Failing Kansas New Zealand Festival 2002 (2021)
The 2002 performances of Failing Kansas at the New Zealand Festival created a scandal and ultimately a sensation. Credited with knocking Osama bin Laden off of the front page of the National newspaper and dominating TV and radio for days, the piece was ultimately a sold out triumph heralded as “A New Art Form." Now, almost twenty years later, Rouse has assembled the original footage and live recordings into a complete concert film.
Directors: Cliff Baldwin, Mikel Rouse.
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Mikel Rouse as |
| Production | Carolyn Cubit-Tsutsui | Production Manager |
| Editing | Mikel Rouse | Editor |
| Writing | Mikel Rouse | Lyricist |
| Writing | Mikel Rouse | Writer |
| Lighting | Hideaki Tsutsui | Lighting Design |
| Sound | Mikel Rouse | Music |
| Directing | Cliff Baldwin | Director |
| Directing | Mikel Rouse | Director |