![]() Director Rene Migliaccio said in a statement that he hoped the company would create a theatrical language - as the ancient Greeks did - via "a whole-body approach, utilizing the hands, arms, legs and masks, in conjunction with the spoken word, to reflect the story's mood, emotions and character."Ĭertainly, there's much for the cast to emote, since The Bakkhai tells of Dionysus trying to establish power in Thebes by luring women to a mountaintop bacchanal. The Bakkhai, an expressionistic and stylized piece with masks, an all female chorus and techno-fusion music. Otherwise, according to a Shirley Herz office spokesperson, the show's scheduled run came off without a hitch. 18, also became its first night, since the company couldn't get into its theatre during the week. 11, the show's official opening night, Sept. 14, but owing to the World Trade Center terrorist attack of Sept. Previews for the show were to have begun Sept. Kinski, son of late actor Klaus Kinski, has two roles in the production. In sly reference to its best-known cast-member, Nikolai Kinski, Off-Off-Broadway's Black Moon Theatre Company has been offering its version of The Bacchae, titled " The Bakkhai," at the HERE space, Sept. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nikolai Kinski and Paula Salomon in The Bakkhai. ![]()
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