook)
Abrons Arts Center, the Playhouse
466 Grand St. at Pitt St.
October 18-21, $20
212-598-0400
www.abronsartscenter.org
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Katherine Brook and Shonni Enelow / TELE-VIOLET conclude their trilogy exploring the relationship between performance and emotion, from the point of view of both performer and audience, with The Power of Emotion: The Apartment, continuing at Abrons Arts Center October 18-21. The series takes its name from Alexander Kluge’s 1983 experimental 1983 film Die Macht der Gefühle; the first part, The Power of Emotion: Breakfast, was an adaptation of Richard Boleslavsky’s 1933 book, Acting: The First Six Lessons, while the second part, The Power of Emotion: Actresses, used opera divas to further investigate how we watch and hear performance. The finale, written by Enelow, author of Method Acting and Its Discontents: On American Psycho-Drama, and directed by Brook, incorporates the tarot, a trial (based on an actual case in which Brook was a juror), boiling water, and Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Charlotte Mundy plays the Singer, with Katiana Rangel as Carol and Lucia Roderique as Mimi, two friends embroiled in a serious feud. The score, by Taylor Brook, Katherine’s brother, is performed live by TAK, consisting of percussionist Ellery Trafford, clarinetist Liam Kinson, violinist Marina Kifferstein, flutist Laura Cocks, and cellist Meaghan Burke; the costumes are by Diego Montoya, with set and lighting design by Josh Smith. During the matinee on October 21, parents can have their kids participate in an art workshop ($10, 3:30) in which children ages five to twelve will learn about using direct observation and their imagination to create drawings, paintings, and sculpture.