Nita & Zita

Project Background

Watch this trailer below of Katie Pearl and Kathy Randels in their Obie-winning performances as Flora and Piroska Gellert– or, as they were known by their stage names, Nita and Zita. This piece was created with Lisa D’Amour. Visit the official Nita & Zita website to find out more about the show and see photos of the real Nita and Zita.

Performance Description

Nita & Zita is staged as an interview with the two sisters after their deaths. From out in the audience, a “Mr. Interviewer” asks questions and draws out stories from the two women, who periodically interrupt themselves to berate him, each other, Katie and Kathy as performers, and to show off their original clothing and costumes and wow us with their show girl routines. Nita & Zita was created for its New Orleans audience, then toured to Austin, Minneapolis, and New York City. Complete description TK.

CReative Team

Created by Lisa D’Amour, Katie Pearl, and Kathy Randels
Visual Design Shawn Hall

Costume Design Oliva Wildz
Sound Design Gregory Wildes

Video Design Maria Cataldo

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