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The Faust Project: A Staged Reading with Live Music of Goethe’s Faust

Friday February 3, 2017 8pm Saturday February 4, 2017 8pm Artistic Director: Charles Haupt Executive Director: Irene Haupt “A Musical Feast,” in collaboration with the Burchfield Penney Art Center and the University at Buffalo Creative Arts Initiative, presents: The Faust Project: A Staged Reading with Live Music of Goethe’s Faust Adapted and Directed by Neil Wechsler Original Score by Nathan Heidelberger Vincent O’Neill as Mephistopheles David Oliver as Faust Kurt Guba (Multiple Roles) Josephine Hogan (Multiple Roles) Emlyn Johnson, flute Megan Kyle, oboe David Wegehaupt, saxophone Katie Weissman and Erica Snowden, cello John Smigielski, percussion Matthew Chamberlain, conductor A staged reading with live music of selected scenes from both parts of Goethe’s Faust. Director Neil Wechsler has adapted the scenes, condensing Goethe’s original work into an eighty-minute presentation. Nathan Heidelberger has composed a new chamber score, playing off the rich history of Faust-inspired music. The scenes encompass the entire arc of Goethe’s masterpiece to capture the pitfalls, triumphs, and ambiguities of human striving.