Made possible by: Ammodo, SNS Reaal, The New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater Project, The City of Los Angeles, The MAP Fund , The Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA
A special thanks to: Hans Ceelen, Maria Heiden, Rick Gobée, Matijs Jansen, Dick Molenaar, Ro Theater, Firma Woord&Daad, Paul Kortman, Désirée van Hoek, Productiehuis Rotterdam, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Barbara Hooijmeijer, Peak Audio BV, Relight Productions BV, Henk Zoeteman
Hospital tells the healthy life story of American John Malpede. For years there is nothing wrong. But as John gets older and his health becomes more precarious, he becomes entangled in a medical Kafkaesque doomsday scenario.
While the liberalization of health care is in full swing in the Netherlands, the United States seems to be showing the opposite trend with Obamacare. But where does the future of our health care system lie?
Wunderbaum joins forces with the actors of the Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD). They live or work in Skid Row, down town LA: the refuge for homeless people and (ex-)addicts for whom the American dream has degenerated into a true nightmare.
By and with
- Walter Bart
- Henriette Brouwers
- Wine Dierickx
- Walter Fears
- Linda Harris
- Kevin Michael Key
- John Malpede
- Maartje Remmers
- Marleen Scholten
Dramaturgy
- Tobias Kokkelmans
Music
- Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli
- Florentijn Boddendijk
- Remco de Jong
Text
- Wunderbaum
- LAPD
- Marcel Lenssen
Video design
- Alina Skrzeszewska
Set and lightdesign
- Maarten van Otterdijk
Production manager
- Ina Oenema
Production coordinator
- Carry Hendriks
Producers
- Wunderbaum
- LAPD
Co-producer
- Walker Arts Centre
- Rotterdamse Schouwburg
in cooperation with
- REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/Calarts Theater)
Photography
- Susan Campbell (campagne image)
- Steve Gunther (scenes)
Past dates
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January 2014
18
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Dartmouth (US) -
January 2014
17
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Dartmouth (US) -
January 2014
11
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis (US) -
January 2014
10
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis (US) -
January 2014
09
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis (US) -
November 2013
17
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
November 2013
16
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2013
29
RedCat
Los Angeles (US) -
September 2013
28
RedCat
Los Angeles (US) -
September 2013
27
RedCat
Los Angeles (US) -
September 2013
25
RedCat
Los Angeles (US) -
September 2013
24
RedCat
Los Angeles (US) -
August 2013
26
RedCat
Los Angeles (US)
“Filled with politically pointed anachronisms and playful metatheatrical asides, Hospital succeeds in personalizing the despairing intractability of universal healthcare.”
LA Weekly
“In sharpest focus, the Netherlands ‘Wunderbaum’ and Los Angeles Poverty Department isolate a loneliness inherent in Western Culture’s focus on individualism, self-reliance and self-importance.”
Thomas Hampton review
Current projects
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The Dogshit Attack -
ALFA -
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