A Hangdog Theater production

At the Ontological Theater at St. Mark's Church, New York City

August 20 – 26, 1995

Written by RICHARD FOREMAN

Directed and scored by ROBERT CUCUZZA

Choreographed by JOHANNA S. MEYER, MIKE RUBENS and ROBERT CUCUZZA

With

ANNA KOHLER as Agatha

D.J. MENDEL as X

JAMES URBANIAK as Nervous Man

and The Ensemble:

DAVID COTE

JENNIFER KRASINSKI

LEO MARKS

THOMAS PASLEY

SUSIE SOKOL

TORY VAZQUEZ

JENNIFER WOODWARD

DAVID CALLAHAN

Set Designer: MEROPE VACHLIOTI

Lighting Designer: ALLEN HAHN

Costume Designer: ANITA YAVICH

Assistant Director: SALLY EBERHARDT

Stage Manager: JULIE ANDERSON

Technical Director: DEBORAH GORDON

Employing an unproduced screenplay by Richard Foreman, Unconscious Motives... takes the idea of the fascination with filming to it's surreal height. Capitalizing on the frantic jump-cuts of filmmaking, we are thrown into a whirlpool of anticipation and action, following The Wooster Group's Anna Köhler through a dizzying escapade of intrusion and underground film stardom. Dances and fights break out, bodies fall from the sky, persistent music scores the hysteria and when an earthquake hits, all hell breaks loose. Merope Vachlioti's massively oppressive set provides the backdrop for this invasive tale of paranoia and celebrity, all watched by a huge eyeball that surreptitiously looms over the world of the play...and beyond.