RANT
2018
Role: Performer, Creator
Written by Lisa Channer
Red Eye Theatre Minneapolis and Z Space San Francisco
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Lisa Channer
Dan Dukich
Eric Larson
Daniel Rovinsky
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Sound — Dan Dukich
(“Gotta Get Out From the Table” written by Daniel and Dan)Media design — Eric Larson
Lighting design — Jacob Lee Hofer
Dramaturgy — Rye Gentleman and David Channer
Directorial Midwifery — Joel Sass, Sam Johns, Carra Martinez
Robot wranglers — Sean Lynch, Tori Breen
Robot advisors — Sasha Andreev, Justin Spooner
Research assistance — Kyra Taylor
Crew/light board — Ethan Lizotte
Marketing specialist — Tamara Ober
Graphic design — Joanna Harmon
Production Photos by Laurie Wurnos.
Workshop photos by Lisa Channer and Charles Campbell.
RANT is a performance portrait of a most unusual father performed by a daughter, her son, 2 synthesizers, 3 projectors and 6 robots.
RANT A performance by Lisa Channer about her unique father who for 50 years has hosted the interview series “Conversations”, the longest running show on Manhattan Public Access Television. RANT maps the territories of parenting, embarrassment, genius, failure and the outsourcing of love to machines. RANT is for anyone with an unconventional parent and the people who love them. RANT is for everyone. RANT was developed through several workshop periods thanks to support from Skewed Visions, Fresh Oysters Performance Research, Theatre Novi Most, Tofte Lake Artist Retreat, Intermedia Arts / Catalyst Arts, Jerome Foundation, Fury Factory Festival of Performance San Francisco, MN Arts Board Artists Initiative Grant.