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THE LUCIDITY SUITCASE INTERCONTINENTAL

The LUCIDITY SUITCASE Intercontinental is a theater creation team uses 'rough' media, documentary footage, transformational scenography, improvisation and research to create theaterical epics and windows into not-often seen worlds.

17 BORDER CROSSINGS
click here to go to 17 Border Crossings microsite
a new work about real adventures of international border crossings woven into a dramatic examination of imaginary lines, arbitrary passports and curious customs. 17 Border Crossings explores a world opened up by the fall of the Berlin Wall on 11/9/89 and sealed off by the events of 9/11/01. A seasoned world traveler and wildly inventive artist, Phillips embarks on new territory by stripping the stage bare to create a deceptively simple stage voyage that takes audiences to the frontiers of Bosnia, Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Bali, Czech Republic, Israel, Jordan and Mexico.


WHaLE OPTICS
A new work about Whales, Fiber Optic Cables and the Ocean. Designed & Directed by Thaddeus Phillips for the 2011 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival
Showings at Live Arts LAB, Monday, April 18 & Saturday, April 23.

REVIEWS:
"If you can only see one show, see this"
- PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE

"Thaddeus Phillips, the creative force behind Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental, has done it again. Combining wry charm with noble passion with goofy humor with beautiful images"
- PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

"a delicious sense of lonely rumination and calm"
- CITY PAPER

"The totally remarkable, multi-taskforce cast includes Brian Osborne, Makoto Hirano, Lee Ann Etzold, James Ijames, and Emily Letts. The whizzes who aided Phillips and company include: Juan Gabriel Turbay (original score), Drew Billiau (lighting), Spencer Sheridan (video) Kevin Francis (sound). . . . this latest adventure is not to be missed"
-CURTAIN UP

"Whale Optics is a beautiful representation of modern experimental theatre. It ebbs and flows, crafts careful parallels between dialog and story, masterfully integrates technical elements, and allows a clever cast a real chance to shine. It embraces its flaws, science, Carl Sagan, music, technology, whales, comedy, tragedy, and life, as almost none of us know it."
-KEY PULP

" wildly entertaining production . . .A must-see for this year’s Live Arts"
-STAGE


Watch LSI performance clips here.

The creation and programming of this website is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a program developed and funded by The Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation