Sawdust Palace (2007)

Choreography Susan Marshall in collaboration with the Company
World Premiere Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
New York Premiere Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
Lighting Design Mark Stanley
Scenic Design Susan Zeeman Rogers
Costume Design Kasia Walicka Maimone
Sound Design Jane Shaw
Stage Manager Betsy Ayer
Dancers Kristen Hollinsworth, Luke Miller, Petra van Noort, Joseph Poulson, Darrin Wright

Sawdust Palace is both a period piece put through the mill of Marshall's dance sensibility, and an embrace of the cabaret form. Sometimes a dance is just a dance and a cigar is just a cigar. Although, in this evening a cigar is never just a cigar—and a tea cup isn't just a tea cup, either.

The 20 acts “ranging from live piano numbers to chicken-plucking, gave us both the superficial glamour of vaudeville showgirls and the emotional subtext apparent in her best work for the stage.” —Dance Magazine

Sawdust Palace was jointly commissioned by the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland.