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Summer 2009
PLAY! The Akron International Festival of Alternative Theatre coming
in August
New World Performance Laboratory to present a festival of exciting theatre on The University of Akron campus
AKRON,
OH –The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC) and New World
Performance Laboratory (NWPL) have organized PLAY! Akron’s own International Festival of Alternative Theatre from August 13 through August
30, 2009, on the campus of The University of Akron. PLAY! includes six exciting
theatre events: NWPL’s acclaimed
production of Frankenstein; a cabaret performance, Stairway to Paradise: Songs of Sin and Redemption, featuring NWPL company member Megan
Elk and saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio; two family-oriented productions (NWPL’s Looking for Alice
and Theater Ninjas’ The Beetlebug and the Bad Worm); an open rehearsal of NWPL’s
new performance Gilgamesh; and a film and panel discussion with NWPL artistic directors James
Slowiak and Jairo Cuesta in celebration of UNESCO’s Year of Grotowski. Tickets
for PLAY!, individual events and festival passes, are available online at www.BrownPaperTickets.com or by phone at 1-800-838-3006
Schedule of Events
for PLAY!
Frankenstein August 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29 at 8PM in Sandefur Theatre, Guzzetta Hall, ($15, $10 under 18 and UA
Students)
Stairway to Paradise August 21, 22 at 8PM in Sandefur Theatre, Guzzetta Hall, ($15, $10
under 18 and UA Students)
Looking for Alice August 15 at 10AM and August 16 at 2PM in
Daum Theatre, Kolbe Hall ($10, $5 under 18 and UA Students)
The Beetlebug and the Bad Worm August 22 at 6PM and August 23 at 2PM in Daum Theatre, Kolbe Hall, ($10,
$5 under 18 and UA students)
Gilgamesh: An
open rehearsal
August 24 at 7:30PM in Studio 194, Guzzetta Hall ($5, UA students free)
Year of Grotowski:
A Discussion and Film
August 26 at 7PM in Studio 194, Guzzetta Hall ($5, UA students free)
CATAC/NWPL will host an opening night reception on
August 13 (tickets $20) and a festival closing “friendraiser” to celebrate Mary Shelley’s birthday on August
30. For more information on these events call 330-867-3299.
PLAY! is funded in part by the Pittman Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern
Illinois. New World Performance Laboratory works in residence
at The University of Akron.
NWPL Performance Ecology Workshops in Italy 2009
Workshops:
I. Performance Ecology XX: Personal
Technique and the Work of the Actor May 20-24. Laboratorium Teatro. Roma. For more information: www.laboratoriumteatro.it
II. Performance
Ecology: Time and Presence. The environment
as creative stimulus to the actor. Cenci Casa Laboratorio. (Residential). Umbria. May 29-June 2. For more information: www.cencicasalab.it
For more information visit www.nwplab.org or call 330-867-3299.
Watch for information about performances of Frankenstein,
the premiere of NWPL's new performance of Gilgamesh, and the First Akron International Festival of Alternative Theatre
"PLAY"--coming in August 2009!!!!
Fall 2008
NEW WORLD PERFORMANCE LABORATORY’S FRANKENSTEIN
NEW WORLD PERFORMANCE LABORATORY’S
FRANKENSTEIN at E.J. Thomas’s Stage Door
AKRON, OH –New World Performance Laboratory’s
production of Frankenstein will be presented as part of E.J. Thomas Performing Arts
Hall’s exciting Stage Door series on November 8, 2008, at 8 PM. E.J. Thomas
Performing Arts Hall is located on The University of Akron campus. Tickets are
$10, $5 for students. Tickets are available at the Thomas Hall Ticket Office,
Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or charge-by-phone at (330) 945-9400 (Akron) or
(216) 241-5555 (Cleveland).
For further information call the Thomas Hall ticket office at (330) 972-7570 or visit the website at www.ejthomashall.com
New World Performance Laboratory's
investigation of the classic story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley incorporates images
from the novel and scenes from Shelley’s own life. This company creation depicts the epic battle between body, mind,
and soul fought on a landscape of solitude and horror. The characters of Frankenstein mingle with Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, her husband Percy Shelley, and their friends in a gothic nightmare that displays
the deeply detailed physical style of NWPL’s actors and a haunting vocal score exploring 19th century romantic motifs
with new music composed by Megan Elk. NWPL’s Frankenstein, which premiered
as part of The Cleveland Playhouse’s Fusion Fest, has been called “mesmerizing,” “amazing,”
and “provocative.”
NWPL presents this Northeast Ohio encore performance of Frankenstein following a successful summer tour to Poland where the production
was performed in June and July as part of several international festivals including the Malta Festival in Poznan
and the Openings Festival in Wroclaw. Co- Artistic Directors
Jairo Cuesta and James Slowiak (who recently published a book, Jerzy Grotowski,, Routledge 2007) also conducted a series of
workshops while in Poland and then traveled to Italy
where they conducted workshops throughout the month of July in Rome, Chieti,
and at several locations in Umbria. In August, the group
traveled to the Catskills to participate in North American Cultural Laboratory’s Catskill Festival of New Theatre.
