Bob (1997-2002)

Conceived and Directed by: Anne Bogart
Created and Performed by: Will Bond
Text: Jocelyn Clarke
Soundscape: Darron L. West
Scenic Design: Neil Patel
Lighting Design: Mimi Jordan Sherin
Costume Design: James Schuette
Movement Consultant: Barney O'Hanlon
Company Stage Manager: Megan Wanlass
Assistant Director: Andrew Kranis

Bob was commissioned by the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University.

Special Thanks to Theater Archa, Prague, Czech Republic.

Directors Note:

All the words in our production of Bob were spoken at one time or another by the internationally renowned theater director Robert Wilson. With the help of my assistant Kara Manning, I collected Xerox copies of hundreds of interviews and recorded conversations conducted with Mr. Wilson over the course of his 30-year career. I copied what I felt were the most fascinating and provocative excerpts and handed them over to Irish writer, critic, and dramaturge Jocelyn Clarke, who arranged the words into the present script.

Bob is not meant to be a realistic portrait of Robert Wilson the man, rather a dip into an engaging perspective about family, art, and American culture.

-- Anne Bogart