1001

SEASON 2008

By Jason Grote
Directed by Michael Michetti

Wandering through a deserted New York City subway tunnel in a hallucinogenic daze, urbanite Alan emerges from the dark to encounter a one-eyed Middle-Eastern merchant in ancient Baghdad…So goes this hilarious and heartbreaking retelling of The Tales of the Thousand and One Nights which spins stories of love, sex, religion and war– some things never go out of style.

cast

Monkia Jolly
Perry Lambert
Amol Shah
John Sloan
Sam Younis

production team

Scenic Design – Michael Michetti
Costume Design – E.B. Brooks
Lighting Design – Jeremy Pivnick
Sound Design/Original Music – John Ballinger
Properties Design – Lena Garcia
Choreography – John Pennington
Dialect Coach – Tracy Winters
Assistant Director – Dan Selon
Casting – Michael Donovan, CSA
Key Art – Christopher Kamuro
Production Stage Manager – Rebecca Cohn
Publicist – Aldrich & Associates
Production Photographer – Ed Krieger

“The richness and diversity of the material in this production makes one wish for a few spin-offs. However, 1001 Nights Stands alone like an exotic dish with many mysterious and spicy ingredients proudly fending off its contenders on a conventional buffet.” – CurtainUp

“Entertaining…witty…playfully fantastical.” – Variety

“This whirlwind of time and place has much resonance.” – Backstage West

“Fascinating…ambitious and risk-taking.” – LA Times

“Visually stunning…impeccable performances.” – Edge LA

“It’s amazing to watch, and gives the impression that more than one viewing might be necessary to pick up all the little details within this remarkable construction.” – Pasadena Star

“A wonderful cast of six play dozens of characters in director Michael Michetti’s finely tuned “orientalist” production of 1001…[a] work of epic beauty.” – LA Weekly

“Michetti astutely guides us through our journey with dead-on timing, subtly shifting us between mundane everyday life, epic and dangerous incidents and the surreal situations of folk and fairy tales…A beautiful story building on myth, legend and history. Michetti and his talented ensemble work magic with the material.” – Pasadena Weekly