Sundown Presents its 7th Annual Short Works Festival

Sundown Collaborative Theatre's "A SMASHED MASH UP" features a variety of short acts ranging from the scripted and linear to the devised and abstract. This year's festival dives into the chaos of contemporary life and explores how we react when forced to confront unexpected and unpredictable situations and people.

Each night of performances will feature a different line-up of acts.
6 nights, 16 works, 1 festival!

Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 students/seniors.
Side B Special: Bring your program back to an additional performance and receive $8 admission.

See below for a synopsis of each show!

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Affliction
Choreographed and performed by Natalie Baker, Rose Hedge, and Dakota T. Muenz

This piece explores conflict, heartbreak and vulnerability felt by persons and the interaction of dancers in unison, solo and in direct affliction.

Aisle 8
Written and directed by Tatiana Lucia Gantt

A grocery store clerk named Joe struggles with how to deal with a strange woman named Emilia he finds sobbing in the canned vegetable aisle. After Emilia reveals that her husband has left her, she and Joe discover they are connected in a way they never expected.

Joe: Kurt Van Zandt
Emilia: Melanie Barth

An Epic Street Scene
Written by Byron Harris
Directed by Chloe McDowell

Hans lies in mortal peril after a bad wreck. Wilhelm needs to tell Bertolt of this horrifying event. But Bertolt only wants to hear it one way, his way!

Bertolt: Meg Hargis
Wilhelm: Lindsey Hall

Are You Happy Here
Written by Donna Hoke
Directed by Lindsey Hall

In this analogous tale, Paolo has everything he needs to be happy in his contained existence--so why isn't he?

Woman: Katherine Hogan
Man: John Rodgers
Paolo: Giovanni Kennedy

Bedside Drawer
Written and directed by Tammy Venable

Two children, Jack and Jill, steal some bubbles from their mother's drawer. Hilarity ensues when Mother misunderstands and thinks they have stolen a different kind of toy from her.

Mother: Deb Clark
Jack: Ken Schwartz
Jill: Lesley Stone

Bless Bliss
Choreographed and performed by Caroline Whiteurst and Alyssa Toland

This quirky piece explores the relationship between two dancers using spatial patterning. Through the playful use of carving and slashing, the movement allows for unison while varying in proximity.

Fulfill
Choreographed and performed by Leah Estick

An interactive improve piece mixed with hints of choreography that stem from sign language. Fulfill is a tribute to the late Dr. Linda Caldwell- author, dancer and faculty of TWU dance. She passed away this semester after a long batter with cancer.

Heartbeat
Created and performed by George Ferrie and Courtney Marie

Through poetry, performance, and dance unfolds a story of self vs. self, the strangeness and danger of one's own mind, and the inevitable beauty of life and death. This piece was written for every person who has ever stood on the edge of a cliff wondering if they should jump.

How Ya Doing New York?
Written by Matthew Defoore
Directed by Lillith Karen Grey

The guest appears on popular talk show "How Ya' Doin', New York?" To promote her music. Having never seen the show before, the guest is unprepared for the host's zany attitude, pop quizzes, and interrogating of her political beliefs.

The Host: Robert Linder

Migration
Choreographed and performed by Dahlia Derringer

A fan dance that showcases the Classic burlesque style.

On Staying Indoors
Written by Haley Nelson
Directed by Julia Bodiford

In an empty world of dust storms and an inexplicability burning orange sky, a husband and wife reminisce and speculate about when the end will come.

Mr: Ryan Davila
Mrs: Lindsey Hall

Silence Broken
Written by Tempie Love
Directed by Lillith Karen Grey

LEONA struggles with whether or not to break her silence about her rape by MALE as she imagines him in the room with her.

Male: Meg Hargis
Leona: Carissa walker

The Fear
Written by Iris Baldwin
Directed by and starring Robert Linder

A solitary morning bath is usually relaxing. But sometimes it starts to feel like you aren't so alone. Then comes...THE FEAR!

The Play is the Thing
Written by Scott Zenreich
Directed by Nolan Chapa

Prince Hamlet hopes to prove his uncle Claudius guilty of his father the king's murder, but his designs are frustrated by THE PLAYERS and their company mission to produce plays as holistic pieces of art that evolve from a collaborative process.

Hamlet: Nolan Chapa
First Player: Keelan Callaghan
Second Player: Robert Linder
Third Player: Meg Hargis
Fourth Player: Aaron Cummings
Fifth Player: Britnee Schoville

The Universal Language
Written by David Ives
Directed by Lillith Karen Grey

This piece brings together Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher of Unamunda, a wild comic language. Their lesson sends them off into a dazzling display of hysterical verbal pyrotechnics-and, of course, true love.

Don: Nolan Chapa
Dawn: Britnee Schoville

To reserve tickets or pay in advance, go to http://www.sundowntheatre.org/tickets

 

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