Music Collaborator for The Water Project

Golden Thread is looking for a music collaborator on The Water Project, a New Ensemble-generated Play based on a Sufi tale titled, The Day the Waters Were Changed.

We're looking for some one proficient in Middle Eastern music to collaborate with us on this project; some one who can work with voice as well as other instruments. 

The piece is rather experimental. At the same time, it will be created collaboratively. It would be great to work with a musician/composer who enjoys working with actors and other artists to create new work. 

“The Day the Waters Were Changed”
Commissioned by Golden Thread Productions
by Denmo Ibrahim in partnership with mugwumpin

 “Once upon a time Khidr, the Teacher of Moses, called upon mankind with a warning.  At a certain date, he said, all the water in the world which had not been specially hoarded would disappear.  It would then be renewed with different water, which would drive men mad.

Only one man listened to the meaning of this advice.  He collected water and went to a secure place where he stored it, and waited for the water to change its character…”

 So begins the brief, evocative fable from which mugwumpin and Golden Thread will draw for the creation of this newest piece, written by Denmo Ibrahim and directed by Christopher W. White, mugwumpin’s cofounders.  From the fable’s fertile ground we will cultivate questions ranging from the personal to cultural to environmental. 

The play will be developed by an ensemble of players who actively participate in the creation and performance of this piece, in the unique collaborative style that is visceral, mind-bending work.  The process will unfold in two phases: a development phase in which the writer and director will work with the ensemble to explore themes, images, bits of text, music, and other raw materials that will be shaped through the writing of the play; and a rehearsal/performance phase in which the draft script will be developed, prodded, and molded through active play and dialogue between the writer and ensemble.

SCHEDULE OF PROJECT

PHASE ONE : Ensemble Generated Focus:

April 1st-29th AND June 2nd-30th
Rehearsal 3x a week

PHASE TWO Rehearsal/Performance

4-5x a week
REHEARSAL Oct 27th -Nov 23rd
TECH Nov 24th-28th
PREVIEWS Nov 29th, 30th and Dec 4th, 5th
OPENING Dec 6th-21st

Please e-mail cover letter & resume to Torange@goldenthread.org