Wallpaper Psalm by Ruth E. Margraff

Directed by Jason Neulander
Music by Golden Arm Trio

WINNER! 2001 ACT AWARD "BEST DIRECTION OF NEW OPERA"

- CAST (in order of appearance) -

ROBERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Dietz
HER SISTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharon Elmore
CHAUCIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phyllis Slattery
THE PERPETRATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Meissner

- PRODUCTION STAFF -

Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Strickland
Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendra Blair
Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leilah Stewart
Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Duecker
Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Adams
Hair and Makeup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regina Del Pico
Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T.J. Martin
Composers and Orchestra . . . . Graham Reynolds and Chris Black
Graphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . Derek A. Rosenstrauch, TSP!, Inc.
Publicity Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Bork Hamilton

"I can't totally explain it, but I like it. ... 'Wallpaper Psalm' appeals as an intense, visceral and dark homage to the human spirit and the fantasies and memories that sustain us through our fears and loneliness." – Jamie Smith-Cantera, Austin American-Statesman, March 26, 2001

"Between them, Ruth Margraff and director Jason Neulander produce a psalm, a hymn sung in challenging style ... Golden Arm Trio rock ... This Salvage Vanguard Theater experiment works many times over." – Rob Curran, The Austin Chronicle, March 30, 2001

Wallpaper Psalm was originally produced by Salvage Vanguard Theater in 1996,
Jason Neulander, Artistic Director, and was directed by the author

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"Chaucia, very small, crosses archetectural facade."		"I am stuck in the throat of this building."

"A THROBBING, DRIPPING SUITCASE COMES OUT OF THE SISTER."

"I'm taking you to the hospital."

"You stole everything I ever invaded and gave it to that bitch of a sister."

(photos by Sarah Bork Hamilton)