DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHT THE LIGHTS
 

DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS 

Synopses

​The thought-provoking "operetta" of American modernist writer Gertrude Stein, presents us with the theme "Faust" – the man who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the invention of the electric light. Written in the period in which it deployed the public electric lighting, the text presents us with the "electric light" as a metaphor of knowledge and technology in the contemporary world. This light becomes an attribute of Mephisto, because technology is being disputed and create an arena to the power dispute.

Production credits
 

CREDITS
DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS
Author – Gertrude Stein. Direction and Lighting – Lenerson Polonini. Cast – Ricardo Gelli, Marçal Costa, Rosa Freitas, Camila dos Anjos, Jocarla Gomes, Mauro Grillo, Jean Mahoto, Priscila Menucci, Juliana França, Thaíse Nardim e Taila Lis. Special Appearance in Video – Paulo César Pereio. Costumes and Make-Up – Carina Casuscelli. Sound Track – Wilson Sukorski. Translation – Fábio Fonseca de Melo. Video Scenarios – Cristian Cancino e Zzui Ferreira. Photos – Acauã Fonseca.

SEASONS AND PERFORMANCES

Theater of the Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade:  April-May, 2009
Sesc Tijuca (RJ) – as part of the event “The Planet Hour”: March 2010
Cacilda Becker Theater (SP): July 2011

"Costume at the Turn of the Century: 1990–2015”  at Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, in Moscow (Russia): June 2015

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