BRAIN. STORM. | prospect-theater

Premiered: 12/16/20

Celebrating Beethoven's 250th Birthday!

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Prospect Theater Company's
VISION Series presents

BRAIN. STORM.

Book, music and lyrics by
JAY ALAN ZIMMERMAN

directed by DARREN LEE

featuring KEIJI ISHIGURI, DOMINIQUE SALERNO, and JAY ALAN ZIMMERMAN

Cinematography & Editing by JAIME VALLÉS

A playfully musicalized TED-style talk exploring how Beethoven’s – and composer Jay Alan Zimmerman’s – deafness affects creating music and connection with the world. This short film explores emerging technologies such as music visualizers and brain-mapping.

Music Associate MARK WEISSGLASS
Production & Projection Design LIANNE ARNOLD

Lighting Design ADAM HONORÉ

Sound Design & Audio Engineering KEVIN HEARD

Production & Project Management JOSH CAPE

Enjoy this behind-the-scenes artist Q&A on the making of BRAIN. STORM.,

hosted by musical theater writer Sara Wordsworth!

Filmed at the West End Theatre, 283 West 86th St, NYC,
in the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew.

Health and Safety Supervisor: Zoe Grabinski, M.D.

Prospect’s VISION Series is a music-theater-on-film initiative made possible with leadership project support from Leonard Majzlin, and by Somerled Arts