Interview: Shawn Sides on Dionysus in 69 [theater]

Courtesy Austinist  Fri, 12/04/2009 - 5:00pm

hand1.JPG Like every other aspect of American culture, theater was radicalized in the late 60's.

Music had Dylan, Hendrix, the MC5, and more. Film had Nicholson and Hopper. Theatre had The Performance Group, and its signature piece, Dionysus in 69 , directed by Richard Schechner .

While a true permanent record of theatrical work never really exists—the nature of the medium is fleeting—Dionysus in 69 endured better than most, thanks to a film documentary that told...


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