LISPA - Naropa Alumni

Jason Bohan '05 - Locked Out Again

2009-02-03T11:44:00.002Z

You Need Me (LISPA '07) - How it Ended at the Arcola

2009-02-02T10:43:00.003Z

Following a hugely successful run at Edinburgh Fringe 2008, You Need Me are returning to London with their debut production ‘How It Ended’.

An international company with actors from countries including France, Brazil, the Basque Country and the UK, You Need Me tell an intimate and haunting true story of failed love in the aftermath of the Second World War. Staged in the round with live music. How It Ended is the true story of a marriage formed in the height of war-time passion and torn apart by the reality of a post-war existence.

Trevin Gay '04 - Artistic Director - Madison Rep

2008-12-13T21:03:00.003Z

Congratulations are in order for Trevin as he has just been appointed permanent Artistic Director for the Madison Repertory Theatre. He has been acting director since the spring but this makes it permanent.

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Upside Down - Alessandra Fel '08 & Miguel Oyarzun '08

2008-12-10T09:09:00.003Z

Upside Down

A table, two chairs, a man with a briefcase, a woman and her yellowsuitcase, a relationship, Upside-down.Upside-down is a theatre dance piece with three performers, a male, a female and a jazz pianist.

Through gestures, movements, essential text, livemusic and a touch of absurd the piece exploresthe theme of a struggling relationship.

Tickets: Free Entrance

16 December 2008

13:00 - 17:00

Royal Academy of Arts

All Day Cafe

Senate Room Gallery Space

6 Burlington Gardens W1

London, United Kingdom

A Soldier of Three Wars - Sandro & Masha '05

2008-12-09T10:26:00.004Z

Hello My Dear Friends

I am inviting you to see a project I am a part of and have been for the past several months. It is a performance which combines shadow puppetry, live music and story telling by singer songwriter Elizabeth Blair from the folk noir group - House and Bird, live physical stunts and antics of and by Sandrobo of Eleffant Foot Theater Compaany.

Directed by - Masha Kore. Playing at Peter Jones Gallery Theater. We have only three shows left and would love to see you all and take you on a Journey of 'THE SOLDIER OF THREE WARS'.

A warm cup of tea from our Samovar will be waiting for you there. Help Yourself to a preview here - http://www.myspace.com/soldierofthreewars

To reserve a ticket, email: eleffant-foot@hotmail.com

Our Best Regards

Sandrobo

The Snow Queen - Robin Edwards '06, Anna Mirtha '08, Alex Parsonage

2008-11-27T09:11:00.002Z

When little boy Kay is stolen away by the wicked Snow Queen, fearless friend Gerda will stop at nothing to rescue her playmate…

Finger in the Pie combine the magical allure of the original story with an earthy sense of humour and bold characterisation. Expect extreme physicality, Mask, puppetry and songs combined to create a magical world of frozen wastes, enchanted gardens, robber queens, talking reindeer, beautiful princesses and a small girl’s quest to save her friend. The perfect treat for both children and adults on a wintry night.

TICKETS & BOOKING
Adult £12 (Mon-Thu) / £14 (Fri-Sun)
Children £8 (Mon-Thu) / £10 (Fri-Sun)
Box Office: 0870 060 6646
Groups: 0870 060 6644

New Wimbledon StudioThe BroadwayWimbledonSW19 1QG

http://www.seethesnowqueen.com/

Patchwork - Laura Lloyd '04

2008-10-08T12:53:00.003+01:00

Hello!

Come along and bring those you know to see the first two of a trilogy of autobiographical performances I'm doing this autumn, collectively called Patchwork. These unusual shows are full of true stories, surreal imagery and compassionate humour, and are arguably the strangest thing I have ever done. The first one takes place amid the pastoral landscape paintings of a beautiful gallery near Holborn, and the second at various locations - the details are below and on the website too. I'd be delighted if you can make it and of course love to hear your thoughts on it all.

