GHOST QUARTET
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2016• New York Theatre Workshop, 2017
By Dave Malloy
In addition to Edinburgh and NYTW, GHOST QUARTET enjoyed runs at the following theaters between 2014 and 2018:
SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP, 2018
AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, DALLAS, 2016
THE CURRAN THEATER, SAN FRANCISCO, 2015
OBERON AT AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER, 2015
MT. TREMPER ARTS, 2015
THE MCKITTRICK HOTEL 2015
THE BUSHWICK STARR, 2014
Credits
Music, Lyrics, and Text by Dave Malloy
Developed and Arranged by Ghost Quartet
Ghost Quartet is Brent Arnold, Brittain Ashford, Gelsey Bell + Dave Malloy
Production + Lighting Design Christopher Bowser
Sound Design Dave Malloy
Dramaturgy James Harrison Monaco
Assistant Direction Ambrym Smith
“Critic’s Pick...Rapturous…directed with unobtrusive cunning by Annie Tippe…Ghost Quartet slyly addresses the questions of why we want to believe in ghosts and feel the need to keep talking about them. And I promise you, you will believe by the evening’s end. The ways in which the last number attests to this creed is one of the most ingenious and affecting finales I’ve come across in years”
“4 Stars...Listening to [Dave Malloy’s] brand of emo-pop regret laced with cosmic hope, it’s like you’re watching a spectacular sunrise after a night of whiskey and lame flirting…the material coheres on a rich, intuitive level. This is an experiment in mood and evanescence...”
“Annie Tippe’s staging seems simple, but is actually ingenious.”
“Director Annie Tippe keeps the stories flowing with a stylish grace and an ease of movement that is so unpretentious you may find yourself eager to take up a percussion instrument if it’s offered, or tilt a glass of whiskey (or cider) poured for everyone as the ensemble sings a tune about four different kinds of the liquor.”
“Malloy and director Annie Tippe slyly showcase the artistry without ever creating a conscious separation between the show and the audience.”
“I would be remiss in not giving a special shout-out to director Annie Tippe and designer Christopher Bowser...And the decisions of when and how to bring the audience into the music itself create a sense of community and leave us in the closing with a tear-producing sense of connection to what we have heard and have helped ourselves effect.”
Developed with support from The Ground Floor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA, and The Bushwick Starr
Photography for Photos 1-4 by Pat Mazzera (The Curran, SF 2015)
Photography for Photos 5-13 by Ryan Jensen (The Bushwick Starr, 2014)
Photography for Photos 14-18 by Matthew Pokoik (Mt. Tremper Arts, 2015)