IMMINENCE
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Written by Paul Zimet
Electronic music by Peter Gordon, Acoustic music by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Nic Ularu
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: Kiki Smith
Video by Kit Fitzgerald
2008:La MaMa ETC
PARTY TIME
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written and directed by Paul Zimet
Composed by Peter Gordon, video by Kit Fitzgerald
Sets: Lino Fiorito
Lights: Leonore Doxsee
Costumes: Kasia Maimone
2007: La MaMa ETC,NYC
2005: Napoli Scena Internationale Festival
1996: Performance Space 122, NYC
THE NECKLACE
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Written by Lisa D'Amour, Ellen Maddow,
Lizzie Olesker, Paul Zimet
Direction: Anne Kauffman,Melissa Kievman
Music: Composed by Peter Gordon
Sets: Anna Kiraly
Lights: Mark Barton
Costumes: Olivera Gajic
Choreography: Johanna Meyer
2006: Ohio Theatre
DELICIOUS RIVERS
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Written by Ellen Maddow
Composed by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Nic Ularu
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: Kiki Smith
Choreography: Karinne Keithley
Animations by Anna Kiraly
2006:La Mama ETC
2006: Smith College
BELIZE
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Written by Paul Zimet
Composed by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Nic Ularu
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: Kiki Smith
Choreography: Stefa Zawerucha
Sound Design: Tim Schellenbaum Additional Music: "Blue" Gene Tyranny
2005: La Mama ETC
THE PARROT
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Written by Paul Zimet
Composed by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Keyboards: "Blue" Gene Tyranny (and Chris Haynes at Smith College)
Sets: Nic Ularu (Stephanie Smith at Smith College)
Lights: Lenore Doxsee (Nan Zhang at Smith College)
Costumes: Kiki Smith
Choreography: Karinne Keithley ( and Monica Bill Barnes at Smith College)
Puppets and Props:Ralph Lee
February, 2004: The Flea Theatre, NYC
April, 2004: Smith College
PAINTED SNAKE IN A PAINTED CHAIR
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Written and Composed by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Nic Ularu
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: Kiki Smith
Choreography: Karinne Keithley
Musical Arrangements:
2003: La MaMa, ETC.
2004: SIBIU International Theatre Festival and The National theatre of Bucharest in Romania
STAR MESSENGERS
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Written by Paul Zimet
Composed by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Nick Ularu
Lights: Carol Mullins(2001), Jean Kahler(2000)
Costumes: Kiki Smith
Choreography: Karinne Keithley
Music Direction: Simi Wolf (2001), Neal Kirkwood (2000)
2001: La Mama, ETC.
2000: Theatre 14, Smith College (Northampton, Mass.)
BITTERROOT
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written by Paul Zimet
composed by Peter Gordon
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Christine Jones
Lights: Lenore Doxsee
Costumes: Kiki Smith
Choreography: Karinne Keithley
Music Direction: Allison Sniffen and
2005: Residency at Stanford University High School Summer College (performances and workshops)
2001: La Mama, ETC.
BAD WOMEN
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conceived and directed by Tina Shepard, written by Sidney Goldfarb
Design: Lenore Doxsee
2000: Women's Interart
TILT
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written and composed by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Will Pomerantz
Sets: Christine Jones
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: Mattie Ulrich
1999: La Mama, ETC.
BLACK MILK QUARTET
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libretto by Paul Zimet, music by Dan Froot, Gina Leishman, Ellen Maddow, and Harry Mann
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Christine Jones
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: Dawn Weisberg and Clint Ramos
1998: La Mama, ETC.
