NACL THEATRE
110 HIGHLAND LAKE RD
HIGHLAND LAkE, NY
USA. 12743
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Recent Performances, Projects and Events
The Little Farm Show @ Pontine Theatre
January 27, 2012
NACL brings the all-ages musical about food and farming to Pontine Theatre in Portsmouth, NH
Showtimes:
Friday, January 27, 8PM
Saturday, January 28, 4PM & 8PM
Sunday, January 29, 2PM
Click here for more 'dirt' on The Little Farm Show
For details & directions: www.pontine.org
The Little Farm Show @ NOFA-NY Winter Conference
January 21, 2012
Video: The Little Farm Show
Details: NOFA-NY website
WHERE DOES YOUR FOOD COME FROM? NACL Theatre explores this question with an all-ages musical extravaganza about FARMING, FOOD, and the ENVIRONMENT. From the inception of the solar system, to sunset on Millicent’s farm, the Magnificent MacDonald Twins give audiences a whirlwind tour of “The Greatest Show on Dirt!”
THE LITTLE FARM SHOW, created and performed by Tannis Kowalchuk and Brett Keyser, kicks up some dirt with live music, and high-spirited performances. The play navigates through the history of agriculture from 10,000 BCE to today, exploring sustainability, local food systems, and organic farming. Steeped in history, philosophy, and a wheel barrow-full of information, THE LITTLE FARM SHOW will not only entertain, but will ask people to consider their food choices and the effect those decisions have on their bodies, the environment, and society.
...a tour of cosmic and earth history, as well as the cultural evolution of ecological awareness and sustainable food production (phew!) all in the space of 55 entertaining minutes of song, humor, and incredible acting.
—Peter Comstock, Head of Homestead School, Glen Spey, NY
Inspired by her own life in the Catskills, and driven by the desire to see our nation return to sustainability, Kowalchuk has made the concept of farm living highly palatable and accessible.
—Jonathan Fox, The River Reporter
Where the Light Falls
November 13, 2011
Einy Åm / EyeKnee Coordination
In this new work, Where the Light Falls, by the contemporary dance theater company EyeKnee Coordination, Norwegian choreographer Einy Åm elegantly merges the mediums of dance, theater, video, and music to give the audience a glimpse into the world of a woman in a state of waiting and anticipation, peeking into a surreal world of memories, embracing both the beautiful, bizarre, and serious.
Supported by the DEEP SPACE Performance Residency Program.
Tickets: Sliding Scale $10-$20 Pay What You Can
Reserve at 845-557-0694 or email Tannis@nacl.org
New York Neo-Futurists - Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
October 30, 2011
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
(30 plays in 60 minutes)
Created by Greg Allen
Written by the New York Neo-Futurists
"Our show is an ever-changing attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes--an original concept by Greg Allen and the Neo-Futurists. The single unifying element of these plays is that they are performed from a perspective of absolute honesty. We always appear as ourselves on stage, speaking directly from our personal experiences. Each short play is written by a performer, honed by the ensemble, and randomly collaged with twenty-nine other plays through high energy audience participation. Each night of performance, we aim to create an unreproducable living newspaper of the comic and tragic, the political and personal, the visceral and experimental."
Supported by the DEEP SPACE Performance Residency Program.
Tickets: $11 + the outcome of your roll of a 6-sided die
Reserve at 845-557-0694 or email Tannis@nacl.org
The Baker and Dunham Project
October 16, 2011
This multi-media dance theater collaboration between theater director Mimi McGurl, choreographer dancer Maria Bauman and dancer Dawn Robinson explores the lives of two of the most extraordinary women of the twentieth century. The story centers on the first meeting in 1948 between Josephine Baker, the iconic and glamorous star of stage and film who chose Paris as her home and Katherine Dunham, modern dancer, anthropologist and one of America's most influential choreographers. Featuring Maria Bauman as Katherine Dunham and dancer Dawn Robinson as Josephine Baker. Choreography by Maria Bauman. Conceived and directed by Mimi McGurl.
Supported by the DEEP SPACE Performance Residency Program.
Tickets: Sliding Scale $10-$20 Pay What You Can
Reserve at 845-557-0694 or email Tannis@nacl.org
Actionable
October 1, 2011
Blending music, video, slides, and monologue, Canadian musician and performer Bob Wiseman performs ACTIONABLE, a play about the sometimes litigious results of his songwriting, as he establishes his solo career post Canadian pop group Blue Rodeo. He rubs shoulders with lawyers for Prince, lawyers for Warner Music, lawyers for Pepsi-Cola, lawyers for David Geffen, lawyers for Blue Rodeo, and Canadian lawyer Doug Christie, whose clients include historical revisionists and members of the KKK. These often hilarious tales are presented utilizing super 8 film, video projection, power-point, and musical breaks on accordion, guitar, and keyboard. Mr. Wiseman will be representing himself in this performance. Directed by Sean Dixon.
Supported by the DEEP SPACE performance residency program.
