Re: Tesla theatrical play in TX

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Original poster: "Dr.Resonance by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>


Paul's play was called "The Last of the Dinosaurs" and was a very serious
study of the Tesla's life.  It had a lot of neat skits and centered around
"resonance".  I could contact him --- I think he put it all on video.

Dr. Resonance



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 > Original poster: "Dr.Resonance by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Paul Kraniak, a playwright in Milwaukee, WI, and Exec. Director of
Discovery
 > World Museum, did a similar play about Tesla.  I believe it was called
"The
 > Last of the Geniuses" or something similar.  I saw it about 12 years ago
and
 > it was terrific.  It ended with the Tesla actor screaming, "More Power
 > Czito!" and closed out with a spectacular display of Tesla fireworks.
 >
 > Dr. Resonance
 >
 >
 >
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 > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:39 PM
 > Subject: Tesla theatrical play in TX
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Chris Brick by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <cbrick-at-rebelbase-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Some friends in Austin, TX mentioned they are going to this:
 >  >
 >  > Rude Mechanicals is proud to bring back REQUIEM FOR TESLA - a
 >  > semi-biographical, sci-fi homage to Nikola Tesla, a genius inventor who
 >  > loved pigeons, hated spherical objects and was undoubtedly one of the
 >  > most fascinating and controversial figures of all time. REQUIEM FOR
 >  > TESLA is an ecstatic and evocative tribute to the man who gave us
 >  > alternating current and dreamed of spaceships in a time when even
 >  > electricity was dangerous magic. Teslaâ?Ts impassioned efforts to
improve
 >  > the quality of life for humankind left him straddling a line between
 >  > genius and insanity. Rude Mechsâ?T high-voltage stage-collage honoring
the
 >  > genius/madman fuses period electronics, frenetic subconscious
 >  > hallucinations, and a demonic Mark Twain. Death rays,music by The
Golden
 >  > Arm Trio and a spine-tingling Tesla coil all combust in this sci-fi
 >  > electromagnetic polyphase dynamo play.
 >  >
 >  > http://www.rudemechs-dot-com/
 >  >
 >  > I thought I'd post it in case there are others in the area that would
 >  > like to go.
 >  >
 >  > Cheers,
 >  >
 >  > Chris
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >