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HOUND DOG at Ars Nova


  • Greenwich House 27 Barrow Street New York, NY, 10014 United States (map)

In Melis Aker’s world premiere play HOUND DOG, a young musician returns from abroad to her hometown of Ankara, Turkey to look after her widowed father. Forced to reckon with the family and community she left behind, an investigation into her grieving parent’s strange pilgrimage to Graceland unravels into a sonic mirage of memory packed with humor, nostalgia and the love we cultivate across generations. Directed by Machel Ross with music by Aker and the Lazours, this cross-cultural jam-session-meets-play explores the winding path towards forgiveness and belonging. 

A co-production with PlayCo

AVI AMON (Music Direction & Sound Design, Music Production, and Co-Orchestration)
FRANK J. OLIVA (Set Design)
QWEEN JEAN (Costume Design)
TUÇE YASAK (Lighting Design)

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Earlier Event: September 14
The Banality of Evil at THE TANK
Later Event: December 9
Playmaking! at the 52nd St. Project