"So Simple. So brilliant!!!!” —GUY MADDIN
“Wiseman may not be a professional theatre guy, but you'd never know it. The high artistic value of Actionable is unlike anything you've seen before or could even try to imagine." —ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN, Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC)
Tickets: Sliding Scale $10-$20 Pay What You Can
Reserve at 845-557-0694 or email Tannis@nacl.org
Check out Bob's website
Agrarian Acts
September 25, 2011
Agrarian Acts is a contemporary county fair and production celebrating the multifarious ideas, enterprise, and creative work of a New Generation of Farmers. Inspired by the tradition of the country fair and carnival, traveling Chautauqua, and vaudeville stagecraft, Agrarian Acts joins the revival of American rural celebration and community improvisation.
Presented by NACL and The Greenhorns, the day’s featured performances will include a screening of the new documentary film The Greenhorns, about the struggle and valor of young farmers in America; live performances by NACL; the stage adaptation of the children’s story Cornplosion! by Carly and Scott Sell; and The Vagabond's Vaudeville, a play about the life of poet and rambler Vachel Lindsay, by Charlie Traeger.
Throughout the day view photographic art by young farmers, hear Kurt Knuth and friends delight with bluegrass and old-timey music, and enjoy facepainting using natural dyes with Acadia. Workshops include stilt walking with Brett Keyser and seed saving with the Dirt Diva. Audiences will be invited to sing work songs from around the world with Bennett Konesni, barter garden produce at a Crop Swap, listen to entertaining and enlightening Soap Box Speakers, compete in a lettuce-eating contest, and hug a piglet from Majestic Farm. Farm and food organizations including The Greenhorns, Pure Catskills, and Shop Local/Save Land will share their organizational missions and resources.
The day kicks off at Noon with a potluck lunch—a "Localvore Challenge" in collaboration with Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York. So please bring some local food to share. A full and detailed schedule will soon be available.
Sponsors/Friends and Collaborators in Agrarian Acts include NACL, The Greenhorns, Pure Catskills, Shop Local/Save Land, The Watershed Agricultural Council, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Farmhearts, and many area farms and farmers.
Video/radio work by Adam Weinreich.
Presented as part of the NACL Deep Space Performance Residency Program.
(A Family-Friendly Event)
Tickets: Children $5, Adults $10, Family $20
Reserve at 845-557-0694 or email brett@nacl.org
Watch The Greenhorns trailer
More Greenhorns information at: The Greenhorns
**POSTPONED** Stray Dog **New Date TBA**
August 27, 2011
Please Note: Stray Dog has been postponed. We apologize for the disappointment. We will re-list the event here when a new date is scheduled.
Welcome to the Stray Dog cabaret and enter the ineffable dream of poet Laura Moran. Stray Dog transports us to a late night poetry club somewhere (St. Petersburg 1912 perhaps?) where poetry, satire, and art are tested, scrutinized, and celebrated. Other stray dogs are gathered: fellow poets, anarchists, musicians, scientists, dissidents, exotic dancers, spies, drunks, political cranks, singers, exiles, and wise storytellers. Featuring guest poets Vera B. Williams and Corinna Bain, other-worldly revolutionary visits by Tannis Kowalchuk as the velvet spirit of Anna A. and Brett Keyser channeling Mikhail B., dance installation by Eva Barnett, music by Kurt Knuth, and bartending by Ivan the Terrible. Borscht will be served of course. Supported by DEEP SPACE performance residency program.
*POSTPONED-New Date TBD* The Little Farm Show: Callicoon Farmers Market
August 14, 2011
NACL brings the all-ages musical about food and farming to Farmers Markets in Sullivan County this summer.
FREE performance sponsored by area businesses.
Click here for more 'dirt' on The Little Farm Show
For details & directions: Sullivan County Farmers' Markets
*POSTPONED - New Date TBD* The Little Farm Show: Barryville Farmers Market
August 13, 2011
NACL brings the all-ages musical about food and farming to Farmers Markets in Sullivan County this summer.
FREE performance sponsored by area businesses.
Click here for more 'dirt' on The Little Farm Show
For details & directions: Barryville Farmers Market
Dance Y'rself Green at Callicoon Creek Park
August 6, 2011
On Saturday, August 6th the Callicoon Creek Park will be hosting an OUTDOOR DANCE PARTY and FUNDRAISER for NACL Theatre.
Fun starts at 6:00pm with a DJ from 7:00 to 11:00pm
Suggested donation for dance party is $10
(children under 12 free)
The mission of Callicoon Creek Park is to:
1. Serve as a perpetually open space for the enjoyment of local residents and the general public.
2. Preserve and enhance the natural beauty and environment of Callicoon Creek and the hamlet of Callicoon.
3. Provide an open-air facility for organized community functions approved by the Town of Delaware: concerts and cultural performances, educational programs, memorial services, farmers' markets, etc.
The Little Farm Show: New York City
July 31, 2011
"If you can't get to a farm, find a farmer that will come to you!"
NACL brings the all-ages musical about food and farming to The Living Room in New York CIty, a premiere downtown venue this summer.
Click here for more 'dirt' on The Little Farm Show
Tickets: Children $5, Adults $10, Family Pack (4) $25
Tickets are available at the door a half-hour before showtime, or may be purchased in advance at www.TicketWeb.com
Check out The Living Room's Kids Shows page
For venue details & directions: The Living Room, NYC
LEARN TO WALK ON STILTS
July 25, 2011
Yes you can! Rise above! Expand your horizons! A four-day Stilt Walking Workshop led by the amazing NACL stilt professionals.