2000: Ohio Theatre
ABANDONED WORKS
based on works by Samuel Beckett
Direction: Jack Wetherall
Sets: Lenore Doxsee
Lights: Julie Seitel
Costumes: Lenore Doxsee
Sound: Mimi Epstein
HOME ENTERTAINMENT
by Ellen Maddow and Diane Brown
Direction: Rocky Bornstein
Music: Ellen Maddow
Sets: Lino Fiorito
Costumes: Kasia Maimone
Video: Diane Brown
1997: Site-Specific
BETTY SUFFER'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY
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by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Brian Jucha
Music: Ellen Maddow
Sets: Janie Geiser
Lights: Rorna Flowers
Costumes: Kasia Maimone
1995: La MaMa, ETC, (NYC)
LILAC AND FLAG
adapted by Paul Zimet from the novel by John Berger
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Ellen Maddow and Harry Mann
Sets: Theodora Skipitares
Lights: Arthur Roach
Costumes: Aaron J. Elmore & Debora Stovern
1994: Perseverance Theater (Juneau, AK), Theater for the New City (NYC)
THE BLUE SKY IS A CURSE
by Ellen Maddow and Paul Zimet
Direction: Brian Jucha and Paul Zimet
Music: Ellen Maddow
Sets: Tony Carruthers
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: David Zinn
1993: Theater for the New City
EMPTY BOXES
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bv William Badgett
Direction: Kent Alexander
Music: Harry Mann
Lights: Leonore Doxee
1992: Downtown Art Co., 1993: Touchtone Theater (Bethlehem, PA)
A PERFECT LIFE
by Paul Zimet
Direction: Roger Babb
Music: Harry Mann
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: E.G. Widutski
Video: David Dawkins
1992: La Mama ETC (NYC). Pontine Mime Theater (Portsmouth, NH). Bennington College (VT): Old Pioneer Church (Fish's Eddy, NY)
FERN AND ROSE
by Ellen Maddow and Rocky Bornstein
Direction: Paul Zimet
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: E.G. Widulski
Choreography: Rocky Bornstein
Text and Music: Ellen Maddow
1992: LaMama ETC (NYC). Pontine Mime Theater (Portsmouth, NH). Bennington College (VT): Old Pioneer Church (Fish's Eddy , NY), Austin Arts Center (Hartford, CT)
FATA MORGANA
by Paul Zimet
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Ellen Maddow and Harry Mann
Sets: Debbie Lee Cohen
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: E.G. Widulski
1991: Theater for the New City (NYC)
A PAGE OF TALMUD
by Danny Horowitz (trans. from the Hebrew by Michael Posnick)
Direction: Paul Zimet and Michael Posnick
Music: Harry Mann and Ellen Maddow
Lights: Leonore Doxee
1990: 92nd St. Y (NYC)
1991: Conference of Alternate Jewish Education at Hofstra U. (NY)
1994: JESNA Conference (NYC)
DOPPLEBETTY
by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Ellen Maddow
Lights: Carol Mullins
Choreography: Anne Hammel
Sets and Instruments: Janie Geiser
1990: Home for Contemporary Arts (NYC)
FAKE BOOK
by Harry Mann and Jim Neu
Direction and Text: Jim Neu
Music: Harry Mann
Lights: Carol Mullins
Choreography: Anne Hammel
1990: Home for Contemporary Arts (NYC)
MUSIC RESCUE SERVICE
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by Sidney Goldfarb
Direction: Roger Babb
Music: Ellen Maddow
Sets: Michael Fajan
Lights: Beverly Emmons
Costumes: Gabriel Berry
1990: Theater for the New City (NYC)
KRAPP'S LAST TAPE
by Samuel Beckett
Direction: Alan Mokler
Costumes: Gabriel Berry
Design: Kyle Chepulis
1989: A site-specific co-production with En Garde Arts, on the Brooklyn waterfront.
SOMETHING DANGEROUS: THE BEST OF BETTY SUFFER
by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Ellen Maddow
Sets: Janie Geiser
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: Gabriel Berry
Choreography: Anne Hammel
1989: La Mama, ETC (NYC)
THE POETRY OF PABLO NERUDA
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Ellen Maddow and Harry Mann
1989: State University of New York (Purchase), 1990: Colgate College, Hobart College (NY)
1993:INTAR (NYC)
NEW CITIES
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by Paul Zimet
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Arden Fingerhut
Lights: Arden Fingerhut
Costumes: Gabriel Berry
Choreography: Rocky Bornstein
1989: Williams College (MA): La Mama, ETC (NYC), 1990: Kovcheg Theater (Moscow), Teatro La Batuta
(Santiago), 1992: Ogdensberg Correctional Facility (NY)
MALADY OF DEATH
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by Marguerite Duras, translated by Barbara Bray
Direction: Richard Armstrong
Sets: Janie Geiser
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: Gabriel Berry
1989: Theater for the New City (NYC). 1990 International Women in Theater Festival (Boston)
BETTY BLENDS THE BLUES
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by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Janie Geiser
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: Gabriel Berry
Choreography: Anne Hammel
1989: Theater for the New City (NYC), Three Arrows (Peekskill.NY)
NO PLAYS NO POETRY...
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Direction: Anne Bogart
Music: Harry Mann and Neal Kirkwood
Sets: Sarah Edkins
Lights: Carol Mullins
Costumes: Gabriel Berry
Text: Bertolt Brecht's theoretical writings
1988: A co-production with Otrabanda Company and Via Theater at the Ohio Theater (NYC).
Williams College (MA) . 1989 Trinity Repertory Company (Rl)
THE THREE LIVES OF LUCIE CABROL
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adapted for the stage by Paul Zimet from the novella by John Berger
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Ellen Maddow and Harry Mann
Sets: Janie Geiser
Lights: Arden Fingerhut and Linda Essig
1987: Theater for the New City (NYC), Art Awareness (Lexington, NY)
BETTY AND THE BLENDERS
by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Ellen Maddow
Sets: Chris Barraca
Lights: Arden Fingerhut, Linda Essig
1987: La Mama (NYC). International Women in Theater Festival (Boston),The Music Gallery (Toronto), First Street Theater (lthaca,NY), Rome Art Center (Rome, NY)
LIFE SIMULATOR
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by Paul Zimet
Direction: Roger Babb
Music: Harry Mann
Sets: Chris Barraca
Lights: Arden Fingerhut
1987: La Mama (NYC), The Music Gallery (Toronto), First Street Theater (tthaca, NY), Rome Art Center(Rome, NY)
FURIES
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from the Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus, adapted by Robert Lowell
French version adapted by Agnes Dumuchel
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Ellen Maddow, Harry Mann, Jonathan Hart
Sets: Jun Maeda
Associate Direction: Richard Armstrong
1986: Theater at Cathedral of St. John the Divine, (NYC): Princeton University, (NJ)
1985: Theatre Remain Rolland (Paris). Theatre Grammont (Montpeltier).
