A performer raises one arm through a cloud of smoke on a dark stage.

2011–2015 · Dixon Place

Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead in the Lydian Mode

Musicians perform below a projection of a face holding a handwritten card.

Michael Yates Crowley’s Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead in the Lydian Mode places ideology, illness, gratitude, and theatrical excess inside a deliberately impossible title and form.

A performer sits on the floor beneath a screen displaying handwritten text.

A hand holds a white card printed with the word PAIN.

A performer raises a card reading PAIN beside a screen of handwritten text.

Presentations

2011: Dixon Place · New York City
2012: CATCH 52 at the Bushwick Starr · New York City
2012: IRT Theater · New York City
2013: The Public Theater, Joe's Pub · New York City
2015: American Repertory Theater, Oberon · Cambridge, Massachusetts

Created by: Wolf 359
Playwright: Michael Yates Crowley

Director: Michael Rau
Producer: Chas Carey
Scenic Design: Sara C. Walsh
Costume Design: Valerie Bart
Lighting Design: Derek Wright
Sound & Projection Design: Asa Wember

Press

Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead in the Lydian Mode

“Dizzying, humorous, and sincere.”

Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead in the Lydian Mode

“The two Michaels bring a casual, slackerish vibe to the stage.”

Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead in the Lydian Mode

“Crowley’s writing is smart and often gorgeous, his performance (as always) masterfully precise and affecting.”

Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead in the Lydian Mode

“If you only see one free, 85-minute theatrical meditation on migraines and objectivism this year, by all means make it Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead (in the Lydian Mode).”