Theater and opera director Dustin Wills (NYC), in collaboration with Kate Tarker and Daniel Schlosberg, will create a physiological tour of the trauma experienced by Mary Todd Lincoln following her husband’s assassination in Ford’s Theater. Set to music influenced by Charles Ives and Civil War harmonies, AWFUL EVENT! contends with wounds of the 19th Century and the present day: gun violence, a sensationalist press, a nation bitterly divided, and the double-bind of women in politics.
Princess Grace Foundation-USA Works-in-Progress Resident Artist
Dustin Wills
Dustin Wills is a New York City-based theater & opera director originally from Texas. Recent projects include Die Zauberflöte with Yale Opera at the Shubert Theatre, Frontieres Sans Frontieres at the Bushwick Starr, Orange Julius with Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre & PAGE 73, and ongoing work on a trio of short Lorca plays translated into a three-part musical evening.