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Resident ArtistsProductionsHERE is excited to present the following productions developed during the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) or the Dream Music Puppetry program. (RUS)H - James Scruggs & Kristin MartingRus, inspired by the myth of Icarus, is about boundaries, what happens when one becomes distracted and leaves the comforts of the world one knows, to experience an intense heightened pleasure-consumed existence. Drum of the Waves of Horikawa - The Theatre of a Two-headed CalfThe Theatre of a Two-headed Calf will explore the 18th-century Chikamatsu play The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa. oph3lia - Aya Ogawaoph3lia examines the archetype and themes emerging from the character of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a contemporary and international context. Removable Parts - Corey DargelRemovable Parts is a theatrical song cycle for piano, voice, and electronics that incorporates the subject of voluntary amputation. |
Resident ArtistsDevelopment Projects16 Artists are currently participating in the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), developing new work over a 1-3 year period. 00:07 SEC. - Yehuda DuenyasA new work based on the best-selling book BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell, that unpacks the final 7 seconds of Amadou Diallo. 837 Venice Boulevard - Faye DriscollA rigorous physical exploration of the question of identity, using absurdity and insane humor to illuminate how exhausting it is to have to keep being somebody all the time. Alchemy of Light - Ruth Sergel & Peter von SalisIntergrating 19th century illusionism, interactive video and physical theater, ALCHEMY OF LIGHT depicts the life of the legendary magician Torrini. Aunt Leaf - Jeffrey Mousseau and Barbara WiechmannAn original performance work for children ages 5 and up exploring the creative and destructive nature of the imagination. Border Towns - Nick BrookePerformers lipsynch, sing, and coordinate their movements precisely with a dense score of sound effects, pop song fragments, and prerecorded text, assembled from field recordings of radio, television, stereos, and ambient sounds in 12 towns located on the literal fringes of the U.S. Don Cristobal, Billy-Club Man - Erin Orr and Rima FandA new puppet opera exploring the life of the Spanish Punch, as he appears in Lorca’s puppet plays and as he is imagined offstage. Ego - David Michael FriendBlending live performance with puppetry, EGO follows a puppeteer dissatisfied with the state of his art, who is on the cusp of completing his latest theater piece... Foodstable - Richard TothFOODSTABLE is inspired by the world’s first and most notorious gore film, BLOOD FEAST, directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. Ghosts - Toni DoveAn automated cinema performance event. Singing, talking, virtual, projection characters on dimensional robotic screens perform with musicians in duets. La Sonnambula - Michael BodelAn amalgam of puppets, contraptions, and choreography that delves into the eventual reduction of everything to nothing, underscored by arias from Bellini's mysterious opera. Lush Valley - Kristin MartingThis work is an emotion-driven hybrid performance, which, through dance, text, movement, live music and video, examines this American dream that shapes all of our ideas, hopes and fears. Miranda 5X - Kamala SankaramA one-woman, multimedia chamber opera, fusing the unique ensemble of soprano, cello, violin, electric guitar, trumpet, and tuba with real-time video projections. MOSHEH, a VideOpera - Yoav GalAn "indie opera" that re-enacts the biblical saga of Moses as an ancient-futuristic ritual. Oh What War- Juggernaut Theatre CompanyA fantasy of flagrant disobedience to authority, OH WHAT WAR is part clown show, part musical review, that follows a band of deserters in No Man’s Land. Paris Syndrome - Ex.PgirlAn original dance theatre piece based on a phenomena of extreme culture shock that occurs to some Japanese tourists when they visit Paris. Red Fly/Blue Bottle - Christina Campanella & Stephanie FleischmannAn exploding clock, a whispering fly, a secret code embedded in a string of household objects… this song cycle with video investigates the ineffable fallout of a secret war. The Gospel According to Jack Vitrolo - The South WingAn experimental tragi-comedy which examines the conflict between the individual and the health care establishment. The Lily's Revenge - Taylor MacAn ensemble of 14 performers and musicians tell the story of a self-uprooted lily, on a quest to destroy the modern tool for oppression–nostalgia. The Soul Leaves Her BodyAn integrated-media performance synthesizing theater, dance, live video, music and cinema, that is inspired by a progressive thirteenth-century Chinese drama. The Stranger - Jennifer Gibbs & Kristin MartingA multi-media adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s THE LADY FROM THE SEA, exploring the intense and unreliable subjectivity of a fractured woman. The Venus Riff - Johari MayfieldAn audio and visual exploration of the historical exploitation of and sexual fascination with the Black female body. Water (Or The Secret Life of Objects)A multi-media, theatrical exploration of flood mythology around the world. |
