Carl soprano : the day i became a minimalist

In Carl Soprano: The Day I Became a Minimalist, Tess Dworman in collaboration with filmmaker, Daniele Sarti, produces a meta TV show that channel surfs between multiple male antihero personalities. Featuring Dworman performing impersonations that include Sopranos protagonist Tony Soprano, visual artist Carl Andre, and YouTube Italian infomercial personalities, she places herself at the intersection of representation in order to reach a flesh informed understanding of these male characters and the cultures that produced them.

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Carl Soprano is commissioned by the Abrons Arts Center through the Performance AIRspace Residency, which is supported by the Jerome Foundation.

The 2020-2021 Season at Abrons Arts Center is supported, in part, by generous grants from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Harkness Foundation for Dance, the Jerome Foundation, the Scherman Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, the Trust for Mutual Understanding, and other generous Henry Street Settlement funders. This program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Written and Performed by Tess Dworman

Directed by Daniele Sarti

Makeup by Nina Carelli

Sound Mixing by Joe Kickbush