HOW SHOULD WE LISTEN?
Well, here is our hope for this little experience, which is not really a play, nor a musical, nor a podcast:
Can you turn off all your lights and light a fire? Or a candle? And bundle up?
Are there woods nearby? Can you go for a walk in them?
Can you go for a drive at twilight? At night? Or just as the sun rises?
We hope you can take an hour away from your to-do list, your inbox, your zoom meeting.
We hope you might get into the natural world without, or create a dark room to conjure the natural world within.
Do you have water nearby? Do you need a comfy pillow? Is the car temperature just right?
Good. Now, LISTEN.
(Ultimately, we can’t control what you do while you listen. We have listened to many plays while washing the dishes, surfing Twitter, folding the laundry, etc.)
CAST
Paige Tautz (The Chrononaut)
is an award-winning actor and creator based in Los Angeles. She’s won two Santa Barbara Indy awards, and served artist residences with Salvage Vanguard Theatre Austin and The Ground Floor @ Berkeley Rep. She performs & co-creates new plays that tour the US (Brooklyn Yard, CoHo Portland, Fort Collins Fringe, Frontera Fest Austin, Crossroads Denver), most recently OH, THANK YOU premiering in Southern California in September 2021. Paige is a seven-year member of Lit Moon Theatre Co., and an original member of the international multilingual theatre collective ACT 929 with whom she's performed all over the world. She’s currently co-creating & starring in an episodic pilot called, Friends with Fear, a dramedy about women striving to live life in the deep end through boogie boarding. She sings and plays keyboard in an experimental gal band called, Sheanderthal. paigetautz.com
Christopher Montalvo (Chuck)
is a Rio Grande Valley native and a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. He recently wrapped up shooting his first short film “Hard” directed by Christian Jacob Ramon. Prior to that Chris performed for two and a half years aboard several Carnival cruise ships in and around the Caribbean. Chris is thankful for the opportunity to create art during the pandemic, and hopeful for the opportunities that lie ahead in 2021.
Lilly Lane Stafford (Amelia)
is so excited to be a part of The Changelings! Past productions include Patsy Cline in A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Jo March in Little Women and Paulette in Legally Blonde. Lilly attended UT Austin where she majored in musical theatre. She is a Dallas/Brooklyn transplant and works as a writer and performer. Huge thanks to Hannah, Michael, Megan, and the whole team for such a thought-provoking and innovative, virtual experience.
Lea Donenberg (The Bird)
is a Senior at The University of Texas at Austin studying Theater, Communications, and Business. She has a background in both acting and singing and originally hails from Chicago, Illinois. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include "Kim" in Land of Opportunity (Cohen New Works Festival, 2019), and “Ilse” in Spring Awakening, for which she was nominated a B. Iden Payne Award. Lea is thrilled to be creating art during this time, and is thankful for everyone eager to participate in the experience.
BAND
Henna Chou (Keyboards)
is a resident of Austin, Tx. She has traveled the world over the 2 past decades as a Geographic Information Systems Analyst and musician. Chou has contributed sound for community theater in Austin, Tx and has performed as an instrumentalist in a number of local and touring ensembles. http://aux-aux.org/
Jordan Good (Guitars)
is composer, sound designer and rocker based in west Michigan. He has produced original compositions and soundscapes for award-winning Austin theater companies Salvage Vanguard and Paper Chairs. For years he has written and produced music for the popular comedy outlet Lowcarbcomedy.com. In normal times he played guitar in sweaty live bands including Austin's Cheap Wave and Caleb de Casper.
Jeffrey Olson (Drums)
is a percussionist and composer from Austin, TX. He studied with Tejano legend Ernie Durawa (Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornados) as a teenager and went on to complete a BM in Jazz Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. As a session/touring drummer he has worked with White Denim, Balmorhea, Tito & Tarantula, Harlem, Capyac, Emily Wolfe, and many others. He also co-leads the free-jazz combo Olson/St. Clair, arranges & produces with the art-psych band Food Group, and as of 2020 records studio-quality drums from his dining room.
Mike St. Clair (Bass)
has developed a reputation as a composer/songwriter, sideman and studio musician in genres ranging from Indie folk to Rock ‘n’ Roll, Orchestral Pop to Jazz Fusion. Hailing from Austin, TX St.Clair has toured extensively throughout the US and internationally with bands including White Denim, Okkervil River, The Polyphonic Spree, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Ian Moore and his own project Pocket Sounds. Pocket Sounds was chosen in 2019 to participate in Project ATX6 and recently played Jai Thep Fest, Thailand and Indie Week, Canada. Their music was prominently featured in the film High and Outside. Mike’s playing has been heard on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show w Jay Leno, Conan, Jimmie Kimmel Live, Showtime’s Weeds, the Mike Mills film Thumbsucker, The Polyphonic Spree’s albums "Fragile Army" and "Yes It's True," Okkervil River’s "Silver Gymnasium" and "Golden Opportunities 2 E.P.," and White Denim’s “Performance” and “Side Effects.” Mike has performed at the Hollywood Bowl opening for Brian Wilson and at music festivals and legendary venues all across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the U.S.
Audio mixing and mastering by Andy Stoltz and Michael Zapruder.