Truth and Beauty
About the Production
Truth and Beauty (originally American Gothic) is a multi-media exploration of the American psyche in an advertising, marketing and gun obsessed age. The piece incorporates live and recorded video and slide projections and is performed inside of a three sided Plexiglas box. It incorporates interviews with gun owners, advertising content and a subplot about an alienated youth on his way to becoming a homegrown terrorist. Since its premiere, Truth and Beauty has been independently produced in New York, California, Massachusetts and Nevada.
Production Team And Cast
Conceived by
Ping Chong
Written by
Ping Chong, in collaboration with Michae Rohd and Jeff Randall
Directed by
Ping Chong
Lighting and Set Design
Elizabeth Kendall
Costume Design
Lindsay Pape
Sound Design
Erin Burns
Stage Manager
Elizabeth Kendall
Cast
Michael Rohd, Jeff Randall
Performance History
Workshop
The Ko Festival, Amherst, MA (October 1998)
Premiere
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, School of the Arts and Theatre Arts, Blacksburg, VA (September 1999)
Partners
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, School of the Arts
