Cast and Crew of The NY Production of:
The Consolation of Poetry (Becoming Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

Lynn Vela (The Dresser) has been with Khoros since its inception as a dancer & costumer in the 1980's and 90's and now as a board member. She has been Barbara Neri's friend and collaborator for 25 years. She studied Contact Improvisation extensively with Steve Paxton in New York and Nancy Stark Smith in Northampton and created and performed her own choreography outside of Khoros. She was a bodywork therapist for ten years in Michigan and most recently spent 16 months practicing a yogic lifestyle while living in community and serving at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.

Matthew H. Zivich (Projections and Sound) tours with the alt/rock band Wilco. He is Barbara Neri's son and lives in Chicago where he is a sound artist in his own right.

Ralph Neri (Stage Manager) is Ms. Neri's husband, began experimenting in systems art in the 1970's, through sound, video, performance and photography. He has worked to co-found several artistic organizations and has worked in collaboration with and as an assistant to other artists outside his media. He has recently been featured as a pioneer Michigan sound artist.

Carle Groome (Lighting), originally from Michigan, is a NY writer who moved to the East Village in 1979. He has done sound & vision work for numerous productions in theater and performance art since the early '80s.

Alivia Zivich, company ACR, is Barbara Neri's daughter. She is a painter with a studio in LA. She is currently studying and creating work at Staedelschule in Frankfurt, Germany.

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