O.K. - THE MUSICAL
'O.K. – The Musical' is an evolving community theatre musical based around the history and lore of Kinderhook, a small, somewhat obscure town in upstate New York. Written and directed by artist and musician Christopher Kline, the musical is oriented around the propagation of the word 'O.K.' and its associations with Old Kinderhook. Taking place across two venues, this project consisted of an evolving exhibition and a large-scale musical performance with a cast of 30 actors and an 11 piece small orchestra.
For '(Pre-Production)' the two-room project space of insitu was transformed into the front- and back-stage of a community theatre replete with stage, balcony, woodshop, dressing room, prop-storage, and make-up table. The space was activated daily with set- and costume-making, rehearsals, children’s workshops, and presentations on the history of Kinderhook.
On the last day of the exhibition the results were packed up and moved to KW Institute for Contemporary Art for the performance '(Dress Rehearsals)', a 30-minute romp through Kinderhook’s last 400 years.
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15 Jan – 26 Feb 2015
insitu Berlin and KW Institute for Contemporary Art
ARTISTS
Christopher Kline
70 people took part in creating this work of 'community theatre as community theatre'
Art Direction overseen by Leanne MacKay
Music Direction overseen by Elisabeth Wood
CURATOR
insitu collective (Marie Graftieaux, Nora Mayr, Lauren Reid)
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