Directed
by NWPL co-artistic director and University of Akron theatre professor James Slowiak, Frankenstein features NWPL co-artistic director Jairo Cuesta and company members Debora Totti, Christopher Buck, Megan Elk,
Justin Hale, and Jamie G. Hale. Costume and set design is by Inda Blatch-Geib, lighting design by Chris Hariasz, dramaturgy
by Mike Geither, company and technical management by Danny J Durst, and photographs by Andrew McAllister.
NWPL works
in residence at The University of Akron and under the auspices of the Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC).
For information on the company’s performances, educational programs, and workshops call 330-867-3299 or visit the website
at www.nwplab.org
SPRING 2008
PREMIERE OF NEW
WORLD PERFORMANCE LABORATORY’S FRANKENSTEIN
AKRON, OH –New World Performance Laboratory’s
production of Frankenstein will premiere as part of the Cleveland Playhouse’s
Fusion Fest with performances May 5 and 6 at 7:30 pm on the Bolton stage. The
company will continue performances in Akron, May 16, 17, 23,
24, 30, 31 at 7:30 pm in Sandefur Theatre, Guzzetta Hall, on The University of Akron campus. New
World Performance Laboratory's investigation of the classic story of Frankenstein by Mary
Shelley incorporates images from the novel and scenes from Shelley’s own life. This company creation depicts
the epic battle between body, mind, and soul fought on a landscape of solitude and horror. The characters
of Frankenstein mingle with Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, her husband, the poet Percy Shelley, and their
friends in a gothic nightmare that displays the deeply detailed physical style of NWPL’s
actors and a haunting vocal
score exploring 19th century romantic motifs
with new music composed by
Megan Elk.
NWPL presents these Northeast
Ohio performances of Frankenstein prior to embarking on a tour to Poland
where the production will be performed in June and July as part of several international festivals including the Malta Festival
in Poznan and the Atelier Festival in Wroclaw. Co- Artistic Directors Jairo Cuesta and James Slowiak (who recently published a book,
Jerzy Grotowski,, Routledge 2007) will conduct a series of workshops while in Poland and then travel to Italy where they will conduct workshops throughout the month of July in Rome,
Chieti, and at several locations in Umbria. When the company returns to the USA,
the group will travel to the Catskills to participate in North American Cultural Laboratory’s summer festival in mid-August.
Directed by NWPL co-artistic director
and University of Akron
theatre professor James Slowiak, Frankenstein features NWPL co-artistic director Jairo Cuesta and company
members Debora Totti, Christopher Buck, Megan Elk, Justin Hale, and Jamie G. Hale. Costume
and set design is by Inda Blatch-Geib, lighting design by Chris Hariasz dramaturgy by Mike Geither, company and technical management by Danny
J Durst, and photographs by Andrew McAllister.
NWPL
works in residence at The University of Akron and under the auspices of the Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture
(CATAC). For information on the company’s performances, educational programs,
and workshops call 330-867-3299 or visit the website at www.nwplab.org
For information about Summer 2008
Workshops in Italy and Ohio go to
Workshops page.
WINTER 2008
New World Performance Laboratory premiered Alice...Down
the Rabbit Hole, a performance for children, at the Akron-Summit County Public Library on February 9, 2008, as part of
the This City Reads Festival. Company members Jairo Cuesta, Jamie G. Hale, Alex White, and Debora Totti conducted a
workshop in physical theatre techniques before the performance. Alice...Down the Rabbit Hole is a 40 minute
journey through Lewis Carroll's classic tale. Alice meets the Chesire Cat, the Queen of Hearts, the White Rabbit, the
Mock Turtle and other memorable characters on her adventure. NWPL will tour Alice...Down the Rabbit Hole to
schools, libraries, and community centers. Contact the company at nwpl@lycos.com
Spring 2008!!!! Time and place to be announced.
SPRING/SUMMER/FALL 2007
NWPL is working on a new adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
A work demonstration of the work-in-process was presented April 30, 2007 at 7:30 pm in Guzzetta Hall, Studio 194, on
The University of Akron campus. Open rehearsals/workshop performances are scheduled for October 25, 26 and November
1, 2, 3, 2007 in Sandefur Theatre, Guzzetta Hall on The University of Akron campus at 8pm. More information will follow soon.
A mini-workshop with NWPL is scheduled for August
19, 20, 2007. For information call: 330-867-3299.
Winter 2006
NWPL is in residence this winter at Ashland University where they are engaged in a collaboration with San Francisco-based
circus/clown artists and AU students to create a new performance piece entitled Angry Gods and Lost Marbles. The
play premieres in Ashland on March 16. Follow this link for performance information!
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