BIG MOUTH
by Sidney Goldfarb
Direction: Tina Shepard
Music: Ellen Maddow, Harry Mann
Sets: Mary Frank
Lights: Beverly Emmons
Costumes: Sally Lesser
1985: LaMama(NYC).
HOLDING PATTERNS
an evening of three short pieces
Sets: Jun Maeda
Lights: Blu
"Bedroom Suite", written and performed by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Ellen Maddow
"Daily Drill", written and performed by Paul Zimet
Direction: Roger Babb
"Home Remedies", written and performed by Tina Shepard
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Harry Mann
1985: Festival of Maleragues (France). BACA (Brooklyn, NY). Cooper Union (NYC).
1984: La Mama (NYC). River Arts Repertory (Woodstock, NY). Art Awareness (Lexington, NY)
Interarts '86 (Palenville, NY): Williams College (MA)
HOT LUNCH APOSTLES
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by Sidney Goldfarb
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Sybilte Hayn, Ellen Maddow, Harry Mann
Sets: Marjorie Bradley Kellogg
Lights: Blu
Costumes: David Carl Robinson
1983,1984: La Mama (NYC)
TRISTAN & ISOLT
by Sidney Goldfarb
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Harry Mann
Sets: Martin Bernstein
Lights: Arden Fingerhut
Costumes: Mary Brecht
1982: La Mama (NYC). The Roundhouse (London)
GIOCONDA & SI-YA-U
by Nazirn Hikmet
Direction: Paul Zimet
Lights: Arden Fingerhut
Costumes: Mary Brecht
Music Direction: Sybilte Hayn and Ellen Maddow
Shadow Puppets and Screens: Julie Taymor
1982: DTW (NYO). SUNY (Stonybrook). La Mama . American Center (Paris). Teatro Nacional (Caracas)
SOFT TARGETS
by Ben Maddow and Paul Zimet
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Jun Maeda
Lights: Alien Edetman
Costumes: Timothy Buckley
Masks and Projections: Kate Schmidt
1983: P.A.N.D. Caravan (Albany, Syracuse, NY)
1981: LaMama(NYC)
PEDRO PARAMO
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Adapted by Sidney Goldfarb and Paul Zimet from Juan Rulfo's novel
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: Alice Eve Cohen, Sybilte Hayn, Ellen Maddow, Harry Mann
Sets: Jun Maeda
Lights: Btu
Costumes: David Carl Robinson
1984: LaMama(NYC)
1979: Theater for the New City (NYC).
WORKSONG
by Mark Kaminsky, Paul Zimet, and The Company
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: The Company and Elizabeth Swados
Sets: Jeremy Lebensohn
Lights: Beverly Emmons
Costumes: Mary Brecht
1982: Copenhagen Festival: The Roundhouse (London). Hip Pocket Theater (Pt. Worth)
1981: The Gathering (MN). Zacatecas Festival (Mexico)
1980: York University (Toronto). Symphony Space (NYC). HAI (NYC)
1979: New Jersey State College: Princeton University (NJ)
1978: Theater for the New City (NYC). Cambridge Ensemble (MA). Princeton University (NJ).
JASA Center (NYC). New Theater Festival (Baltimore). Naropa Institute
1977: Open Space (NYC).
THE KALEVALA
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adapted from the Finnish epic by Paul Zimet
Direction: Paul Zimet
Music: The Company and Elizabeth Swados
Lights: Charles Stanley
Costumes: DianeSimmons
1979: New Theater Festival (Baltimore)
1978: Delaware Valley Finnish Americans. Naropa institute. Theater for the New City
1977: Theater Genesis (NYC): JASA Center (NYC): Rheinbeck Theater Festival (NY). Bard
College (NY). Princeton University (NJ). Finnish Aid Society. Naropa Institute.
1976: 93 Mercer (NYC). Fort Worth Art Museum. Skidmore College
1975: University of Vermont
THE PARROT
written by Paul Zimet
composed by Ellen Maddow
Direction: Paul Zimet
Sets: Nic Ularu
Lights: Lenore Doxsee
Costumes: Kiki Smith
Choreography: Karinne Keithley
puppets and props:Ralph Lee
2004: The Flea Theatre, NYC
2004: Smith College
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