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<a name="biography"><h1>Biography</h1></a>
<p>Born in 1954,Gerald Thomas has spent his life partly in the United States, England, Brazil and Germany, graduating as a reader of Philosophy at the <strong>British Museum Reading Room</strong> and "officially" beginning his life in the theater at La MaMa Experimental Theater (but having received early on in life a great inspiration by watching the rehearsals of Victor Garcia's masterpiece staging of Genet's Balcony in Sao Paulo in the seventies. A year later, at the Aldwych in London, Thomas was able to become an 'intruder' in Peter Brook's rehearsals of the RSC in the Midsummer Night's Dream. Back in the US, at La MaMa, Thomas became an illustrator for the Op-Ed page of the New York Times while also conducting workshops at La MaMa, where he adapted and directed a few world premiere <strong>Samuel Beckett</strong> prose and dramatic pieces.</P>
<P>In the early eighties, Thomas began working with Beckett, the man himself, in Paris (after a lot of correspondence had been exchanged between them for almost two years), adapting new fiction by the author. Of these, the more notorious were "<strong>All Strange Away</strong>" and "<strong>That Time</strong>" staring the legendary Living Theater founder, <strong>Julian Beck</strong> in his only stage acting role outside of his own company, The Living Theater.</P>
<P>In the mid-eighties, Thomas became involved with German author <strong>Heiner M�ller</strong>, directing his works in the US and in Brazil, and began a long term - and highly questionable partnership with American composer <strong>Philip Glass</strong>.</P>
<P>In <strong>1985</strong> Thomas formed and established his <strong>Dry Opera Company</strong>, in S�o Paulo, Brazil.It has, since, performed in 15 countries with yearly returns. With the Dry Opera Company, Thomas has written and directed <strong>Eletra Com Creta, The Kafka Trilogy, Carmem Com Filtro, Mattogrosso, The Flash and Crash Days, The Trilogy of the B.E.A.S.T. and M.O.R.T.E, Nowhere Man, Os Reis do Ie Ie Ie (A Hard Day's Night), The Ventriloquist, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, Waiting for Beckett, UnGlauber, The Prince of Copacabana, The Empire of Half Truths, Deus Ex Machina, Terra em Transito (Earth in Trance), Ashes in the Freezer, A Cube of Ice in Flames</strong> and a Tribute to Beckett's 100's anniversary, <strong>Asfaltaram o Beijo</strong> (Asphalt over a kiss). The Company has performed worldwide at several prestigious venues, such as <strong>Lincoln Center</strong> in New York, Denmark's on and off off theaters, <strong>The Munich State Theater</strong>, Vienna's <strong>Wiener Festwochen</strong>, The Taormina Festival, Zagreb and so many others. Most of the productions were televised by the national networks of the respective countries (please view full list of dates and venues under "<strong>Whereabouts</strong>".)</P>
<P>In <strong>1987</strong>, Thomas directed his first opera, Wagner's "<strong>The Flying Dutchman</strong>" at Rio de Janeiro's Opera House. Brazil had never seen such an effervescent uproar. Public and critics alike were divided into profound love and hatred over Thomas' unconventional staging. Discussions over Thomas' placement of the story at the Berlin Wall occupied entire pages of newspapers and hour-long television debates, for months.The last performance was televised live to Germany and later broadcast in 5 different countries.</P>
<p>What followed was a complete turn of events in Thomas' life. Soon he completed a new work with Philip Glass, "<strong>Mattogrosso</strong>", and accepted invitations to work with international companies at several European opera and theater companies. In 1990, Thomas wrote and directed his own "<strong>Sturmspiel</strong>" for the Cuvlli�s; Theater, with the Munich State Company and premiered "<strong>Perseus and Andromeda</strong>", by Salvatore Sciarrino, at the <strong>Stuttgart State Opera</strong>. Also in 1991, Thomas wrote and directed "<strong>The Said Eyes of Karlheinz �hl</strong>" for the <strong>Pontedera Theatre</strong> Company,the home of Jerzy Grotowski in Italy, and re-staged Beckett's "<strong>Waiting for Godot</strong>" for the <strong>Munich State Theater</strong>, shortly after Sam Beckett's death.</p>
<p><strong>1994 - Gal Costa</strong>'s Show (o Sorriso do Gato de Alice) toured a great deal. <strong>Graz Opera</strong> world premiere: Beat Furrer's <strong>Narcissus</strong>, directed by Gerald Thomas.</p>
<p><strong>1995- Graz Opera</strong>: Busoni's <strong>Dr Faust</strong> and <strong>Mozart</strong>'s unfinished opera <strong>Zaide</strong> (Luciano Berio tried finishing it) opened at <strong>La Pergola</strong> in Firenze, having rehearsed in Cracaw with the European Mozart Foundation.</p>
<p>In January of <strong>1996</strong>, Thomas premiered a new work in Copenhagen, <strong>"Chief Butterknife, and the haunting spirit of his archenemy, kryptodick"</strong> with the Danish theater company Dr. Dante's Aveny. His Dry Opera Company was back in Copenhagen in September 96, premiering a new work,<strong>"Battleship Faust"</strong> and the <strong>"B.E.A.S.T. Trilogy"</strong></p>
<p><strong>The Deutsches National Theater Weimar</strong> invited Thomas to stage his rendition of the Richard Wagner opera <strong>Tristan und Isolde in 96</strong>. The same theater tried to produce a collaboration between choreographer Ismael Ivo and Thomas but this did not work out: this disaster was called: <strong>A Brief Interruption of Hell</strong>. (and so it was!)</p>
<p><strong>The Schwetzingen Festpiele</strong>, curated by Klaus Peter Kehr, together with <strong>Mannheim's Deutsches National Theater</strong> invited Thomas to direct the world premiere of Detlef Heusinger's "Babylon" (a sleeper!!!!). Although the cast was fun to work with, this incredibly pretentious composer was a brat! The production, well.........There was Andy Warhol on stage, as there was Basquiat and other painters....Oh yes, Thomas revived Warhol's version of Marilyn Monroe (in all her colors) but still the production was as dull as the FDR drive.</p>
<p><strong>1997 -"Graal, the Portrait of Faust as a Young Man</strong>", written in 1952 by the creator of concrete poetry in Brazil, <strong>HAROLDO DE CAMPO</strong>S (and many times a collaborator of Thomas and curator of the two books on Gerald's work, published by Editora Perspectiva and Jaco Guinsburg), this piece had original music composed by Michelle Dibucci - a great composer from New York City. This piece was staged with Bete Coelho in the role of FAUST and 32 graduating students from CAL (Casa de Arte das Laranjeiras). Amongst the students graduating then, are well known actors and directors who were directly integrated into the Dry Opera Company, such as Camila Morgado, Bruce Gomlewski and Ivan Sugahara. This took place at Theatro Carlos Gomes.</p>
<p><strong>1998 - Graz Opera House</strong> - Thomas directed his most ambitious project yet: Sch�nberg's opera "<strong>Moses und Aron</strong>". Thomas set the opera inside a TV studio as if it were one of these cheap talk shows like the Jerry Springer Show where the audiences manifest themselves at all times, shouting, interfering and so on. Thomas made an inventory of deconstructivism out of this unfinished opera, placing on the stage every icon of the 20th Century art scene (from Duchamp to Pollock, from Koons to Warhol and on to Helio Oiticica or Christo) onto the stage. Iconoclasty was also the big issue simply because (for very personal reasons) Thomas believes that the 20th Century had already analyzed all that it had to analyze, destroyed all that it had to destroy, and put under a very acute microscopic scrutiny every broken piece of the mosaic that there possibly was. The French semiologists have done their part. Now, as Karl Loebl put it brilliantly in his live review on the ORF channel live during the curtain call "Gerald Thomas very intelligently staged the consequences of the conflict between the two brothers and everything that can be read in between". The production was hailed as one of the best ever and Nuria Nono Schoenberg (Arnold Schoenberg's daughter) herself was there and seemed very moved by what she saw.</p>
<p><strong>1999- Bonn Opera</strong> House "RAW WAR" (title by Gerald Thomas) for an opera By Brazilian composer living in Cologne, Paulo Chagas. This fiasco was called a "techno opera" but it might as well had been called - from the beginning - a "fiasco opera". During 99, <strong>Nowhere Man</strong> also goes to <strong>Zagreb</strong> and his Tristan (Weimar production) travels to Asia.</p>
<p><strong>2000 brings about a revolution: the Dry Opera goes Unplugged.</strong><BR>
