MONUMENTS OF THE FUTURE credits:

Co-conceived by Anya Klepikov and Rudy Ramirez MFA’23

Devised by Elisa Gonzales, Anya Klepikov, Xinyuan Li MFA’20 Calypso Michelet MFA’21 Eddie Pizzano AB’22, Rudy Ramirez

Direction - Rudy Ramirez

Visual design for Truth (Singer), Loss (Runner), Defiance (Sisypha), Innovation (Butterfly), and the Destructive Impulse (Pinata) - Anya Klepikov

Visual design for Connection (Tower), Remembrance (Scribe), Sacrifice (Atlas), and Death- Calypso Michelet

Lighting design - Xinyuan Li

Sound design - Eddie Pizzano

Stage Management - Abigail Sullivan

Fabrication: UMass Amherst Theater Costume Shop, Light Shop, Scenic Shop.

Photos: John Solem (the professional ones)

Monuments was a series of design driven, site-specific performances across the UMass campus inspired by COVID safety regulations which pushed theater makers outside of the familiar performance spaces into a world of new opportunities outdoors. Spurred by the controversy around the toppling of monuments in the U.S., Monuments of the Future were ephemeral performer-embodied creatures that include TRUTH, CONNECTION, REMEMBRANCE, LOSS, INNOVATION, SACRIFICE, DEFIANCE, and the IMPULSE TO DESTROY, all in dialogue with Death. Check out the slideshow with E. Pizzano’s AB’22 original music at https://youtu.be/nRf-mJsWrIQ.