opening
night • Friday • May 7, 2004 • 8
pm
A preview of the three weekends, with special guests and a champagne
reception to meet the performers following the show. |
| The evening features monologist Wayne Harris; soprano Heather Antonissen, accompanied by Bryan Baker on the piano; musicians Terry Disley and Alex Murzyn; work by choreographer Leyya Tawil / Dance Elixir; and Bookworms, choreographed by Natasha Carlitz and danced entirely in and on a bookcase. |
spoken word • Saturday
• May 8, 2004 • 8 pm
Charlie Varon, monologist extraordinary, presents two evenings of
exciting new work from some of his favorite artists, and
opens both shows. |
| Wayne Harris - Ron Jones - Mark McGoldrick |
 Wayne Harris
Wayne Harris performs a selection from Train Stories,
a collaboration with director David Ford, a riveting tale
capturing the harsh realities and lush beauty of life in
America at the edge of the civil rights movement. |
 Ron Jones
Ron Jones performs a selection from When God Winked, Unusual
Stories from an Unusual Place—Heaven. Heralded
as one of the most influential storytellers of our time,
Ron’s vivid personal stories offer an entertaining,
insightful view of the difficulties of youth and the perils
of adulthood. |
 Mark McGoldrick
Mark McGoldrick performs a selection from The Golden Hammer,
his work in progress with director David Ford; he also worked
with Charlie Varon to develop Tom and John, two
monologues exploring adolescent rebellion and the world
of spinal-cord injury rehabilitation. |
opera/musicals • Sunday
• May 9, 2004 • 3 pm
Bryan Baker, internationally acclaimed
conductor and pianist, presents two performances of selections
from opera and musicals. |
| Heather Antonissen • Erin Neff • Mike Rogers |
Erin Neff
Heather Antonissen, soprano; Erin Neff, mezzo-soprano;
and Mike Rogers, baritone, perform selections from Pagliaci,
Tannhaüser, Faust, Carmen, and La Bohème;
and from the musicals Rags and West Side
Story.
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jazz/new music • Thursday
• May 13, 2004 • 3 pm
|
| Terry
Disley • Del Sol String Quartet |
Prolific musician and accomplished jazz pianist
Terry Disley has worked with a wide range of artists,
from Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger, to Brian Wilson and
Bon Jovi. His exhilarating jazz quintet opens the show. |
|
The spirited, intense sounds of Del Sol String Quartet
explore order and chaos, weaving textures of sound into
a musical tapestry of modern life. Tonight’s performance
features pieces by Earle Brown, George Antheil, Astor
Piazzolla, Lou Harrison, and Gabriella Ortiz. The quartet features Charlton Lee,
violist; Kate Stenberg, violinist; Monica Scott, cellist; and
Rick Shinozaki, violinist. |
spoken word • Friday
• May 14, 2004 • 8 pm
Charlie Varon, monologist extraordinary, presents two evenings of
exciting new work from some of his favorite artists, and
opens both shows. |
| Joe Dunn • Doreen Maller |
Joe Dunn
England in 1984 wasn't what George Orwell had in mind. In 1984
/ Loss, Joe Dunn threads together a visit by Orwell
to modern London, a story of the 1984 English miners strike,
and a personal history to examine what we lost and what
we gained. |
Inside sunny suburban homes are the heroes of Doreen Maller’s
spoken word performances—ordinary American women raising
families, making ends meet and struggling to find meaning
and purpose between trips to the grocery store. The
Eternal Light and Lego Towers are two of Doreen’s Other American Stories currently in development. |
jazz/new music • Saturday • May 15, 2004 • 8 pm |
| Mike
Wollenberg & Julian Smedley • Magnetic
Poets |
Mike Wollenberg & Julian Smedley
Jazz guitarist Mike Wollenberg’s music brings a deceptive
simplicity to a simultaneous mix of bass, inner chord
voices, and melody. Julian Smedley’s melodic lines
and background composition suggest a complexity well beyond
his violin. |
|
Magnetic
Poets
Using the tools of movie production, Magnetic
Poets create compelling live audiovisual events—in
real time, before your eyes. They premiere Compassion by Paul Horn, and From the Lake, aerial observations
on polluting the earth, by David Maisel. Magnetic Poets
are Christopher Hedge, Julian Smedley, Ed McClary, and
Scott Dewar.
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opera/musicals • Sunday • May 16, 2004 • 6 pm
Bryan Baker, internationally acclaimed
conductor and pianist, presents two performances of selections
from opera and musicals. |
| Heather Antonissen • Jessica Deardorff • Josh Elder |
Heather
Antonissen, soprano; Jessica Deardorff, mezzo-soprano;
and Josh Elder, baritone, perform selections from operas
including Faust, Barber of Seville, and Marriage
of Figaro; and from musicals including Camelot,
A Little Night Music, and South Pacific.
Heather Antonissen |
Jessica
Deardorff |
Josh
Elder |
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dance • Friday & Saturday • May 21 & 22, 2004 • 8 pm |
| Sara Shelton-Mann / Company Mécanique • Stephen Pelton • Amy Seiwert / im’ij-re • Alisa Rasera / AXIS Dance Company • Leyya Tawil / Dance Elixir • Tara Brandel
• Natasha Carlitz • Kelly Kemp |
Eddy, against the main current |
Stephen Pelton
The Hurdy-gurdy Man, a haunting, moving portrait of the physical embodiment of evil. |
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A pas de deux to the sensual world music sounds of award-winning composer John Zeretske. |
Two Lights, a reflection on how our earliest memories attempt to define our history. |
Leyya Tawil / Dance Elixir
La Fée, inspired by the French culture of Absinthe, performed to a new work by Christopher Keyes. |
Tara Brandel
Love Dances, celebrating our capacity for love in the face of current war and conflict. |
Natasha Carlitz
Swallowtail Summer, an abstraction of the life cycle of a butterfly. |
Kelly Kemp
Squint, a portrayal of the methods we use to shift in and out of situations, with Balinese recordings by Mickey Hart. |
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Amy
Seiwert / im’ij-re