A Place for Global eatre Artists and Storytellers to Convene and Develop New Work
28/11/2016
Theater makers representing a range of cultures come together to nurture and develop their projects, which draw inspiration from culturally specific storytelling techniques (Club Diamond) and modern geopolitics (36 Abbas Street, Haifa) as well as from films (Teeth, based on the 2007 independent horror film; Ma Vie En Rose, from the creators of Spring Awakening and based on the 1997 film). Work supported at Theatre Lab at MASS MoCA can be a springboard to the global stage: Hatuey, an opera in half-Spanish, half-Yiddish, developed at the Lab last year and is set to premiere in Cuba in March 2017, and last season's Bella, An American Tall Tale, by Kirsten Childs opens at Playwright Horizons this spring, following its recent world premiere at Dallas Theater Center.
The projects that come through our Labs represent rare visions and share a risk-taking sensibility, said Philip Himberg, Artistic Director of Sundance Institute's Theatre Program. These bold, timely works deal with some of the most provocative topics in today's cultural discourse, and the lab provides a space to intensely interrogate, refine and heighten storytelling and impact.
The projects selected for the Theatre Lab at MASS MoCA are:
Club Diamond
Created and written by Saori Tsukada and Nikki Appino
Composed/Music Direction by Tim Fain
A young woman travels alone from Tokyo to New York City to be a star. This narrative unfolds using old-fashioned storytelling techniques from the East and the West including a silent film, Benshi (live narration) and Kami-shibai (paper-play). Club Diamond is a solo work created by Japanese theater artist Saori Tsukada, and American theatre artist and filmmaker Nikki Appino, in collaboration with composer/violinist Tim Fain.
Saori Tsukada is described as a charismatic mover with astounding precision, harnessing her ability in theater, dance, in between and beyond. Born in America and raised in Japan, she has collaborated with numerous artists including John Moran, Yoshiko Chuma and Aya Ogawa. Tsukada has been nominated twice for Best Actress at Dublin Fringe Festival.
Nikki Appino is a theatre and filmmaker who trained at NYU's Experimental Theatre Wing. She founded a nonprofit arts company in Seattle in the 90's, is a regional theater director, and generates original works for stage and screen. Awards include the NEA/TCG Directing Fellowship. She runs Appino Productions and TheGlassFactory.
Teeth
Book by Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs
Music by Anna K. Jacobs
Words by Michael R. Jackson
Directed by Marlo Hunter
Based on the film Teeth by Mitchell Lichtenstein
Adapted from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival Award-winning indie horror film by Mitchell Lichtenstein, Teeth tells the story of Dawn O'Keefe, an evangelical Christian teen with a secret: she has teeth in her vagina. When the men in Dawn's life try to exploit her, she must confront the teeth and decide which part of herself to save, and which to sacrifice.
Marlo Hunter's credits as a director/choreographer include Unlock'd (The Duke - Prospect; Callaway Award), My Life Is a Musical (Bay Street), and Date of a Lifetime (NJ Rep). Choreographer: Lips Together (Second Stage). Director, Co-Conceiver (w/Sasha Eden): Theatrical Culinary Project with Chef Carla Hall, playwrights Jeff Augustin, Elizabeth Irwin, Daniel Pearle & Julian Sheppard. Upcoming: Director, Costs of Living (Village).
Michael R. Jackson holds a BFA and MFA in playwriting and Musical Theatre Writing from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He wrote book and lyrics for the musical Only Children with composer Rachel Peters, book, music, and lyrics for the musical A Strange Loop, and book and lyrics for the musical adaptation of the 2007 horror film Teeth with co-bookwriter and composer Anna Jacobs.
Anna K. Jacobs is a Sydney-born composer and lyricist. Her shows include POP! (Yale Rep, Pittsburgh City Theatre, Studio Theatre, etc.), Harmony, Kansas (Diversionary Theatre), Stella and the Moon Man (STC/Theatre of Image), Teeth (Ars Nova Uncharted), Echo (Musical Theatre Factory), and the short musicals Cage Match and Magic 8 Ball (Prospect Theatre Company).
Artists-in-Residence
36 Abbas Street, Haifa
Written and performed by Raeda Taha
Directed by Junaid Sarieddeen
A story of two Palestinian families: the Rafis, Palestinians who stayed in Palestine as hostages to fate, becoming citizens of the Jewish state of Israel, and the Abu Ghaidas, forced to leave and wander all corners of the world in search of a country they can call their own.
Raeda Taha is currently the chairperson for the Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramallah/Palestine and on the Administrative Committee of Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation Beirut/Lebanon; she was the Press Secretary of Chairman Yasser Arafat from 1987 to 1994. She has published short stories in Anthology of Women Writers and has written a book, Ali. She has been the lead in Petra Rocks, Return to Haifa and 80 Steps. In 2015, she wrote, produced and performed a one woman show Where Can I Find Someone Like You Ali?, directed by Lina Abyad. She has a B.A. in Speech Communication and Journalism from George Mason University in Virginia.
Junaid Sarieddeenis a theatre director, actor and dramaturg at the Zoukak Theatre Company in Beirut, Lebanon.
Ma Vie En Rose
Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
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