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The
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Friday,
July 14 & Saturday, July 15 at 8pm
"American Value"
Sojourn Theatre (Portland,
Oregon) with NACL, Carpetbag Brigade, and Local Community |
“What
does being an American mean to you?” “What
are your core values?”
This year’s festival opener is a theatrical exploration of these
questions—a community performance project directed by Michael Rohd
of Sojourn Theatre, with NACL, guest stilt artists from California’s
Carpetbag Brigade, and members of our own politically and socially diverse
community. The performance will combine documented interviews from
around the county with stilt walking, song, chorus, and story-telling. NACL
is looking for local people who would like to get involved as performers
or to be interviewed by the artists and organizers. |
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Friday,
July 21 & Saturday, July 22 at 8pm
"Nor the Cavaliers Who Come with Us"
One Reed Theatre (Toronto, Canada) |
| A vivid physical play directed
by Daniel Mroz about a Canadian tourist’s
search for ‘an intelligent source of evil
in the world.” His quest takes him
to Mexico, the home of his heroes and a net of
personal entanglements: love, bullfights, the Virgin
of Guadalupe and an apprenticeship to a mysterious
horse doctor. He enters into an epic contest with
the spirits of the conquest of the New World, and
his belief system is questioned. The audience sits
on all four sides of the playing space to watch
a delightful performance in an intimate, dream-like
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Sunday,
July 23 at 3pm - ALL AGES!
Peking Opera for Kids - "Monkey Steals the Heavenly Peaches"
Chinese Theatre Works (New York, New York)
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award-winning Chinese Theatre Works from New
York City will perform a real Peking Opera for
a family audience. The actors will perform with
full face paint, colorful traditional costume,
Chinese acrobatics, and ancient traditional dance.
The performance tells the story of the adventures
of the fabulous Monkey King, Sun Wu Kung, from
the classic 16th century novel, "Journey
to the West.” Not only does the show provide
great entertainment but the audience will learn
the history and tradition of Peking Opera and
children will be invited to participate in this
unique and wonderful traditional form of theatre. |
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Friday,
July 28 & Saturday, July 29 at 8pm
"Open Theatre Kitchen"
Zuppa Circus Theatre (Halifax, Canada) |
| A chef couple living in a
far-off desert wants a child so badly they imagine
one into existence. As the story unfolds, they
prepare a hearty soup live on stage. Equal
parts human and onion, mischief and mythology,
the show is a wild theatrical feast that celebrates
an appetite for the world. Zuppa Circus is
a Halifax treasure, well known for their comedic
and physical outdoor theatre on the Halifax waterfront. |
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Sunday,
July 30 at 3pm - ALL AGES!
"Mudfire"
Carpetbag Brigade (San Francisco, California) |
| Carpetbag Brigade is an extraordinary
stilt- walking troupe from California. Directed
by Jay Ruby and Kristen Greco, Mudfire is
a family show that features fire-red stilt characters
that emerge from subterranean realms, enchanting
children and mystifying adults. These fantastic
creatures invoke our ancient relationship to the
power of fire with grace, elegance, daredevil lifts,
and extraordinary artistic stunts. |
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Friday,
August 4 & Saturday, August 5 at 8pm
"Turkish Delightenment" - a Performance Installation
Brett Keyser (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| A performance installation
created and performed by Brett Keyser. The
audience interacts, through a chess game with a… what? A
robot? A man? The lobby performance ponders
what The Age of Enlightenment never accomplished.
Commissioned by the American Philosophical Society. |
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Friday,
August 4 & Saturday, August 5 at 8pm
"The Starry Messenger"
Don Kitt (Naples, Italy) |
| A one-man performance created
by Don Kitt, ex-Primus actor who now resides in
Italy, and directed by Tage Larsen of The Odin
Teatret in Denmark. The performance is a charming
and simple exploration of humanity with text by
Annie Dillard, Gallileo Gallilei, and Samuel Beckett. The
show was first presented at the Odin Teatret where
Don has been a collaborator for several years. |
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**ALSO,
DON'T MISS** |
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| Back by popular demand and
with a new ending! Last year, The Mystery of Lakewood
House, a site-specific experimental mystery drew
record crowds. The audience is divided into
three groups and visits various locations around
NACL to catch glimpses of the characters’ stories,
the music, imagery, and mystery until the final
scene reveals the truth at last. A classic
NACL show about which Laurie Stuart of the River
Reporter writes: “The ensemble at NACL has
indeed developed an original Upper Delaware play
that is sure to become a favorite legacy. It combines
cutting-edge theater with general audience appeal
and serves it generously, with love for the area
and the theater experience. It is truly a
delight for both young and mature audiences.” Don’t
miss it this year! |
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Saturday,
August 19 at 8pm
Digit Fest
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NACL will host an evening of
DVAA’s DIGit Media Arts Exposition with a
tribute to the founder of video art, the revolutionary
video artist, Nam
June Paik. This event is the World
Premiere of a 60-minute production by Skip Blumberg
- which is set for release in late September. This
presentation will be part of an evening of Experimental
Work from around the globe. |
NACL Theatre
110 Highland Lake Rd.
Highland Lake, NY 12743
845-557-0694
nacl@nacl.org
click
here for the 2005 festival program
click here for the
2004 festival program
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