Patchwork Part 1: The Exhibition(ist)
7pm Wed 22nd and Fri 24th October
The Langham Gallery, 34 Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1N 3LE

Receivea guided tour of a gallery exhibiting objects from the thirtieth year of Laura's life: an intimate yet humourous account of a rotten year of bad luck and unraveling sanity. Using live performance and recorded sound, with music composed by the wonderful Kora, Laura weaves together themes of needlework and autobiography in this daring and intriguing staging. Those dirty white trainers are aching to speak.

Patchwork Part 2: My Mum
7.30pm Thurs 23rd October
The Battersea Barge, Kirtling Street SW8 5BP
(with live music by Kora, and a set by Rob Marr)
and 4pm, Sat 25th October
The Bath House, 96 Dean St, W1D 3TA

Piecing an impression of Laura's life bit by bit, like patches of a quilt,through a series of staged episodes, Laura unravels the story of her hippie mother's influence on her upbringing. But the field mushrooms, the homeopathic remedies for ancestral grief and her mother's Buddhist refusal to get a job sometimes prove too much for Laura to bear. One of thoseepic parent-offspring rows is brewing. Pheweee. You know the ones I mean.

Watch this space for Part 3: The Knitting Circle!

My very best wishes,
Laura Lloyd

http://fastercraftswomen.blogspot.com/

Man for All Seasons - Greg Webster '05

2008-10-07T06:42:00.001+01:00

Hey folks,
hope you are all well and happy. Sorry for the shameless promotion but, I am in a very strong production of "Man for all Seasons" Playing the Common Man at the Connecticut Repertory Theater.
I would love it if any of you east coast of America people could come and check it out. It is poignant play given our current social and political state.
Teresa and I have a big house with lots of rooms so your welcome to crash and enjoy a beautiful New England fall in the country if you make it up this way. http://www.crt.uconn.edu/shows.htm#1
Hope you are well.
Lots of love,
Greg

Center of the Universe - Yuval Boim '05

2008-09-23T16:53:00.001+01:00

Hi Everyone,

My film "Center of the Universe" premieres this Wednesday, September 24th, at 9pm EST on the Logo Channel. Check it out and then go on my website and click on the link to vote for the film so we can win first place.

Here's the info:

http://www.logoonline.com/schedule/?day=09%2F24%2F08 (Daily TV Schedule)

http://www.logoonline.com/shows/events/short_films/ (The Click Promo page)

Synopsis from IMDB: Haunted by a past relationship, Oscar decides to join a 'Cuddle Group'. Here he meets Aida - a woman determined to solve his problem. A story of heartbreak and loneliness in New York City.

And on that note -- Have a great autumn!

Yuval

Baby !!!! - Elizabeth Pisel-Davis‎ & Roblin Davis - '08

2008-09-11T23:05:00.004+01:00

At 10:15pm, September 10, 2008, a big 8lb 15.6oz, 20 inches long, boy was born in Seattle, WA, USA! We are all doing well after a long and arduous labor.

If you want more pictures: http://photos.roblingray.net/

Love,Elizabeth, Roblin, Maya, Forrest and Baby

Reminiscence - Michael Brown '04 & Faculty

2008-09-01T18:19:00.004+01:00

Hello All,

I wanted to make sure you had information about our upcoming show, Reminiscence, at the Jackson's Lane Theatre in London. As some of you will know, the show is a devised piece, inspired by a case study from Oliver Sacks' book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

It is the story of Mrs O'Connor, who in a bizarre neurological twist is transported to the surreal world of her memories. As her condition becomes increasingly difficult to fathom, Mrs O'Connor and her doctor go on a journey of discovery to the limits of science's ability to fully account for what happens in our minds, and to the limits of our ability to fully recapture the past.

Reminiscence is a piece of total theatre using live music (original compositions inspired by the folk melodies of Eastern Europe) and spectacular visuals to take the audience on a fantastical, poignant and ultimately moving journey through the mind.

