Jim Findlay: Electric Lucifer
Archived Event
No Longer Showing.
The Kitchen presents the world premiere of Electric Lucifer, an electronic rock opera about suffering and redemption based on the 1970s concept albums of the late Canadian electronic music pioneer Bruce Haack. Having dreamed of creating a live show based on Haack’s work since he first encountered the recordings in the 1990s, Findlay brings together a stellar team of performers and designers to bring you a dizzying, outlandish, and satisfying wild religious fantasia.
Electric Lucifer is created and directed by Jim Findlay, with music and lyrics by Bruce Haack, musical adaptation and additional original music by Philip White, choreography by Raja Feather Kelly, set and video design by Jeff Sugg and Findlay, lighting design by Masha Tsimring, costume design by Enver Chakartash and Carter Kidd, sound design by Philip White, and dramaturgy by Ian Belton.
The cast features Okwui Okpokwasili as The Electric Lucifer, Robert M. Johanson as Jesus, Brendan Connelly as the Archangel Gabriel, and Seth Braley, Nikki Calonge, Jake Denney, Amy Gernux, and Cyrus Moshrefi as Lucifer’s “Silverheads.” The band includes Connolly, Shayna Dunkelman, Nathan Koci, and Lester St. Louis.
January 9–13, 8pm
Tickets $25 General / $20 Members
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This presentation of Electric Lucifer is made possible with support from Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, and The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; and in part by public funds from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Electric Lucifer is a Creative Capital project. It is funded in part by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, PS122 and the Nancy Quinn Fund. Electric Lucifer was developed in residencies at Mount Tremper Arts, MacDowell Colony, and the Collapsable Hole. Produced by Collapsable Giraffe and Joel Bassin.
Photo: © Paula Court
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