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Wilhelm (Matt McGrath) signs hsi soul away to the irresistible Pegleg (Marianne Faithfull).

Marianne Faithfull, as Pegleg, the Devil incarnate, in a scene from The Black Rider.

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Richard Strange, Matt McGrath, and Mary Margaret O'Hara

Matt McGrath, Janet Henfry, and a portrait of Kuno, the Old Forester (Richard Strange).

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The cast of The Black Rider at "The Crossroads."

Matt McGrath portrays Wilhelm, a clerk who makes a Faustian pact with the devil, accepting magic bullets in The Black Rider.

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Matt McGrath (foreground) hunting with the magic bullets.

In the madcap and Expressionist-influenced world of The Black Rider, nothing is what it seems.

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Matt McGrath as Wilhelm

Wilhelm (Matt McGrath), center, takes aim, in the shooting contest scene from The Black Rider.

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The cast of The Black Rider at The Wedding.

The reverend avant-garde artist Robert Wilson—who directed and designed the set and lighting for The Black Rider—has been known to spend up to 17 hours on one light cue.

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The cast of The Black Rider.

Wilhelm (Matt McGrath) becomes separated from his true love, Käthchen (Mary Margaret O'Hara).

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Traveling in the forest, Käthchen (Mary Margaret O'Hara) is confronted by Anne (Janet Henfry), her husband Bertram (Dean Robinson), Käthchen's father, and a portrait of Kuno, the Old Forester (Richard Strange).

Marianne Faithfull, as Pegleg, the Devil incarnate, in a scene from The Black Rider.

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Wilhelm (Matt McGrath) signs his soul away to the irresistible Pegleg (Marianne Faithfull).

The Black Rider features artistry from an international design team: Robert Wilson (set, lights), Frida Parmeggiani (costumes), and Heinrich Brunke (additional lights).

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Marianne Faithfull, as Pegleg, the Devil incarnate, in a scene from The Black Rider.

The Black Rider is direct Robert Wilson's homage to German Expressionism, with the distorted perspectives of Expressionist painting and the exaggerated and comedic gestures of cabaret and silent movies incorporated into its visual landscape.

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Richard Strange, Matt McGrath, and Mary Margaret O'Hara

The cast of The Black Rider.

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Marianne Faithfull as Pegleg strikes a bargain with Wilhelm, portrayed by Matt McGrath.

Dean Robinson, Mary Margaret O'Hara, and Matt McGrath

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Known for his Broadway portrayal of The Emcee in Cabaret and for playing Hedwig in Hedwig and The Angry Inch off-Broadway, Matt McGrath stars as Wilhelm.

Matt McGrath and the cast of The Black Rider.

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Matt McGrath as Wilhelm

Tom Waits and Robert Wilson in rehearsal for The Black Rider.

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Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, and William S. Burroughs

Marianne Faithfull