6 eclectic shows that will have you coming back for more! The season will include the return of three popular past Theatre Project performers, Sara Felder of Philadelphia (June Bride), Al Letson of Florida (Essential Personnel, Griot, Summer in Sanctuary) and Vermont's Sandglass Theatre (Richard 3.5: Light Ruminations on Murder), and collaborations with three Maryland companies, Performance Workshop Theater, Quest: Arts for Everyone (with White Box Theater), and VT Dance. Fulwiler says of the line-up "These six shows exemplify our mission goals to support alternative theater, to assist artists in creating new works, and to introduce that work to an appreciative audience of daring theater-goers. The work may take you out of your comfort zone, but I guarantee a satisfying experience." A more complete description of the works follows. The season will also include many other offerings from local, national, and international artists!
The Puppetmaster of Lodz
October 9 - 25, 2009
Baltimore's Performance Workshop Theater reprises its acclaimed production of Gilles Segal's The Puppetmaster of Lodz about survival and love's endurance. Five years after the Nazis' defeat, a Holocaust camp escapee hides in a tiny attic, rejecting outsiders' attempts to convince him the war is over. Once a celebrated puppeteer, he rehearses his grandest performance, recreating with poignancy and humor the story of his life. Marc Horwitz returns in the title role that twice earned City Paper's "Best Actor" award. Click for more!
Out of Sight
December 3 - 13, 2009
Solo performer Sara Felder's, Out of Sight, a work that literally juggles God, Israel and her Mom in a play about the art of seeing. Felder tells the tale of a mother, nearly blind, and her adult lesbian daughter as they try to bridge their many differences. Felder's work brings circus tricks, shadow puppets and a Jewish queer sensibility to questions of family loyalty and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and allows us to explore the big questions of our lives, laughing along the way as we recognize ourselves in her stories.
Sea of Birds
Jan 28 - Feb 7, 2010
Pennsylvania's White Box Theater in Sea of Birds by Artistic Director Sebastienne Mundheim. Fragile paper sculptures animated by dancers, a lyrical voice, a sonic landscape, live music, light and shadow play bring to life the world of Sea of Birds. Already a stunning visual work with lyrical imagery suitable for all ages, Theatre Project presents this work in conjunction with Quest: Arts for Everyone in a new adaptation accessible to all audiences regardless of hearing or language barriers.
Bad Weather Ballads
March 4 - 14, 2010
Sandglass Theater in their newest work, Bad Weather Ballads, a visual theater piece incorporating original ballads by master puppeteer Eric Bass with music by Keith Murphy. The five-song cycle portrays the stages of life through metaphors of the northern rural experience, when we are stuck in the mud, lost in the aroma of harvest fruit, or reflected in the frozen membrane of an icy lake. It is about a sense of place and those moments when we look both forward and backward in time. BWB is a performance of dry humor, ironic poignancy, and elemental cursing.
The Grandmother Project
March 18 - 28, 2010
VT Dance, under the direction of acclaimed artistic director Vincent Thomas, recent recipient of a Baker Awards' Peoples' Choice Prize among many other honors, presents The Grandmother Project, a work that investigates the essence of grandmothers from a personal and a global perspective. The project captures reflections and memories of loved ones through spoken text, movement, music, video and projected images, and features the company's rich palette of witty, poignant and athletic movement.
Crumbs: a possibly true story
May 13 - 23, 2010
Crumbs: a possibly true story is the tale of Al Letson's stint working for a private investigator. Out of work, he is hired by the upper management at a bread factory to spy on a middle manager suspected of an insidious plot, only to realize the case is not what it appears to be. Funny and moving, Crumbs is the second (following Summer in Sanctuary) in a trilogy of autobiographical plays using Letson's signature style to mix poetry, music, theatre and a cast of talented actors in a piece that promises to enlighten and entertain.