Photo: Lars Jan

Photo: Lars Jan

The White Album

Staging of the Joan Didion essay focusing on the late 1960s by Director Lars Jan. The essay is performed in its entirety by Obie winning actress Mia Barron.

Two audiences experience different viewpoints of this performance, one large outer proscenium style, the other smaller and immersed on the stage.

Premiered at the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts in October 2018.

Performed at the Wexner Center for the Arts in November of 2018.

Performed as part of the BAM Next Wave Festival in November 2018.

Performed at the Freud Playhouse as a presentation of CAP UCLA in April 2019.

Performed at the Roslyn Packer Theater in Sydney, Australia as a part of SYDFEST2020

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Producing Company: Los Angeles Performance Practice, Early Morning Opera

Title: Production Stage Manager.

Production:

  • Director: Lars Jan

  • Producer: Los Angeles Performance Practice (Miranda Wright)

  • Production Manager: Sarah Peterson

  • Scenic Design: P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S Design Studio

  • Fabrication: StereoBot

  • Technical Director: Michaelangelo DeSerio

  • Lighting Design: Chu-hsuan Chang, Andrew Schneider

  • Costume Design: Kate Fry

  • Sound Design: Jonathan Snipes

  • Sound Mixer: Duncan Woodbury

  • Dramaturge: David Bruin

  • Company Manager: Marisa Blankier

  • Choreographer: Stephanie Zaletel

  • SFX Designer: Steve Tolin

  • Exhibit Designer: Shannon Scrofano

  • Assistant Director: Maddie Barasch

Performers:

  • Original Cast:

  • Joan Didion: Mia Barron

  • Maddie Barasch

  • Stephanie Regina

  • Andrew Schneider

  • Micaela Taylor

  • Sharon Udoh

  • UCLA

  • Brittany Engel- Adams (for Micaela)

  • Sydney

  • Brittany Engel-Adams

  • Brad Culver (for Andrew)