The SITI Company Score

Score, based on larger-than-life classical music star Leonard Bernstein, is the next show from the perennially popular SITI Company to make its debut at the Wexner Center.

Following the 3 pm matinee performance of Score on Saturday, March 16, SITI Company director Anne Bogart signs copies of her recent book A Director Prepares in the Wexner Center Bookshop.

Score is the final installment in a trilogy of tour de force solo works SITI has developed and premiered in creative residencies here, following BOB (about theater director Robert Wilson) and Room (about Virginia Woolf). SITI's Tom Nelis plays the fiery composer, conductor, and educator.

Here are Anne Bogart's thoughts on Score.

ÏScore is about a passionate relationship between a man and music. The man in our play is based upon the conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein. The object of his passion is the music he encountered, played, conducted, wrote, and loved.

The conductor is played by Tom Nelis. He is found, perhaps in the middle of the night, amidst the detritus of hundreds of music stands, still in tails, and suddenly ready to engage. Is the audience his musicians? His audience? His friends? All of these?

Score is a study of ecstasy, articulation, and genius. It lives in the glorious atmosphere of great music. It honors one of the greatest of American figures.Ó