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Erosion: A Fable

February 17 – February 26, 2012

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By Loom Ensemble

Friday at 10pm
Saturday at 5:30pm & 10pm
Sunday at 5:30pm

Loom is a 10 person ensemble that weaves together full-body movement, dense vocal harmonies, and text-based storytelling to make lush, vibrant ensemble performances. At its core, our mission is to use equal parts dance, music and theatre to nourish a sense of basic delight in our selves and our audiences.

In “Erosion: a Fable,” we see the familiar world of corporate desk jobs through a surprising aesthetic lens. A homeless woman and a mid-level office exec begin selling dirt on the street and calling it Love. In this LaMama 50th Anniversary Season Premeire, Loom uses their signature palette of athletic dances, intricate vocal compositions, and traditional storytelling techniques to stage a story of corporate competition, environmental catastrophe and personal transformation.

Find out more at www.LoomEnsemble.com

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Buddha

March 2 – March 11, 2012

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Seven deadly sins, the Orient version. Words, images, and performance lead the world of Buddha. An aggressive, scandalous, spiritual journey based on the Buddhist ideas of love and death and the spirit of Zen.

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That Beautiful Laugh

March 16 – March 25, 2012

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An exploration of laughter featuring clowning, live music, and joy, this high-energy, rhythmically-driven comedy piece was inspired by the creator’s nightly bedtime ritual of developing stories with his young son. The first monologue of the show is purely written from the brain of a five year old. The cast will perform live original music and new renditions of old favorites to complement this hilarious journey about the power and beauty of laughter in our lives.

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The π-Roject

March 30 – April 1, 2012

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The Persians is the oldest surviving play in the history of Theater. It was produced in 472 BC. This play is also the only extant Greek tragedy based on contemporary events. A soldier in the battle, Aeschylus wrote the play following the battle of Salamis. This tragedy focuses on the aftermath of this historic battle, a major turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars.

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S 16 – Luna Nera

April 6 – April 8, 2012

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S 16 – LUNA NERA, a live video and music theatre installation performed in English with traditional songs in Sicilian (cantastorie music) is created by Pioneers Go East Collective. The piece integrates modern technology with art, paintings and sculptural elements to create visual and dramatic tensions that explore the isolation and claustrophobia of the piece’s protagonist Ciaula, a young miner who works and lives inside a Sicilian sulfur mine in the 19th century.

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Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away

April 13 – April 29, 2012

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Archetypal waif Poor Baby Bree (Bree Benton) performs fifteen obscure songs from the golden age of vaudeville (1890s-1930s) in this tragicomic story, inspired by Victorian melodrama and early cinema, of a child tempted from Home and Mother by dreams of the circus, only to face disillusionment, homesickness, and her own lost innocence in the Big City.

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