Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. LeCompte, Elizabeth
2. Clayburgh, Jim
3. Kobland, Ken
4. Webster, Jeff
5. Valk, Kate
6. Smith, Peyton
7. Rower, Ann, 1938-
8. Stumm, Michael
9. Frisch, Norman
10. Vawter, Ron
11. Buscemi, Steve, 1957-
12. Hansell, Matthew
13. Kirby, Michael, 1931-1997
14. Kohler, Anna
15. Reilly, Nancy
16. Sacker, Elion
17. Fitzgerald, Kit
18. Wooster Group, producer.
19. Wooster Group. L.S.D. (. . . Just the High Points . . .)

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (87 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. LSD (Just the high points)
2. Road to immortality, part two: L.S.D. (. . . Just the High Points . . .)

Subject

1. Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996 > Drama
2. Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996 > Drug use
3. Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005
4. LSD (Drug) > Drama
5. Trials (Witchcraft) > Massachusetts > Salem > Drama
6. Witchcraft > Massachusetts > Salem > Drama
7. Experimental theater > New York (State) > New York
8. Theater > New York (State) > New York
9. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 2634

Note

1. No credits on tape. Production information gathered from program.
2. L.S.D. (. . . Just the High Points . . .) is the second section of a Wooster Group trilogy of plays collectively titled The road to immortality. A videorecording of the third part of the trilogy, Frank Dell's The temptation of St. Anthony, is available on NCOV 1625.
3. In addition to material pertaining to Dr. Timothy Leary and his experimentation with L.S.D., this production also uses excerpts from writings by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsburg, Alan Watts, William S. Burroughs, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Miller, and others.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Designed by Jim Clayburgh ; film and video, Ken Kobland ; technical director, Jeff Webster ; costumes, Kate Valk and Peyton Smith ; additional text, Ann Rower ; band director, Michael Stumm ; dramaturg, Norman Frisch.

Performer (note)

1. Ron Vawter, Steve Buscemi, Jim Clayburgh, Norman Frisch, Matthew Hansell, Michael Kirby, Anna Köhler, Nancy Reilly, Elion Sacker, Peyton Smith, Michael Stumm, Kate Valk, Jeff Webster.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by The Wooster Group at the Performing Garage, New York, N.Y., 1984.

Biography (note)

1. In November of 1984, playwright Arthur Miller threatened to file a lawsuit against the Wooster Group for using a portion of his play The crucible in this performance piece. Rather than delete the segment, the Wooster Group chose to close the production.

Title

1. L.S.D. (. . . Just the High Points . . .) [videorecording] / The Wooster Group presents ; composed by the Wooster Group ; directed by Elizabeth LeCompte ; [video director] Kit Fitzgerald.

Imprint

1. New York, 1984.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Designed by Jim Clayburgh ; film and video, Ken Kobland ; technical director, Jeff Webster ; costumes, Kate Valk and Peyton Smith ; additional text, Ann Rower ; band director, Michael Stumm ; dramaturg, Norman Frisch.

Cast

1. Ron Vawter, Steve Buscemi, Jim Clayburgh, Norman Frisch, Matthew Hansell, Michael Kirby, Anna Köhler, Nancy Reilly, Elion Sacker, Peyton Smith, Michael Stumm, Kate Valk, Jeff Webster.

Event

1. Videotaped by The Wooster Group at the Performing Garage, New York, N.Y., 1984.

Biography

1. In November of 1984, playwright Arthur Miller threatened to file a lawsuit against the Wooster Group for using a portion of his play The crucible in this performance piece. Rather than delete the segment, the Wooster Group chose to close the production.

Local note

1. Gift of Gregory F. Mehrten.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. LeCompte, Elizabeth, director.
2. Clayburgh, Jim, set designer.
3. Kobland, Ken, video designer.
4. Webster, Jeff, production personnel.
5. Valk, Kate, costume designer.
6. Smith, Peyton, costume designer.
7. Rower, Ann, 1938-
8. Stumm, Michael, musician.
9. Frisch, Norman, dramaturg.
10. Vawter, Ron, actor.
11. Buscemi, Steve, 1957- actor.
12. Clayburgh, Jim, actor.
13. Frisch, Norman, actor.
14. Hansell, Matthew, actor.
15. Kirby, Michael, 1931-1997, actor.
16. Kohler, Anna, actor.
17. Reilly, Nancy, actor.
18. Sacker, Elion, actor.
19. Smith, Peyton, actor.
20. Stumm, Michael, actor.
21. Valk, Kate, actor.
22. Webster, Jeff, actor.
23. Fitzgerald, Kit, videographer.
24. Wooster Group, producer.
25. Wooster Group. L.S.D. (. . . Just the High Points . . .)
26. Mehrten, Greg, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOV 2634