To open 2009, Imago Theatre presents three plays that reveal the company's range. APIS, or The Taste of Honey, is a play without words in which Artistic Co-Director Jerry Mouawad fuses a military prison with the world of the honey bee. In ZooZoo, the company brings frogs, rabbits, penguins, hippos and other creatures in a show promising the best of Imago's family mask theatre. To end the season, Artistic Co-Director Carol Triffle premieres her newest work of eccentric souls in Simple People.
All shows take place at Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th. For information on all shows, visit www.imagotheatre.com or call Imago Box Office at 503.231.9581. Tickets can also be purchased at TicketsWest, www.ticketswest.com, 503.224.8499.APIS, or The Taste of Honey, kicks off the winter/spring '09 season in what creator Mouawad has dubbed an opera beyond words. Intended for adult audiences, APIS plays for four shows only, March 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. All tickets are $10. Advance tickets can be purchased at TicketsWest or at the door 60 minutes before the show.
Jerry Mouawad on APIS, or The Taste of Honey:"A few months ago, I saw The Living Theatre's revival of The Brig. I wanted to create a piece in that same setting - a military prison. However, I didn't want it to be about the military or the politics of the day. I was looking for a counter. The surrealist painters noted that when two objects seemingly unrelated were brought together a third event took place. That third event was surrealism. I don't see APIS as surrealistic, although there are moments that are surreal. I have borrowed from the surrealists the notion of combining two elements to create a third. I don't know why it came to me, but I applied the world of the honey bee to that of a brig.
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