Chapters And Verses

John Carrafa, Richard Colton, Anthony Ferro, Raymond Kurshals, France Mayotte, Tom Rawe, Sara Rudner, Christine Uchida, Shelley Washington, Jennifer Way, William Whitener, Rose Marie Wright

I. The Hard Circus
Way, Uchida, Colton, Ferro, Mayotte, Carrafa, Rudner

II. Parts From The Boy’s Education

A. Calisthenics
Rawe, Kurshals, Ferro, Whitener, Mayotte

B. Fire
Wright, Rawe, Way, Washington, Uchida, Kurshals, Colton, Ferro, Whitener, Mayotte,Carrafa

C. Mickey Mouse
Uchida, Kurshals, Ferro, Whitener, Mayotte

III. Street From The Night Before
Rudner, Wright, Rawe, Way, Washington, Uchida, Kurshals, Colton, Ferro, Whitener, Mayotte, Carrafa

Chapters And Verses is based on theatrical forms developed by the Federal Theatre Project during The Great Depression. Utilizing text, props and dance, the piece is a portrait of a group of teenagers growing up in a post-Vietnam, Walt Disney America. Chapters And Verses premiered after the filming of Hair (1979) was completed and is the precursor to Tharp’s Broadway production, When We Were Very Young (1980).

From original program: “Three sections extracted from a larger piece, these dances could be considered in the same manner as short stories released before a completed novel. Work on this piece was begun during a company residency sponsored by Boston University in the summer of 1978. The production and recording of “Us Together” by John Simon was made possible by a grant from the David Merrick Arts Foundation.”