Concrete Folk Variations
Written, Directed and Designed by Susan Simpson
Live Musical Score by Eric Potter
Puppetry by Dan Rae Wilson, Moira MacDonald, Zachary Schwartz, Jonathon Williams
Voices by Hilario Saavedra, Mark Simon, Kendra Ware, Anne Yatco
Video Design: Dustin Neiderman
MAY 2-11, 2014
Automata

When a prominent society maven and philanthropist who secretly slums at lesbian dives is murdered, L.A.P.D. beat cop, Loretta Salt, turns reluctant investigator and steps into an infested swamp of corruption, brutality and subterfuge.

A soulful, gripping noir, Concrete Folk Variations is told through Simpson's intricately crafted puppets, projections and a minimalist mid-century Los Angles cityscape. This cultural excavation of the moment just before the rise of the modern gay movement unearths secret codes, clandestine homosexual societies, flamboyant transgressions and soul crushing silence. Concrete Folk Variations is a hypnotic tale of the formidable times.

*** For those familiar with Concrete Folk from past iterations you might like to know that this performance will contain all three episodes collected into one evening.****