The other performances of Rinde Eckert in the Archa Theatre
Rinde Eckert / Paul Dresher Ensemble: Slow Fire
June 19, 1995
Music: Paul Dresher
Script: Rinde Eckert
Direction: Richard E. T. White
Production: Robin Kirk
Guitar, keyboard, electronic instruments: Paul Dresher
Sing and performance: Rinde Eckert
Drums: Gene Reffkin
Sound Design: Jay Cloidt
Lighting Design: Larry Neff
Production: Melissa Weaver
Chef of technicians: Justin Hersh
Technical assistant: David Mc Cullough
Technical services and consultation: Delphi
Assistant of production: Roxanne Merryfield
An ironic view to the American dream. The common man Bob in captivity of psychos and consume barely finds memories and fragment of his thoughts. Music of Paul Dresher is composed of many layers and leans again toward a unique channel electric system. The first part of Slow Fire was created in 1985 for the festival New Music America and was then presented at the Minnesota Opera and New York Philharmony. The second part was created for the American Music Theatre Festival in Philadelphia the following year. In its completed version, Slow Fire premiered in the Theatre Artaud in San Francisco in 1988.
"Eckert is a loner-eccentric, with touches of Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett and Tom Waits."
The New York Times