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Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, REDCAT presents the US Premiere of Peter Sellars' new production For An End to the Judgment of God/Kissing God Goodbye

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Los Angeles, CA - World-renowned director Peter Sellars stages his own translation of Antonin Artaud's For An End to the Judgment of God--the controversial writer's hallucinogenic, searing and prophetic final text--and couples it with poet June Jordan's epic Kissing God Goodbye, in this powerful and politically potent production.

Acclaimed Los Angeles performer John Malpede portrays a high-level Pentagon official, delivering Artaud's text as a video-enhanced press briefing on the progress of the government's war on terrorism. The courageous response in a woman's voice is Jordan's profound poem, described by Sellars as "opening a path forward with passion and clarity and love into a different 21st century." Originally created for the 2002 Vienna Festival, the production represents a rare Los Angeles presentation of a work by the internationally praised director in the city he calls home.

REDCAT is located in downtown Los Angeles at the corner of W. 2nd St. and S. Hope St., inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex. Performances will be October 21st-24th, Thursday - Sunday, at 8:30pm. Ticket prices range $44-20. Seating is general admission. Tickets may be purchased at the REDCAT box office - located at the corner of 2nd and Hope streets, by calling 213.237.2800 or by clicking here.

California Institute of the Arts, CalArts, the first U.S. higher educational institution to integrate the visual and performing arts under one roof, is recognized as the nation's leading laboratory for the arts. Housing six schools-Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music and Theater--CalArts embraces creative cross-pollination among diverse art forms and traditions, and strongly encourages each artist to pursue his or her vision within a broad context of social and cultural understanding.

Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, REDCAT, is an interdisciplinary arts center that introduces diverse audiences, students and artists to the most influential developments in the performing, visual and media arts from around the world, and gives artists and future artists in this region the production opportunities and creative support they need to achieve national and international stature.

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