The Headwaters Theatre

Tonya Jone Miller: THREADS

Mizu — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:05:41 +0000

performed as part of

The Fertile Ground Festival

January 27 – February 12, 2011

8pm Thurs., Fri., and Sat.

6pm Sun.

Written and performed by Tonya Jone Miller

Directed by Sean Bowie

In August of 1968, a farm girl from rural Indiana stepped off a plane in Saigon, Viet Nam. The people and events that led her there and her subsequent adventures make for an extraordinary tale that is truly stranger than fiction. Based on the life of the playwright’s mother, Threads is a one-woman show illustrating and illuminating how interconnected we human beings are, how we never know the influence a seemingly small action might have, and how in the span of an instant some people can change our lives forever.

Tickets $15 at the door or online at Hula Hub

For ticketing questions, contact: 503.866.1765

Fertile Ground festival pass holders can reserve seats online for free!

(Festival pass valid only for Threads performances 1/27-2/6.)

Masque Alfresco: Losing Ground in the Big City

Mizu — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:10:33 +0000

by Don Teeters

performed as part of The Fertile Ground Festival

January 20-23, 2011 7:30 pm

Tickets: $12 at the door or through Box Office Tickets call 503-422-0195 for info.

Losing Ground in the Big City is a black comedy that grapples with the gravitational pull of a dysfunctional family and how group dynamics can distort perceptions of reality. After breaking from his very religious rural family who give him panic attacks, Quaid winds up in San Francisco trading stock securities over the Internet. Devoted to his money gods, he is unable to see the black hole that is about to devour him. That’s when Quaid’s naïve younger brother, Tom, joins him but has trouble adapting to the big city and Quaid’s domineering attitude. He certainly isn’t helping Quaid’s relationship with his girlfriend – a student hooker paying her way through college. All Quaid needs to do is keep his parents at bay over their “lost son”, dodge their religious fanaticism, appease his money gods, and control his alter ego who has the nasty habit of popping out of the mirror at the worst possible times to rebuke him.

www.masquealfresco.com

Human Nature Dance Theatre’s Animal Etiquette

Mizu — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:47:42 +0000

Human Nature is an international collaboration of multi-generational and interdisciplinary artists who combine contemporary dance, butoh, poetry, physical theatre and often live music. In our 17th year of working together, our ongoing research continues to lead us to our most essential personal and collective expression. In Animal Etiquette we look at the interrelationship of human and animal, primal instincts and manners, newness and decay.

Performances: November 11-13th, 8pm

Film: Dance Down River Screening, November 14th, 7pm

Workshops