At first, we were thinking about one thingliving with chronic pain and mental illness, and how that affects the ability to cultivate pleasure and joy. The blessed news comes with some worry; they've suffered a miscarriage once before and had complications with the birth of their son. Louie, their blond-ringleted toddler, is a year and a half old, and Ms. Bengson throws up her hands at the challenge of not swearing in front of him. Their first rehearsal turned into their first date, and three weeks later, they were married! Stay informed with one email every other weekright to your inbox. A Childhood Eden Seared by Violence. By The Bengsons A La Jolla Playhouse Commission. Its conversational, sometimes it seems like a music video or a dance party, sometimes it seems like youre going for a walk with us, Shaun said. Kauffman's staging makes full use of Z Space's cavernous performance space at Project Artaud, with the band and the world retreating behind a slowly lowering warehouse door. So it was no surprise when Arena Stage reached out to the Bengsons to take part in the theaters three part-commissioned music series, Arena Riffs. Set to Music? The concert's creative team also includes assistant director Keenan Tyler Oliphant, lighting designer Alejandro Fajardo, projection designer Jeff Sugg, scenic and costume designer DOTS, associate projection designer Simon Harding, producer Wendy vanden Heuvel, and executive producers Kendra Bator and Tom Casserly. By February 3, 2022, By Created by Abigail and Shaun Bengson (Hundred Days), the series is inspired by interviews with people whose lives have been impacted by abortion.In this work, the Bengsons queried, can we have an empathetic conversation about . October 12, 2020. Tickets are now on sale forManhattan Theatre Clubs New York premiere ofWhere the Mountain Meets the Sea, written by AUDELCO Award nomineeJeff Augustin(The New Englanders, The Morning Show) and directed by Princess Grace Award winnerJoshua Kahan Brody,with music byThe Bengsons(Hundred Days,The Lucky Ones). Im like, here I am, sending tapes to them, 20 years later.. That was 13 years ago, and today, the dynamic duo composes and performs together around the world. | The Broadway revival, on hold due to the pandemic, will now begin previews March 9, 2022. Shaun said that the material they had been working on all got scrapped once the protests started they started to re-approach the entire project. The stage and screen favorite stars in and directs an adaptation of T.S. Now, they invite the public to participate in a hybrid congregation., In our new work, the idea is that loss is the mechanism by which God comes close, says Abigail Bengson.