Over the next couple of years, Double Edge Theatre will catalog and organize the audio, papers, videos, and photographs of four decades as an ensemble. Our Farm Center located in Ashfield, MA is the house of our living archive. This archive project is made possible by support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
For an questions and/or further inquires about our archives, please write archive@doubleedgeatheatre.org or call us at (413) 628-0277
Table of Contents
The Beginning of Double Edge Theatre (1982) & the Women’s Cycle (1982 – 1985)
The Song Trilogy (1985 – 2000)
The Garden of Intimacy and Desire (2001 – 2008) & the beginnings of Summer Spectacles
The Chagall Cycle (2009 – 2015)
The Latin American Cycle (2015 – 2018)
Ashfield Town Spectacle and Culture Fair & We The People (2017 – 2018)
The Surrealist Cycle (2017 – 2019)
Outdoor Spectacles (2019 – 2021) during the challenging times of COVID-19
RITES: A celebration of Double Edge Theatre’s 40 Years (2022 – Present)
The Garden of Intimacy and Desire (2001 – 2008)
& the beginnings of Summer Spectacles
The Garden of Intimacy and Desire (2002-2008), a cycle exploring distinctive visions of magic realism in Jewish and Hispanic culture, was created by Klein with Carlos Uriona and Matthew Glassman. The Cycle was presented with shared meals and offerings. Conversations, a series of discussions, was developed by Stacy Klein and Philip Arnoult around important topics such as Art and Place, Bold Women and Fresh Faces. The origins of Conversations were set in Boston in 1993 to propose to the theatre community an anti-competitive approach to culture and continued at The Farm in 1997 with a discussion of Cold War collaboration between US and Central Europe. By the end of the Garden Cycle, DE bought a new property (2007) for resident artists and students to be able to live long-term.
2002 – present: The Summer Spectacle which drew an audience of 40 persons to three outdoor settings in its beginning, now draws an audience of thousands who attend for six weeks throughout the entire Farm. This special event has defined the Living Culture of DE and the town of Ashfield, which, over the course of these creative years together, have become a community.
The Garden of Intimacy and Desire Performances
Relentless (2001–2003)
the UnPOSSESSED (2004), based on Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Republic of Dreams: under the Sign of the Crocodile (2006), inspired by the life and artwork of Bruno Schulz
The Disappearance (2008), from the story by Ilan Stavans
Summer Spectacles from 2001 – 2008
The Saragossa Manuscripts, by Jan Potoki (2001)
the UnPOSSESSED (2003)
The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov (2004)
A Visit to the Republic of Dreams, based on the writings and art of Bruno Schulz (2005)
The Three Musketeers, by Alexander Dumas (2006)
Magician of Avalon, based on the legends of Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table (2007)
The Illustrious Return of Quixote, based on new chapters and adventures from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (2008)
Selected Video from The Garden of Intimacy and Desire and Summer Spectacles from 2001 – 2008