Also that year, there were many productions in different parts of the world (all listed under "<strong>Whereabouts</strong>". Gerald Thomas is the recipient of three <strong>Moliere Prizes</strong>, and eighteen other awards, and has been the subject of television documentaries for the German network NDR 3, the Brazilian network TV Cultura, USA's public network PBS and Austrian TV, ORF. There are 3 books on Thomas's work. Two of them published in Portuguese and one in Englsih. <strong>O Encenador de Si Mesmo</strong> (editora Perspectiva) <strong>Memoria e Invencao: Gerald Thomas em Cena</strong> by Silvia Fernandes (editora Perspectiva) and <strong>Flash and Crash Days</strong>, by David George (Garand Publishing Inc)
and a blog is created (and maintained daily) at <a href="http://www.uol.com.br/geraldthomas">www.uol.com.br/geraldthomas</a>.</p>
<p><strong>THE MOONING EPISODE<BR>An explanation to the 'mooning case" of Tristan and Isolde in 2003 at the Rio Opera House</strong> : Gerald Thomas directed his first TRISTAN UND ISOLDE at the Deutsches National Theater in Weimar with unprecedented success (the 2003 version -in Rio- was extremely controversial: it brought him to the Criminal Justice System because the director mooned the audience (see the New York Times press clipping of 11 November 2003 under "press"). The Weimar production had the extraordinary tenor Hans Aschenbach in the role of Tristan. The two versions of Tristan and Isolde (Weimar and Rio de Janeiro differed entirely: although both took place in an abandoned movie theater that was being developed as a permanent fashion building, the Rio version introduced a "main" or central character around whom all the singers revolved: <strong>Sigmund Freu</strong>d. And that, to the hard core Wagnerians, was...unforgivable.</p>
<p>It was in Freud's office or cabinet that the three acts took place and - therefore - the love potion became a statement of delirium against neurosis and, little by little, the master of psychoanalysis would be seen losing his job. In the last act, Dr Freud is seen being a make up artist in today's fashion industry. "Fashion kills passion". The boos were so loud and the Nazi cries from the audience so outrageous that Thomas could not help but retaliate: he took off his pants (see his frontal nude protest a few pages along from here also under "press")</p>
<p><strong>The Ventriloquist</strong> became a media phenomena: due to its <strong>cult status</strong> and increasing audience, the most important Rio daily and the Brazilian version of Time magazine ran front page articles describing the unprecedented: most theaters in Rio were running at 50% capacity and the Ventriloquist had lines forming outside from noon onwards. The show was in repertory for three years.</p>
<p>
During one and a half years, the company was stationed at SESC Copacabana and there produced 6 new plays, all written and directed by GT.
<BR><strong>Nietzche contra Wagner</strong> with extraordinary music nby Borut Krzisnik, from Slovenia
<BR><strong>Waiting for Beckett</strong> - with newly discovered actress and anchorwoman Marilia Gabriela and cast
<BR><strong>Prince of Copacabana</strong> (a version of an urban Hamlet) with TV star Reynaldo Giannechini
<BR><strong>Ventriloquist</strong>
<BR><strong>Deus Ex Machina</strong>
<BR><strong>Solos Secos</strong> (audience participation)
<BR>(and something I've chosen to forget)
</p>
<P><strong>2004 - "Anchorpectoris</strong>" subtitled the United States of the Mind will open at La MaMa on March 6th, almost 20 years to the date of the premiere of All Strange Away, the Beckett world premiere.</P>
<P><strong>2005 - "Um Circo de Rins e Figados"</strong> or, a <strong>Circus of Kidneys and Livers</strong> has simply been a phenomenal and unprecedented success in Gerald's career, critically as well as with the audience. Since it has opened, on April 30th, it has been seen by moore than 80 000 people across Brazil and Argentina. It's a political comedy written for ACTOR (with capital letters) Marco Nanini in the title role (it was written specifically for this magnificent player) and the play will made into a film.</P>
<P>
<B>2006</B><BR>
<strong>FOUR new productions opened</strong> on March 27 in Sao Paulo under one common title: Asfaltaram a Terra - The Earth has been Asphalted). - Out of the four, two continued touring throughout Brazil and <strong>Earth in Trance</strong> (can be seen on <strong>YouTube</strong>) toured internationally.