There is a two for one offer on the 9th and 10th of September. See the attached flyer for more information.

Please forward this email along to anyone you know who might be interested.

Thanks, and I look forward to seeing you there!

Michael Brown

P.S.

FREE post-show discussion forum
14 and 17 September
Join a panel of scientists and members of the artistic team to find out more about temporal lobe seizures and the artistic processes involved in creating Reminiscence.

The Octopus League - '04 - god(s)

2008-08-23T12:07:00.000+01:00

Conner Irwin '06 - The Murder Monologues -

2008-07-18T18:05:00.003+01:00

A fascinating play that explores two different kinds of murder, previews in London at The Courtyard Theatre, Pitfield St, London - 26th & 27th July.

The Murder Monologues, written by Bournemouth-based writers John Foster and Sheila West, has already received rave audience reviews on the south coast and is now moving to The Courtyard Theatre, Bowling Green Walk, Pitfield Street, London on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July.

The writers are also taking the show to the Edinburgh Festival this summer (details below) and hope to go on tour in the autumn.

Little Boy, starring former Olympic Swimming Medallist Adrian Turner, is written by BAFTA- wardwinning film & television writer, John Foster, who is also Screenwriter in Residence at Bournemouth University. The story explores the tragic, true-life story of Major Claude Eatherly of the US Air Force, part of the team that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Deceived by he authorities about his mission and unable to atone for his guilt, Eatherly was plagued by nightmares and recovered memories and spent some time in an asylum. Feted both as a war hero and then as an anti-war hero, he later resorted to robbing banks and forging cheques to raise money for Hiroshima’s orphans and war widows and never came to terms with what he had done.

The disturbing Chocolate Cake, starring Conor Irwin and written by Sheila West, takes a chilling tour through the mind of a serial psychopath on Death Row as he remembers the pleasure he felt at the murder of children. A character who is at times obscene and unsettling and at other times verging on the sympathetic, he takes the audience on an emotional rollercoaster ride towards a shocking and unexpected conclusion.

Daring, thought-provoking and poignant, the Murder Monologues look at the relationship etween murder condemned and murder condoned, between responsibility and detachment, between blame and guilt, and between prison bars and the restraints of the mind.

London previews at The Courtyard Theatre, Bowling Green Walk, 40 Pitfield Street, London
N1 6EU on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July at 8pm. (Nearest tube: Old Street.) Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions) from theatre box office on 0870 163 0717 or from Sheila West on 07920 404070 or email murdertickets@hotmail.com

Edinburgh previews at The Space UK @ Jury's Inn (V260): Aug 1-2 13:05 (1hr) £4.50 (£3.00) & Aug 4-9, 11-16 13:05 (1hr) £6.00 (£4.50)

For further information / complimentary press tickets, please contact Lindsey Darking (PR Manager) on 07775 891715 or Sheila West on 07920 404070 or alternatively email us at murdertickets@hotmail.com

Keira McDonald & Dafydd James '05 - BLAsT

2008-07-13T17:37:00.002+01:00

Here is what I have been up to:

BLAsT! is a new one woman musical created and performed by Keira McDonald with music and lyrics by Dafydd James.

BLAsT! is the story of a lady astronaut who blasted into outer-space and then drove from Houston to Orlando wearing a diaper. When she got there she blasted her love rival in the face with pepper spray!

All of the text is from interviews and the interrogation report. All of the music( save the patter song) is pure imagination...

I work-shopped this piece in Minneapolis with Jason Bohon and Dafydd James ( class of '05.) AND Katie Melby (class of '05) played instruments on the recording.

BLAsT! is touring Regina, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Victoria all summer. It will also be produced in Seattle at Theatre Off Jackson's SPF 3: Apply Liberally ( solo performance festival) in March.

I will be blogging all summer: http://BLAsTCanada.blogspot.com

Love, keira

Zephyrus Dreams – Robin Edwards, Darren Goad, Megan Heffernan, Mark Hunen, Jen Pearcy, Will Pinchin, Becca Savory et al.

