Photo Flash: Coyote Rep Presents 'Lone Wolf Series'

From May 15th- May 25th 2008 Coyote Rep will present The Lone Wolf Series: Four Solo Shows about Stepping Away From the Pack at the June Havoc Theater. (312 W 36th Street)

Lone Wolf Series, Coyote REP Theatre Company's repertory stage production of one-woman shows offering unique takes on their season's theme of "Isolation." The series features original works by Coyote REP members Andrea Caban, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Jeanne LaSala and Heidi Tokheim. Each performance will showcase two of the four pieces running in repertory for two weeks. 
 
Coyote REP reached out to all company members for submissions of solo performance pieces for the Lone Wolf Series. Ultimately, we selected four as especially emblematic of the collective identity of our company; each show is personal, moving, a little quirky, and represents a brave step toward the theatrically new and unexpected. This season's theme, "Isolation," serves as a counterpoint to our first season's theme, "Community." 2008 seemed a worthwhile time to focus on the resilience of the individual and how our inward explorations and unique opinions can serve our interactions as a society. 
 
Andrea Caban's piece You Got Questions, I Got Answers  mixes anthropology and psychotherapy. She investigates the gaps between isolation and connection through interviews with ten New Yorkers and her father.

In the cowboy is dying, Donnetta Lavinia Grays fuses storytelling about her Southern upbringing and original music in a semi-autobiographical tale of self-discovery. Grays' piece is a queer comedic look at God, romance, and the wondrous limitations of childhood expectations. 
 
Through movement and text Spoiled Bea by Jeanne LaSala, deals with isolation as it forces its way into the life of a dancer who, due to a tragic accident, is no longer able to communicate with the outside world. Rather than succumbing to the horror of her situation, Beatrice finds humorous, poignant and creative ways to connect with the characters that populate her new world and to access the freedom and beauty that dance inside of her.

Stella By Starlight, by Heidi Tokheim, follows the journey of Stella, an aspiring jazz piano player, who is female, white, and can't swing.  What chance does she have?  One fateful night, she meets Herbie Hancock who teaches her how to groove which changes everything. 

For more information please visit www.coyoterep.org. For ticket information please visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/30204

 

Jeanne LaSala

Heidi Tokheim

Donnetta Lavinia Grays

Andrea Caban

'Lone Wolf' Postcard

Photo Credit Deidre Schoo

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