-"Brasas no Congelador" (<strong>Ashes in the Freezer</strong>) has introduced TV talk show host Sergio Groisman to the theater.<BR>
-"Um Bloco de Gelo em Chamas" (<strong>A Cube of Ice in Flames</strong>) was written for actor Luiz Damasceno and company.<BR>
-"<strong>Terra em Transito</strong>" - a solo for Fabiana Gugli (performing with a swan- Juliano Antunes) shows a diva trapped in a dressing room while she slowly goes mad and never stops feeding the animal for "foi gras" purposes....<BR>
-" <strong>Asfaltaram o Beijo</strong>" - Was written for the author, Gerald Thomas, acting for the first time and paying tribute to his master, Samuel Beckett.
</p>
<p><strong>2007</strong> - We opened <strong>Queen Liar</strong> (Rainha Mentira) at <strong>Espaco Oi Futuro</strong> on March 15 and again in August and then went on a tour of Argentina (see "PRESS" with <strong>Earth in Trance</strong> and <strong>Queen Liar</strong> in Spanish. In June there was a (kind of ) happening, event (you name it) loosely based on Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire (rebaptized by Thomas LUARTROVADO which equals Moonstruck) at SESC Pinheiros in Sao Paulo. Two performances only and broadcast by TV SESC.</p>
<p>In October of 07, GT opened a funny and joyful event at Praca Roosevelt (inside a tent) called Satyrianas in which GT handcuffed the two active theater critics of Sao Paulo, Aberto Guzik and Sergio Coelho.
</p>
<p>
In late 2008, Thomas is dedicating himself to investigating new ways of dealing with �interpretation� on the stage and continuing to revise his autobiographical fiction �Suicide Note�. He has created a new semi permanent company in Sao Paulo (sponsored by SESC Avenida Paulista named Keplao, after Johannes Kepler, the astronomer) and a lot of work is being done on this: �<strong>MARS BARS: Kepler at the Nurenberg Trials</strong>� to open sometime later in the year.
The new space in New York is doing well. Just needs time and, of course, money.
Thomas is also very enthusiastic about �<strong>H</strong>�, <strong>Hemingway, the opera</strong>, based on <strong>Strange Tribe</strong>, the book by John Hemingway and projections by Thomas Hudson (composer yet to be decided, most likely Borut Krisnik).
Also another play: �<strong>Body of the Bride, Soul of a Gown</strong>� is �under construction�.
</p>
<p><strong>For more updated details please read below.</strong> </p>
<a name="whereabouts"><h1>Whereabouts</h1></a>
<p><strong>LIST OF PLAYS AND PRODUCTIONS</strong></p>
<p><span class="ano">2012</span><br>
<span class="titulo">John Paul Jones (former bass guitarist with Led Zeppelin) and GT are developing an opera together based on Strindberg's Ghost Sonata.<br>Akhnaten by Philip Glass is to be restaged by GT and will tour worldwide.<br>Hemingway, based on the book "A Strange Tribe" by John Hemingway is also in the developing stages with music by Borut Krisnik.
</span></p>
<p><span class="ano">2011</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Opens "Throats" at the Pleasance Theater in London and tours Gargolios (the second play with the London Dry) to Brazil. More info: www.londondryoperacompany.com
</span></p>
<p><span class="ano">2010</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Goes back to the theater and founds the London Dry Opera Company and begins rehearsal of "Throats".
