Julian Evans

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Brooklyn, NY 11237

443.621.2245

sound for screen & stage

julianlevans@gmail.com

sound for screen and stage

443.621.2245

Julian Evans

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Kurt Vonnegut's "Mother Night"

What if there were multiple futures and you could see them all at once? Such is the basis of In the Summer Pavilion, a theatrical production in which three recent Princeton grads drop acid and are repeatedly hurtled forward in time to see multiple selves and futures. In keeping with a central theme of the play, the randomness and ever-changing nature of the future, I chose to use a great deal of generative music, which unfolds randomly over time, unable to predict what sound comes next. In the Summer Pavilion opened October 18th 2012, at the 59e59 Theater in Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”

59E59 THEATER B

CUSTOM MADE THEATRE COMPANY

A tale of duplicitous spies, bumbling white supremacists, and an anti-hero that served "evil too well and good too secretly." In true Vonnegut fashion, Mother Night pieces together the story of Howard W. Campbell, an American-born Nazi propagandist and double agent, and expertly fills in the jigsaw puzzle of a life that mirrors the great events of the last century, and ones we are living with today.

This piece required a collection of classical themes, as well as ample sound effects design, and several instances that required score and sound effects to be used concurrently in a musical fashion.

https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/kurt-vonneguts-mother-night/

”Original musical music by Julian Evans… is haunting, changing effectively with the sudden twists.” - Elizabeth Ahlfors, CurtainUp

”Composer Julian Evans’ original music suitably accompanies the actions and scene transitions while his sound design renders it and the effects with skill.” - Darryl Reilly, TheaterScene.net

Review: Marina Kennedy, BroadwayWorld