“… a dark, voluptuous and grimly funny piece of musical theater that spans centuries with grace and scorching intelligence. With Cloidt’s composition – which deftly encompasses 14th century hymns, pulsing electronica, and jubilant gospel – Moody has created a moving, modern-day exploration of the human condition.”
(SF Weekly)
“… her performance is riveting, suffused wth aching poetry …”
(SF Bay Guardian)
MinMax has released the original soundtrack recording of the music theatre work
D’Arc: woman on fire, from writer/performer
Amanda Moody and composer/performer
Jay Cloidt.
With performances by
Joan Jeanrenaud
Elaine Kreston
Danielle DeGruttola
Jon Herbst
& Will Bernard
Weaving the threads of the Dark Ages with our own dark times, D’Arc, depicts a present-day intercession by Saint Joan of Arc in the life of Joanne, a contemporary American mother whose daughter vanished while working abroad in a war-torn region. Years have gone by, with no word of the girl, and Joanne – an agoraphobic – monomanaically persists in tracking her whereabouts from her small apartment. An answered prayer, St. Joan intrudes into Joanne’s tightly circumscribed world in a series of bizarre visions, many of them revealed through song. Challenged to listen to the call of her own life, Joanne slowly comes to grips with her daughters’ fate. D’Arc follows her inquiry into the costs of dreams, lived and unlived.
The original theatrical production of D’Arc was produced by Amanda Moody, Mary Alice Fry and Footloose Presents, with direction and dramaturgy by Melissa Weaver.