2008-04-28T09:12:00.005+01:00

Kelley (Wade '04) & Patrick Soul - Welcome to the world

2008-01-18T12:29:00.000Z

Josephine Beatrix Soul

Born to proud parents Kelley and Patrick, on Tuesday 8th January 2008 at 14.48 GMT

Weighing 8lbs 14oz

Josie Bea is very, very cute and is looking forward life around LISPA and all the lovely people there.

xx
Kelley and Patrick

Are you my mother?

A bit tired

Proude Mum

Little Hands

Day Three

Time for a nap!

Yuval Boim '04 - Two Thousand Years

2008-01-18T12:04:00.000Z

Hello Everyone,

Here's info about my show. It's a great script/cast/production. Hope you can make it!

x Yuval

Two Thousand Years

By Mike Leigh
Directed by Scott Elliott

Don't miss the off-Broadway play of the year!From the creative team that brought you Abigail's Party, Mike Leigh and Scott Elliott are together again for the American Premiere of Mike's newest play.

Featuring:Yuval Boim, David Cale , Laura Esterman, Jordan Gelber, Merwin Goldsmith, Cindy Katz, Natasha Lyonne and Richard Masur.

Two Thousand Years begins previews at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row on Tuesday January 15th.

Schedule:
January 15 - March 8, 2008

Mon: 8pm,

Tues: 7pm,

Wed-Fri: 8pm,

Sat: 2 & 8pm

http://www.thenewgroup.org/

Box Office 410 W. 42nd St. or call 212-279-4200
*Subject to availability and a $1.25 facility fee

Emily Watson Howes, Miren Alcala, Kate Hewitt, Rosamund Martins, Natalie Meyer, Fran Moulds, Sofia Paschou and Roger Ribo '07 - How It Ended

2008-01-06T15:33:00.000Z

YOU NEED ME present

How It Ended

The debut piece from You Need Me, an international company of actors with a strong physical background, How It Ended is a tender and tragic exploration of marriage in an era of uncompromising expectations. Staged in the round with live music, the cast play with traditional storytelling techniques to explore a true story of cultural alienation and loneliness. The focus shifts from Wales during the Second World War to France in the immediate aftermath of liberation, keeping at its centre the fierce fading of a wartime romance. A hauntingly intimate story of love in decline.

7.30pm, 8th-13th January 2008

Camden People's Theatre

Devised by the cast
Conceived and directed by Emily Watson Howes

Swazzled Theatre (Robin, Will, Dori, Sara -'06, Jen & Dan - '07)

2007-11-27T15:21:00.000Z

Hello everyone and greetings!

Swazzled Theatre would like to invite you to our latest work-in-progress:

SMALL CORNERS

We’vebeen working with our own unique set of full masks, investigatingcharacters and the intertwining stories of London, exploring theatricality within this great city…

In darkness,

light a candle

and let it shine

you in your small corner

and I in mine

We will be presenting a work in progress performance displaying what we have discovered so far, which will take place at:

CAMDEN PEOPLES THEATRE

Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th of December
8pm

Weare very excited about sharing our work, and would love for you to bethere, to hear what you think, and to join us for a drink afterwards!

To book tickets just email mail@swazzled.com and reserve your seat; its only £3.50 cash to be paid on the door, which all goes towards covering costs of the project. It’s a small theatre, so book quickly to be sure of getting a seat…

Check out http://www.swazzled.com/ and http://www.cpttheatre.co.uk/ for details and pictures of the project so far!

In addition to the regular Swazzled Theatre Company (Robin Edwards, Dorie Kinnear, Jen Pearcy, Will Pinchin, Toby Coe, and Flavia Fraser-Cannon), we have also been lucky enough to work with Sarah Johnson and Jonathan Lambert – both fantastic performers, and Daniel Burston, who has been composing original music for the work – so we are especially keen to share our findings, and for you to join us in them!

