The Mercy Seat: Overview

The poster for The Mercy Seat, designed by Chris Hislop. Neil Labute’s The Mercy Seat was the first play I directed and the first Lebenskuenstler production that took place off university campus: an important mile-stone. Both actors (Neil Chinneck and Sarah-Jayne Butler) were excellent performers I had worked with before, and they brought this powerful … Continue reading →

The Mercy Seat: Music

My sound design for The Mercy Seat combined city noise, 9/11 footage and Scott Walker’s more mad warblings on his recent albums to create a complex and detailed soundscape I could fade in and out live during beat and scene changes. Below is a sample of that. Continue reading →