</span></p>
<p><span class="ano">2009</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Wrote "manifesto" giving up the theater and public life (can be read on http://geraldthomasblog.wordpress.com)</span></p>
<p><span class="ano">2008</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Kepler, the Dog (the teleplay made for internet broadcasting)<br>
Bait Man � Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, NY and Lisbon
</span></p>
<p><span class="ano">2007</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Queen Liar (Rainha Mentira) � which, later on, headed the double bill with Earth In Trance- Brazil and Argentina</span></p>
<p><span class="ano">2006</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Earth in Trance</span> (Terra em Tr�nsito) - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - S�o Paulo/Brazil<br>
<span class="titulo">Asphalt over a kiss</span> (Asfaltaram o Beijo) - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - S�o Paulo/Brazil<br>
<span class="titulo">A cube of ice in flames</span> (Um Bloco de Gelo em Chamas) - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - S�o Paulo/Brazil<br>
<span class="titulo">Ashes in the freezer</span> (Brasas no Congelador) - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - S�o Paulo/Brazil<br></p>
<p><span class="ano">2005</span><br>
<span class="titulo">A Circus of Kidneys and Livers</span>(Um Circo de Rins e F�gados) - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil and Argentina</p>
<p><span class="ano">2004</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Anchorpectoris</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - La MaMa/NY</p>
<p><span class="ano">2003</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Tristan und Isolde</span> - opera staged by Gerald Thomas - Rio de Janeiro Opera House/Brazil - a new version, different from that of the Weimar production of 1996</p>
<p><span class="ano">2002</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Deus Ex-Machina</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil</p>
<p><span class="ano">2001</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Prince of Copacabana</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil</p>
<p><span class="ano">2000</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Nietzsche Contra Wagner</span> (SESC - Sao Paulo) - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil<BR>
<span class="titulo">Waiting for Beckett</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil<BR>
<span class="titulo">Rave Party Tragedy</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil</p>
</p>
<p><span class="ano">1999</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Ventriloquist</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil (four years in repertoire)<BR>
<span class="titulo">Raw War</span> (by Karlheinz Stockhausen and Paulo Chagas) - opera staged by Gerald Thomas - <strong>Bonn Opera House</strong>/Germany</p>
<p><span class="ano">1998</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Moses und Aron</span> (by Arnold Schoenberg) - opera staged by Gerald Thomas - <strong>Graz Opera</strong>/Austria</p>
<p><span class="ano">1997</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Lorca on a Truck: Le chien Andaluz</span> -(produced by SESC - Sao Paulo) written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil (toured 32 cities)<br>
<span class="titulo">Babylon</span> (by Detlef Heusinger) - libretto and direction by Gerald Thomas (commissioned by the <strong>Deutsches National Theater Mannheim</strong> and the <strong>Schwetzingen Festspielen</strong>) /Germany<br>
<span class="titulo">Graal - a portrait of a Faust as a Young Man</span> (by Haroldo de Campos) - directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil<br>
<span class="titulo">A Brief Interruption of the End</span> (dance piece) - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil<br>
<span class="titulo">A Hard Days' Night</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil</p>
<p><span class="ano">1996</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Chief Butterknife</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas for the Danish <strong>Company Dr. Dante Aveny</strong> (they later became known as the Dogma 95 film movement)<br>
<span class="titulo">Nowhere Man</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - toured Brazil, Denmark and Croacia<br>
<span class="titulo">Tristan und Isolde</span> (by Richard Wagner) - opera staged by Gerald Thomas - <strong>Deutsches National Theater Weimar</strong>/Germany</p>
