Tarot Show is a blend of physical theatre, chance operation, audience participation, multimedia and live music. A reading of seven tarot cards, selected at the beginning of each performance, dictate both the story arch and the characters that appear throughout the evening. Working like a Rubik's cube of twenty-two distinct vignettes, the trump cards from the tarot deck: The Magician, The Fool, The High Priestess come to life in new permutations every night. The resulting 'choose-your-own-adventure' performance combines structure and chaos, synchronicity and entropy.
"I thought it would be interesting to work with prefabricated yet mystical archetypes," says Fisch. "By randomly selecting content that is inherently rich in subconscious meaning, I'm hoping to harness, in an artistic format, the concept of serendipity." Ultimately, Tarot Show is a tug of war between faith and science told with live accompaniment by different bands such as Brooklyn Raga Massive and Bella's Bartok every night. "With all postulating aside," says Fisch, "we are designing the show to be consistently entertaining despite the inherent risks of format."
Tarot Show features Salvatore Geloso, Wes Elliot, Rob Allen, Marlon Battad, Pooja Prema, Caroline Fairweather, Soto Silva, Lia Russel-Self, and Fern Katz; lighting design by
Tim Cryan; and music by such bands as Lady Moon and the Eclipse, Brooklyn Raga Massive, Bella's Bartok, and The Bailsmen.
Performance Schedule:
Tues Sept 1 @ 8:30
Wed Sept 2 @ 8:30
Thurs Sept 3 @ 8:30
Fri Sept 4 @ 8:30
Sat Sept 5 @ 8:30
Sun Sept 6 @ 4
Location:
HERE (145 6th Avenue, New York, NY). Enter on Dominic Street, one block south of Spring Street. C/E trains to Spring Street, 1 train to Canal.
More info at:
http://www.operanouveau.com/
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Heather Fisch (artistic director)
Entertainer, musician, comedian, director, producer and impresario, Fisch specializes in producing work that is accessible, fun and meaningful. She has reached thousands of people across Europe and the Northeastern U.S. with her creative productions in both music and theatre. Her work is driven by her interests in human psychology and the social sciences as well as mythic and gender studies. Some key influences include
Lucille Ball,
Joseph Campbell, Jodorowsky, C.G. Jung, Dorothea Tanning and the American Vaudeville era.
Fisch studied undergraduate theater and music at BARD College at Simon's Rock and refined her studies at Teatro Estudi Victor Hernando in Barcelona. In her youth, she labored as a street performer in Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin, Warsaw, Krakov, Stockholm, Granada and Barcelona. Her artistic endeavors echo her specialized training in devised theater, dramaturgy, movement and clown.
Since completing her studies in physical theatre in 2006, Fisch has been inspiring audiences with her original works for the stage and has produced hundreds of live music events at her numerous speakeasy venues in Western, MA. She is joyfully laboring as a producer, director, teacher, actor and musician.
Opera Nouveau was founded with the mission of revitalizing live theatre performance culture in the United States. The company is dedicated to deepening ties between communities and their local performance venues, inspiring younger and more diverse audiences to attend performances and challenging ideas about what people want to see and where they want to see it.
Pictured: Heather Fisch
Photo Credit: Lisa Vollmer
