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dramamamalak
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 Posted - 04 Aug 2004 : 04:10:20 AM
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so the philadelphia live arts/philly fringe festival is coming up soon... september 3-18. my company... the cardboard box collaborative... has 2 shows going up in it. for more info, the press release info is below. is anyone else working on anything for it this year?
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2004
Contect: [email protected]
Cardboard Box Collaborative Debuts with
Two Premiere Pieces at the 2004 Philly Fringe
CBC will feature two works by local playwright mindy. a beers:
Profiling and Be All My Sins Remembered
PHILADELPHIA, PA � Cardboard Box Collaborative will make its debut with the world premieres of two pieces written by local playwright mindy. a beers: Profiling: Making One�s Mask in 250 Characters or Less and Be All My Sins Remembered. Both will be presented this September as part of the Philly Fringe Festival.
Cardboard Box Collaborative is dedicated to the creation and development of new work as well as new artists, working together to create socially relevant, thought provoking, and interactive performance pieces that use all forms of art, including movement, music, language, and visual design, to create the theatrical experience for a willing and participatory audience. CBC was first envisioned in 1998 by mindy.a beers, Artistic Director, and Lindsay Krieg, Producing Director, who are thrilled to be presenting their debut productions as part of the 2004 Philly Fringe.
Beers, originally from Northern New Jersey, recently moved to the Philadelphia area to work with the University of Pennsylvania Players as their Spring 2004 Professional Guest Director for Craig Lucas' Reckless. She has since been involved with productions at the Lantern Theater as well as Philadelphia Theatre Company, where she will be the Directing Fellow for their 2004-2005 season.
Profiling: Making One�s Mask in 250 Characters or Less is an experimental blend of the forms of docu-theatre and folklore style allegory. Central character and heroine Helena Hellene, to be played by local actress Allison Heishman, wades through the murky world of online chat rooms, searching for the solace she is unable to find in the �real world.� Using a sampling of actual online member profiles, chat text, and error messages juxtaposed with transcending forms of dialogue, prose, and poetry, Beers builds a series of haunting characters and makes an almost entirely text-based world an audio-visual theatrical reality.
Profiling will take place Friday, September 17th and Saturday, September 18th at the Arch Street Meeting House, 4th and Arch Streets in the Old City section of Philadelphia, at 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, and 9:00pm each night.
In Be All My Sins Remembered, Beers deconstructs the classic tale of Hamlet, questioning how we as a society would behave if we could see the possible results of our journey before we've made our choices instead of after. In this bare-bones version of the famous piece, the two worlds of Hamlet are distilled and set to collide, coming alive in the actions of two separate Hamlets - the Hamlet of Contemporary Cause who begins this journey from his father's death, and the Hamlet of Classical Consequence who begins this journey from his own death - reflecting a world where we are at war with ourselves over the consequences of our own actions.
Be All My Sins Remembered will be performed by the Royale Fakespeare Players of Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. The Royale Fakespeare Players are dedicated to making Shakespeare fun and accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. Founded in 1999, Fakespeare has been an active part of the college, Chestertown, and Maryland arts community for over 5 years. Alumni of the troupe have gone on to work at the Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Penn Players, Amaryllis Theatre Company, The Studio Theatre in Washington DC, and the Spontaneous Evolution Ensemble Theatre in New York City.
Be All My Sins Remembered will be performed on Saturday, September 11th and Sunday, September 12th in the Christ Church Burial Ground, Arch Street between 4th and 5th in the Old City section of Philadelphia, at 12:00pm and 2:00pm each day.
Performance Summary:
Show Title: Profiling
Artist: Cardboard Box Collaborative
Venue: Arch Street Meeting House, 4th and Arch Streets
Dates: 9/17-18 at 6, 7, 8, and 9:00pm
Running Time: 45 minutes
Tickets:$10, $3 off for festival members, $2 off for students and seniors
Box Office: 215-413-1318 (opens August 23rd), www.liveartsandfringe.org
(tickets available August 9th)
Show Title: Be All My Sins Remembered
Artist: Cardboard Box Collaborative featuring the Royale
Fakespeare Players
Venue: Christ Church Burial Ground, Arch St. between 4th and 5th
Dates: 9/11-12, 12:00 and 2:00pm
Running Time: 90 minutes
Tickets: $5
Box Office: 215-413-1318 (opens August 23rd), www.liveartsandfringe.org
(tickets available August 9th)
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philly fringe!
