Dividing the Estate

11 May 2011
00:00:00 - 00:00:00

People's Light & Theatre

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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People's Light & Theatre
39 Conestoga Road
Malvern, PA 19355

Philadelphia premiere of Horton Foote's play, set in a small Texas town c. 1987, about the dysfunctional Gordon family who are forced to agree on a course of action for their very uncertain future.

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Annenberg Center Live brought Ireland's Druid Theatre to Philadelphia for a weeklong engagement of Obie Award and Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh's production.

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Jens Hoffmann

Jens Hoffmann is a curator and has been a guest contributor to Center publications.

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BATCH: An American Bachelor/ette Party Spectacle

Part play, part sporting event, part anthropological study, this physical theater work examined rites of passage.

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In advance of the presentation of Embody the Art: Works by Tania El Khoury, Bryn Mawr College will host a conversation with El Khoury at Twelve Gates Arts.

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A Queer Divine

Juggler, playwright, and solo theater artist Sara Felder developed and produced the world premiere of a whimsical theatrical reflection on art, aging, and grief.

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¡BIENVENIDOS BLANCOS! or WELCOME WHITE PEOPLE!

This Spanish-language, ensemble-devised performance piece will examine American privilege and the complexities of cultural identity, informed by Torra's personal experience as a Cuban American.

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Influenced by Chekhov and the paintings of Eric Fischl, and set to experimental music by Bhob Rainey, the highly physical and choreographed New Paradise ensemble offers The Adults.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Kim Whitener

Kim Whitener is the Producing Director at HERE in New York, where she works in partnership with Artistic Director Kristin Marting to curate and produce HERE's performance programs and activities. She also served as the Center's panel chair in theater in 2013 and as a Performance LOI panelist in 2014 and 2015.

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Red-Eye to Havre de Grace

Thaddeus Phillips produced his largest show to date: an original musical about the delirious final days of Edgar Allen Poe's life, which he spent traveling between New York and Richmond.

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The Quiet Circus

A 15-month-long series of performances and conversations held at sites along the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers explored the city’s maritime and industrial heritage while considering human interaction with an urban landscape, community, and the contemplative.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Estelle Parsons

Actress Estelle Parsons has found success on stage, screen, and television, often playing characters who can best be described as fanatical or neurotic.

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Russell Davis

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*The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory*

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The First Day of School

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Rinde Eckert

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Zero Cost House at the University of Maryland

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Out of Sight: A Blind Comedy about God, Israel, and My Mom

Sara Felder's solo comedy, Out of Sight, brought circus tricks, shadow puppets, and a Jewish queer sensibility to questions of family loyalty and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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