“I no longer write scores,” John Cage wrote in 1959 to critic Peter Yates, “but only pieces that can be performed in any order. I intend to transfer this method to the theater as well. Naturally, every performance is unique, although no part is improvised. Each person simply does what they have to do and connects with everyone else, without anyone planning or controlling it.”
Director FX Mayr and Residenztheater actors embrace this principle of chance, using it as a guide through John Cage’s extensive correspondence.
The reading accompanies the exhibition “Five Friends: John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly.”
Included in museum admission
On Wednesday, May 21, at 8:00 PM, the Marstall Salon once again invites you to this staged reading.