Monday, July 25th through Thursday, July 28th, 2-5pm
$125
Limited class size. Call 845-557-0694
or email Tannis@nacl.org
to reserve your spot.
Photo Credit: Joni Starr
Buddha and the Rock Star
July 17, 2011
Next up in the DeepSpace Residency Program, Buddha and the Rock Star
Is thrill seeking wise? Buddha and the Rock Star is a bawdy, experimental dance-theatre performance that explores that question. Performed by an ensemble of Montreal video artists, actors, and dancers, and directed by Rosaruby Kagan, the high-energy performance incorporates video, text, live music, theatre, and a wide range of dance styles, from ballet to hip-hop, to engage audiences in a kinesthetic and lyrical stage experience that delves into sex, drugs, rock and roll, and humanity’s attachment to fear, false identifications, and patterns of behavior. The performance is structured as a woman’s daily meditation, running the gamut of human experience from the spiritual to the erotic.
(Contains Adult Content)
Tickets: Sliding scale $10-$20 Pay What You Can
Join us afterward for Spaghetti Dinner with the Artists
Reserve at 845-557-0694 or email Tannis@nacl.org
Photo Credit: Caspian Kilkelly
Season Opener - Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man
June 26, 2011
For our first DeepSpace Residency of the 2011 Season NACL will host Nightjar Apothecary, the Philadelphia-based production company founded by NACL Associate Artist Brett Keyser. Darwinii was a favorite among audiences at the 2010 NACL Catskill Festival of New Theatre—If you missed it then, here's your second chance!
"...one of the most mesmerizing pieces of theater this town has seen in a decade…. A bright but brooding portrayal of an unstable yet penetrating mind that mines both the antics of vaudeville and the philosophical implications of Darwinian theory to produce a thoughtful and thorough exploration of a debate that still rages in American politics today.”
—Tony Brown, Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
Written by Glen Berger (co-bookwriter of Broadway’s SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark) and performed by co-creator Keyser, Darwinii is a delightful and madcap public apology from an Argentine thief named Cristobal owning up for his unauthorized acquisitions of rare Darwin documents. Originally commissioned by the American Philosophical Society Museum of Philadelphia, the performance snaps, cracks, and rocks, evolving on a long strip of red carpet, with audience members seated close up, on either side. "One hell of a ride!" —Audience Comment, Cleveland
Tickets: Sliding scale $10-$20 Pay What You Can
Join us afterward for Spaghetti Dinner with the Artists
Reserve at 845-557-0694 or email Tannis@nacl.org
Photo Credit: Steve Wagner
The Little Farm Show for Homestead School
April 27, 2011
Video: The Little Farm Show
WHERE DOES YOUR FOOD COME FROM? NACL Theatre explores this question with an all-ages musical extravaganza about FARMING, FOOD, and the ENVIRONMENT. From the inception of the solar system, to sunset on Millicent’s farm, the Magnificent MacDonald Twins give audiences a whirlwind tour of “The Greatest Show on Dirt!”
THE LITTLE FARM SHOW, created and performed by Tannis Kowalchuk and Brett Keyser, kicks up some dirt with live music, and high-spirited performances. The play navigates through the history of agriculture from 10,000 BCE to today, exploring sustainability, local food systems, and organic farming. Steeped in history, philosophy, and a wheel barrow-full of information, THE LITTLE FARM SHOW will not only entertain, but will ask people to consider their food choices and the effect those decisions have on their bodies, the environment, and society.
...a tour of cosmic and earth history, as well as the cultural evolution of ecological awareness and sustainable food production (phew!) all in the space of 55 entertaining minutes of song, humor, and incredible acting.
—Peter Comstock, Head of Homestead School, Glen Spey, NY
Inspired by her own life in the Catskills, and driven by the desire to see our nation return to sustainability, Kowalchuk has made the concept of farm living highly palatable and accessible.
—Jonathan Fox, The River Reporter
EXILIO: My Life as Bolaño in Guadalajara at Teatro Experimental
February 16, 2011
NACL artists Tannis Kowalchuk and Brett Keyser travel to Guadalajara Mexico this winter!
EXILIO: My Life as Bolaño is a work-in-progress created by a team of North American theatre artists: NACL Theatre (USA), Lydia Margules & Zazil Servin Luna of Museo Deseo Escena (Mexico), designer Flavia Hevia (Mexico/Canada), and Ker Wells of Hopscotch Collective (Canada).
EXILIO is inspired by the life and work of writer Roberto Bolaño, exploring different states of exile and an artist's response to change and conflict, both personal and political. The project will be completed in two stages: A 6-week development period at the University of Guadalajara, culminating in a work-in-progress showing there (Feb 2011); and a 6-week development & rehearsal period at NACL followed by a 2-week run at HERE Arts Center (Dec 2011).
WORK IN PROGRESS Presentation, February 16 and 17, 8:30 PM, Teatro Experimental, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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