MEET THE CREATIVE TEAM OF
THE IMPROBABLE FALL, RISE, & FALL OF JOHN LAW
Mark Van Hare

Hometown: San Francisco, CA

What’s your job on the production?
Composer and Sound Designer

What’s the hardest part about telling a story this big with a small cast in a small room?
For me, it’s actually not hard at all! As a composer, I really benefit from having a large number of characters and locations in the play. Each new personality or element in the story is another potential source of inspiration for the music.
What’s your favorite aspect of your work on the play (so far)?
I love how big and crazy this production is—there is so much energy in the rehearsal room and so many different perspectives to bounce ideas off of. My process so far has been writing a bunch of music and presenting it to the design team and the cast and asking for responses and thoughts. It has been very fulfilling!

What are you most excited for the audience to experience when they come to The Improbable Fall, Rise & Fall of John Law?
I am most excited to see how our audiences react to the “everything but the kitchen sink” quality of the production. The music for the play, for instance, references so many different styles of music from many different eras in a really (hopefully) fun and unexpected way. I’m so interested to see how an audience will react to the specific moment in the play when the music makes the jump from 18th century Baroque to the 21st century.

If you became a millionaire overnight what would you do with your newfound wealth (besides donating generously to your favorite non-profit theatre company, of course)?
I hate to say it, but I would probably put it all away in the bank and continue living my life just as before, though hopefully with much, much less stress and worry. I would DEFINITELY support non-profit theatre in New York and commission artists in my community to create new work, anything to make a life in the arts possible for more people.
THE IMPROBABLE FALL, RISE, & FALL OF JOHN LAW

A New Play About Money
(Based on an unbelievable true story)

Written by Matt Herzfeld
Directed by Brad Raimondo

MARCH 9th - 26th
at the IRT Theater

154 Christopher Street, Suite 3B

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