MASK AUCTION!!!
Wewill also be auctioning off a selection of the company’s unique handmade masks, to help cover the costs of the project. You can view them at http://www.swazzled.com/: again email us for details, more to follow!

Thank you so much, and we all look forward to seeing you on the 4th and 5th… Don’t miss out!

SWAZZLED

Giovanni Fusetti - New York Clown Festival

2007-10-12T11:47:00.000+01:00

Dear all

I am very pleased to invite you to a series of events that will happen in these coming weeks in New York City.
All the best to you

Giovanni Fusetti

NEW YORK CLOWN FESTIVAL

October 20th-21st26th - July 21, 2007

WORKING ON YOUR OWN CLOWN

A coaching workshops for clownswith Giovanni Fusetti

http://www.bricktheater.com/Fusetti

Tues, Oct 23 at 8:30pm

AN EVENING WITH GIOVANNI FUSETTI

Lecture-presentation
http://www.bricktheater.com/clown

and...

A collaboration with the Combustibles Theatre Company, NY
From Wednesday October 31st to Sunday November 4th

HUMAN TRASH

A theatrical exploration
of the American Archetype
of THE TRAMP

a workshop led by

Giovanni Fusetti

For further information please visit the web site:
www.giovannifusetti.com

and click on CALENDAR

Liza Zapol '05 and the Combustibles - New York Clown Festival

2007-10-12T11:33:00.000+01:00

BURNT UMBER

At the 2nd Annual New York Clown Theater Festival
Directed by Rachel Eckerling
Featuring Anne Sorce & Liza Zapol

Come see the Combustibles blaze onto New York's clown and theater scene
with their dark and zany office apocalypse debut, BURNT UMBER!

New York Clown Festival
The Brick Theater, Williamsburg
October 14 @ 5:30, October 16 @ 7, October 20 @ 10:30

Buy Tickets Online: Here

MORE INFO
www.thecombustibles.com

TALK TO US
info@thecombustibles.com

Emily Watson Howes '07 - Umbrella Birds

2007-09-07T08:41:00.000+01:00

Umbrella Birds

**** The Scotsman

CLAIRE SMITH

E4 UDDERBELLY'S PASTURE (VENUE 300)

THE ubiquitous Mark Watson turns up at the meeting point outside the purple cow to guide us to the venue, a Portakabin public toilet parked up in George Square.

But this show isn't about him, it's about his missus - aka Emily Watson Howes - who has written and performs in an all-girl sketch show set in a ladies' loo. It's an intimate affair that only ten audience members can see at once; while it sounds like a novelty show, though, the setting is actually a brilliant way of stringing together a series of sketches for a female cast.

Characters arrive, interact, and then leave again - just as they would do in a real toilet. A woman comes in to carry out a pregnancy test, a middle-class mother reassures her daughter after a dreadful play and, funniest of all, a stand-up comedienne, rehearsing for her first gig, enlists the help of a stranger to give her a crash course in how to deal with hecklers. There's also a strung-out Egyptologist, a traffic warden who's a mine of misleading celebrity gossip, and a couple of mini-storylines involving a charity mugger and a girl in a chicken outfit.

There's a fantastic cast of characters here, and with tight writing, strong characterisation and snappy delivery, the sketches are laugh-out-loud funny. An hour on a hard seat in a Portakabin is uncomfortable, but I'm already looking forward to telling people in a few years' time: "I saw Emily Watson Howes performing in a toilet in Edinburgh back in 2007."

Until 27 August. Today 4pm

20 August 2007

Noelle Houssney & Elizabeth Baron '04 - Femme Façade

2007-09-07T08:31:00.000+01:00

Hello Friends,

Some of you haven't heard from me in long time. I've been living in Beirut, but at the moment, I'm in Boulder. This sumer I've been working on a new one-woman play called "Femme Facade" which I will perform on September 7 & 8, before I return to Lebanon. The flier is attached, please take a look.