<p><span class="ano">1995</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Don Juan</span> (by Otavio Frias Filho) - directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil<br>
<span class="titulo">Zaide</span> (an unfinished opera by Mozart, completed by Luciano Berio) - opera directed by Gerald Thomas - opened at <strong>Maggio Musicale</strong> in Florence and toured 8 European capitals<br>
<span class="titulo">Dr. Faust</span> - opera directed by Gerald Thomas - <strong>Graz Opera</strong>/Austria</p>
<p><span class="ano">1994</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Narcissus</span> (by Beat Furrer) - a world premiere opera directed by Gerald Thomas - <strong>Graz Opera</strong>/Austria<br>
<span class="titulo">Unglauber</span> <strong>(produced by SESC Sao Paulo)</strong> written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil, Portugal and Copenhagen/Denmark<br>
<span class="titulo">Sorriso do Gato de Alice: Gal Costa's show</span> conceived, written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil and world tour 1995/96/97</p>
<p><span class="ano">1993</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Empire of Half Truths</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil, Portugal, Hamburg/Germany, Switzerland and Copenhagen/Denmark</p>
<p><span class="ano">1992</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Saints and Clowns</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - commissioned by Kampnagel's Fabrik Theatre (Hamburg) and Lausanne. It was performed back to back with The Flash and Crash Days</p>
<p><span class="ano">1991</span><br>
<span class="titulo">The Flash and Crash Days</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - toured 18 cities in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal, Italy and Lincoln Center/NY. It was televised by NDR 3 (German television)</br>
<span class="titulo">M.O.R.T.E. 2</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - international tour included Zurich, Rome and Taormina Festival/Italy- written and directed by Gerald Thomas - international tour included Zurich, Rome and Taormina Festival/Italy</p>
<p><span class="ano">1990</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Warten auf Godot</span> (Waiting for Godot) by Samuel Beckett - directed by Gerald Thomas - Cuvillies Thaeater - <strong>Munich State Theater</strong>/Germany</br>
<span class="titulo">The Said Eyes of Kalheinz Ohl</span> written and directed by Gerald Thomas - commissioned by Pontedera and Volterra/Italy (Grotowsky's company)</br>
<span class="titulo">-M.O.R.T.E. (Obsessive and Redundant Movements for so much Aesthetics)</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil</br>
<span class="titulo">Endgame</span> (by Samuel Beckett) - directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil</br>
<span class="titulo">Perseo and Andromeda</span> (by Salvatore Sciarrino) - world premiere opera staged by Gerald Thomas - <strong>Stuttgart Opera House</strong> (dramaturg: Klaus Peter Kehr)</p>
<p><span class="ano">1989</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Mattogrosso</span> (collaboration with Philip Glass) - libretto and direction by Gerald Thomas - toured Rio Opera House, Sao Paulo Opera House and Tokyo</br>
<span class="titulo">Sturmspiel</span>- world premiere written and directed by Gerald Thomas - commissioned by the <strong>Munich State Theater</strong> (Cuvillies Theater)</p>
<p><span class="ano">1988</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Kafka Trilogy (A Process, Metamorphosis and Praga)</span>- written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil, La MaMa/NY and Wiener Festwochen /Vienna 1989 These pieces were broadcast by ORF (Austrian State TV) and parts of it on PBS. In the following years these pieces toured the world</br>
<span class="titulo">Carmen com Filtro 2.5</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil, La MaMa/NY, Munich and Wiener Festwochen /Vienna 1989</p>
<p><span class="ano">1987</span><br>
<span class="titulo">The Flying Dutchman</span> (by Richard Wagner) - opera staged by Gerald Thomas Rio de Janeiro Opera House/Brazil. It was broadcast live by TV Cultura in Brazil and Germany</p>
<p><span class="ano">1986</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Eletra Com Creta</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - staged at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, and toured Brazil
(this play establishes the birth of the Dry Opera Company)</p>
<p><span class="ano">1985</span><br>
<span class="titulo">Quartett</span> (by Heiner Mueller) - directed by Gerald Thomas - New York/Theater for the New City - with George Bartenieff and Crystal Field</br>
<span class="titulo">Quartett</span> - Brazil with Tonia Carreiro and Sergio Britto</br>
<span class="titulo">Carmem Com Filtro</span> - written and directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil</br>
<span class="titulo">Beckett Trilogy (Theater 1, Theater2 and That Time)</span> (by Samuel Beckett) - directed by Gerald Thomas - featuring Julian Beck - La MaMa/NY, TAT -Theater am Turm in Frankfurt and Belgrade Festival/Serbia</br>
<span class="titulo">Four Times Beckett (Quatro Vezes Beckett) (Theater 1, Theater 2, Nothing and That Time)</span> (by Samuel Beckett) - directed by Gerald Thomas - Brazil</p>
<p><span class="ano">1984</span><br>
<span class="titulo">All Strange Away 1</span> (by Samuel Beckett) - world premiere of prose adapted and directed by Gerald Thomas - La MaMa/NY (actor: Ryan Cutrona)</br>
<span class="titulo">All Strange Away 2</span> (by Samuel Beckett) - directed by Gerald Thomas - The Harold Clurman Theater/NY (actor: Robert Langdon Lloyd)</p>
<p><strong>BOOKS INCLUDED</strong></p>
<p><span class="titulo"><strong>O Encenador de Si Mesmo: Gerald Thomas</strong><br>
(The staging of the Self: Gerald Thomas)</span><br>
Published by S�lvia Fernandes and Jac� Guinsburg, curated by Haroldo de Campos
Editora Perspectiva, 1996, S�o Paulo/Brazil
Critical essays by and about Gerald Thomas. Contributors include Jac� Guinsburg, David George, Wladimir Krisisnky (Liberation), Haroldo de Campos, Flora Sussekind, Gerd Bornheim, S�rgio Coelho and Sylvia Fernandes.</p>
<p><span class="titulo"><strong>Flash and Crash Days: Brazilian Theater in the Post-Dictatorship period</strong></span><br>
by David George
Chicago University Press and Garland Publishing Ink, 2000/USA
This book by David George is a magnificent review of Brazil's post dictatorship theater and it focuses on Gerald Thomas's art in particular. His incredible perception of Gerald's theater is one of the most sophisticated in existence and his ability to describe it is such that it almost brings the live performance to the reader. </p>
<p><span class="titulo"><strong>Gerald Thomas em Cena - Mem�ria e Inven��o</strong>
(Gerald Thomas on Stage, Memory and Invention)</span><br>
by S�lvia Fernandes<br>
Editora Perspectiva, 1996, S�o Paulo/Brazil<br>
S�lvia Fernandes studies three distinct phases of Gerald Thomas' work:
-"Mattogrosso" (1989), opera by Philip Glass and Gerald Thomas, premiered at Rio de Janeiro Opera House
-"M.O.R.T.E." (1990) Movimentos Obsessivos e Redundantes para Tanta Est�tica (Obsessive and Redundant Movements for so much Aesthetics), premiered in Brazil and Taormina Festival, Sicily and Zurich
-"The Flash and Crash Days" (1991), premiered in Brazil, Lincoln Center/New York, Hamburg, Lausanne, Cologne and Copenhagen.</p>
<p><span class="titulo"><strong>Suicide Note</strong></span><br>
By Gerald Thomas<br>
Suicide Note isn't exactly an autobiography. It lies somewhere between fiction and a possible screenplay yet to be developed. Yet, it does contain some real 'raw' life material in it, but it is as far from the truth as an action movie. It is still in its very uncooked - and deliberately so - because I am working on it, hoping that one day I will find a form for it.</p>
<p><span class="titulo"><strong>Nada Prova Nada</strong></span><br>
By Gerald Thomas<br>
Editora Record � 2011: A book of articles and chronicles, the life of a Blog � stuff written between 2004 to 2010 with an intro bt Philip Glass</p>
<p>Soon to come out:</p>
<p><strong>Coffee Noodles</strong> � a book containing Gerald's paitings, drawings and illustrations (ranging from the days as an illustrator for the New York Times' OpEd page to coffee drawings, coffee screams and others. By Gerald Thomas � a Novel to be published in New York later in 2012.</p>
<p><strong>Gerald Thomas - A LIFE in the Theater</strong> - published by the Municipality of Sao Paulo � (photos and interviews regarding GT's entire career)</p>
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<img src="images/bio/bio2.jpg"><p class="caption">Philip Glass and Gerald Thomas, collaborators, in 1988</p>
<img src="images/bio/bio3.jpg"><p class="caption">Haroldo de Campos and Gerald Thomas and Augusto de Campos, in 1993</p>
<img src="images/bio/bio4.jpg"><p class="caption">Ellen Stewart, La MaMa (to whom I owe my theatrical life), in 1998 at her home on E4th St</p>
<img src="images/bio/bio5.jpg"><p class="caption">Danilo Santos de Miranda</p>
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