Vonnegut on Stage
Edward Einhorn who recently produced the Havel Festival is back with a new musical version of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle. Edward begins the episode with a short synopsis of this well known book. Why turn it into a musical, one may ask. Edward explains that as he began writing his adaptation he felt the calypso in the text cried out for it to be musicalized on stage. According to Edward, the book could only be done justice as a musical and as a live stage production.
Produced by Edward’s theatre company, Untitled Theater Company #61, artistic director Henry Akona joins in creating this piece — Edward wrote the book and lyrics, Henry, the music. In addition, he also directed. To bring it to life on the stage they have created a church (of sorts) in which to house it and a choir to make it sing. Listen closely as Edward describes how and why they envisioned this.
The play runs in repetory with two other productions which Edward tells us a bit about and then talks about the excitement in store next for the company.
Cat’s Cradle begins performances on February 22 at Walkerspace. Edward is usually around for his productions, so when you attend the show look for him and say hi.
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