You can also check out my website http://www.setupart.org/ for more information.
I hope to see you there,

Noelle Houssney

PS. Please park across the street at the university so that there is room for everyone. Directions are on the website.

Yuval Boim '04 - THE BOOK PLAY

2007-08-24T14:12:00.000+01:00

Hello friends,

This is what people are saying about the show i'm in right now:

"The direction by Stephen Brackett also makes this production top-notch...The acting in PN1923.45 LS01 Volume 2 [The Book Play] is stellar...This was the most professional FringeNYC show I've seen..." NYTheatre.com

"Impeccable cast" Backstage

So come check us out.

Saturday, August 25th @ 8:00pm

Sunday, August 26th @ 4:15pm

The Bleecker Street Theatre

45 Bleecker @ Lafayette

Here's the website: www.thebookplay.com.

Hope to see you there!

x Yuval

Yuval Boim '04 - THE BOOK PLAY

2007-08-21T14:08:00.000+01:00

Hello Friends,

Here's info for the show I'm currently in. I'm proud of all of our hard work on this baby. The cast is fantastic, including Everett Quinton -- of The Ridiculous Theatrical Company. It should be lots of fun, so if you are around and wanna come see me (um, make out, yet again, in front of an audience -- do I sense a pattern?) clickity click below and reserve your ticket.

If you are industry, I can reserve you comps, just let me know which performance you would like to come to and how many tickets.

Hope to see you there!

x Yuval

PN1923.45 LS01 VOLUME 2 [THE BOOK PLAY]
A new play about love and sex in the sub-basement of the San
Francisco Library…who knew the Dewey Decimal System could be this fun !?!

WRITTEN BY BIXBY ELLIOT
DIRECTED BY STEPHEN BRACKETT

at The New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
Venue #15: Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street – The Bleecker Street
Theatre (formerly The Culture Project/Upstairs)

*Wednesday August 15th at 7:30pm

(opening night) JOIN US FOR AN OPENING NIGHT PARTY at BOTANICA after the show and have a BOOK-TINI!
*Sunday August 19th at 5:00pm
*Thursday August 23rd at 5:45pm
*Saturday August 25th at 8:00pm
*Sunday August 26th at 4:15pm

A missing book. Decade hopping. New love. Hot sex. A proposal. Fake
teeth? A lot happens in the sub-basement of the San Francisco
Library. Madeline, the librarian, and Laurence are trapped in the
1950's. Jon is having problems with his boyfriend in the 1980's.
Harry is f%#ing pissed ALL the time. Check out PN1923.45 LS01 Volume
2 [The Book Play] …who knew the Dewey Decimal System could be this
fun!?! www.thebookplay.com

with -
Yuval Boim*
James Ryan Caldwell*

Matthew Hoch
Chad Hoeppner*
Marguerite Stimpson*
and Everett Quinton*
(* denotes member of Actor's Equity Association)

Lighting Design by Anjeanette Stokes
Costume Design by Carrmen Wrenn

Set Design by Eliza Brown

Sound Design by Matt Sandoval
Stage Management by Andrea Wales
Casting by Paul Davis/Calleri Casting
Dramaturgy by Paul Menard

Production Information:

PN1923.45 LS01 Volume 2 [The Book Play]
Venue #15: Theatres at 45 Bleecker – THE BLEECKER STREET THEATRE
(formerly the upstairs space at The Culture Project) 45 Bleecker
Street @ Lafayette
6 to Bleecker Street
B, D, F, V to Broadway/Lafayette
W, R to Prince Street.

Performance Schedule
Wednesday August 15th at 7:30pm (opening night)
Sunday August 19th at 5:00pm
Thursday August 23rd at 5:45pm
Saturday August 25th at 8:00pm
Sunday August 26th at 4:15pm

Tickets: $15.
For tickets visit www.fringenyc.org or call
In New York: (212) 279-4488 or Outside New York: 1-888-FringeNYC

FOR MORE INFO GO TO:

WWW.THEBOOKPLAY.COM OR WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEBOOKPLAY