photos by Stefania Mizara

 [ https://dreamadoptionsociety.com/digitalperformancenetwork/f/the-books-of-jacob ]

In this quantum, Kabbalistic, VR spectacle, the story of Jacob Frank comes to life simultaneously in seven locations around the world in a synchronised performance happening in New York, Serbia, Poland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Greece. Actors performing on physical stages in each country and on a digital stage in virtual reality, capture a world on the brink of change as they animate the story of a young Jew in the 18th-century who experiences ecstatic visions travels across the Habsburg and Ottoman empires, meeting heretical condemnation one moment and messianic recognition the next. 
The Books of Jacob is a live performance that audiences can experience in-person in each country or online in VRChat.


USA
Presented by La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in partnership with CultureHub and The Polish Cultural Institute New York
Concept, Director, VR Design: Krzysztof Garbaczewski
Performers: Rébecca Pierrot, Tomasz Rodowicz 
Script: Rébecca Pierrot
Costume Designer: Monika Beilstein
Music: Jan Duszyński
Avatar Design: Marcin Kosakowski
Set Design: Krzysztof Garbaczewski, Robert Mleczko, Billy Clark
Lighting Design: Robert Mleczko 
Technical Director: DeAndra Anthony
Emerging Media Director: Sangmin Chae

Production :
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (New York)
CultureHub (New York)
Dream Adoption Society


GREECE
Presented by MOZ PRODUCTIONS
Director: Chrysanthi Badeka 
Performers: Kostadis Mizaras, Chrysanthi Badeka 
Scientific Advisor for VR Applications, Technical Consultant: Anastasios Theodoropoulos 
Scientific Advisor eXtended Reality, Embodied Human-Computer Interaction: Katerina ElRaheb 


POLAND
Presented by Center for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor CRICOTEKA  / Divine Comedy Festival
Director: Kamil Białaszek
Performers: Natalia Szczypka, Paweł Smagała, Oliver Woodcock
VR Design: Maciej Gniady


SERBIA
Presented by Faculty of Media and Communications (Belgrade)
Project Coordination & Technical Support: Jacques Laroche
Performers: Teodora Miodragović and Ana Marija Petrović
Sound: Matija Milošević and Djordje Petković
Photo: Djordje Petković
Camera: Aleksa Borković
Creative Producer: Ana Knežević
VR Venue Director: Predrag Terzić
Dean of FMK: Maja Stanković


UKRAINE
Presented by NASHi Experimental Theatre Club
Director: Romana Isabella Soutus
Performers: Yuliia Linnik, Artur Slisarenko
Art Direction: Lesia Radchenko
Associate Producer & Stage Manager: Pavlo Koval
Technical Director: Yaroslav Konko


KAZAKHSTAN
Presented by bULt
Performers: Acell Shaldibayeva, Arys Ässem


December 6–8, 2024


This performance has been made possible through generous support from Trust for Mutual Understanding.