S D A (Árpád Schilling and The Imaginists): Recent Episodes
The Imaginists
A chronicle of the making of Someone Dies Again, an investigation aimed at gun violence in the US, conceived and directed by Árpád Schilling in collaboration with the Imaginists. Produced and edited by Robert Avila and Stephen K. Patterson. http://www.theimaginists.org.
Wherein Árpád Schilling, now well into rehearsals at the Imaginists’ storefront theater in Santa Rosa, reunites via internet with Hungarian theater critic Tamás Jaszay, an expert on the work of the director and his famed (now defunct) ensemble company Krétakör. As recounted by Brent and Amy in Episode 1, Tamás is also an instigating agent in the S D A Project, stemming from his fateful visit to The Imaginists’ theater in March of 2014. In this conversation, Tamás asks Árpád for an update on the progress so far, and wants to learn what has been most surprising and significant for him as he works for the first time with an American team of theater makers toward an American premiere in May.
Wherein Amy and Brent sit in their theater space ruminating on the imminent arrival of Árpád Schilling. After years of delays due to everything from bureaucratic wormholes to a global pandemic, it’s finally happening: the acclaimed Hungarian theater director is making his way to Santa Rosa to collaborate on a new play. It’s been a long time coming. How did we get here exactly?