BUXTEHUDE: research, music, and a new play
USC playwright Oliver Mayer presents a new play about German Baroque composer Dieterich Buxtehude.
Here are scenes from the table read in progress, February 2024.
Photos: Yareni Cruz/ Leuzinger High School Multimedia Careers Academy
CAST LIST
BUXTEHUDE: Arye Gross
ANNA MARGARETHE: Janellen Steininger
ANYA: Mehrnaz Mohammadi
JS: Michael Khachanov
DIOGENES: Andy Robinson
SHIEFERDECKER: Jacob Surovsky
SINGER: Andrea Zomorodian
Pomona College assistant professor Malachai Bandy lectured on Dieterich Buxtehude’s life and three musical works featured in Oliver Mayer’s new play. Prof. Bandy’s ongoing historical research on Buxtehude was recently published by Cambridge University Press.
