 It's been a pleasure to direct this silly and fun musical for young audiences!
For Pete the Cat, life is an adventure no matter where you wind up. So the minute the groovy blue cat meets the Biddles, he gets the whole family rocking—that is, except for young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second-grader on planet Earth. But when Jimmy “draws a blank” in art class during the last week of school, Pete becomes the perfect pal to help! In this crowd-pleasing musical, they set out together on a mission to help Jimmy conquer second-grade art and, along the way, learn something new about inspiration and creativity. JULY 25–28, 2024 at the Hangar Theatre
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 Performance, celebration, and potluck
Free, reservations strongly recommended Join professional and community artists for Play of Delights, the culmination of a four-month theater project involving performers of all ages from Ithaca and Trumansburg. The performance will feature essays inspired by The Book of Delights by award-winning author Ross Gay, brought to life as dance theater and original work. Afterward, we will celebrate with a potluck and bonfire. We welcome you to dress with delight and bring something delicious to share! Play of Delights is an intergenerational community-based theater project inspired by The Book of Delights, an essay collection by the award-winning writer and poet Ross Gay. Together we'll explore some of the essays from the book and create original work inspired by them. It will be co-facilitated by myself, Willow Brown and G-Quan Booker, in collaboration with Story House Ithaca, Civic Ensemble, the Greater Ithaca Activities Center, The Village at Ithaca, Ulysses Philomathic Library, and the Youth Farm Project.
WHO + WHERE: Folks aged 15-22 are invited to collaborate with us at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), 301 W Court St, Ithaca, NY. Folks aged 18+ are invited to collaborate with us at the Ulysses Philomathic Library (UPL), 74 E Main St, Trumansburg, NY. Anyone can participate! No previous theater experience is needed, just a willingness to be creative and collaborative. WHAT: We'll read some of the short stories in the book and then write or improvise original work inspired by those stories. That could mean creating monologues, scenes, poems, songs, spoken word, movement pieces, or whatever else you’re excited about! The facilitators will provide prompts to get you inspired and you’ll be able to create the work you want to. At the end of the workshops we’ll present what we’ve created for family and friends. After the final sharings, four collaborators from each site will be chosen to share their work for a larger audience, along with professional actors presenting Ross Gay's original words, in a public celebration at the Youth Farm Project in June. This part of the project will be compensated. WHEN: The project at GIAC will meet once a week on Sunday afternoons from February 25 - May 5. The project at UPL will meet twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays from April 9 - May 11. More details can be found by clicking on the links below. WHAT IS THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS ABOUT? The Book of Delights is about becoming aware of and celebrating unexpected delight in our lives. But it also talks about the trauma and oppression that lots of people experience in America, especially Black folks. It allows the reader to hold those complexities, celebrating delight, while calling out injustice. It’s also about the beauty of nature and the joy of community and friendship. QUESTIONS? Feel free to reach out! You can use my contact form here. HOW TO SIGN UP: Click on the links below to learn more about the project at GIAC (with folks 15-22) and UPL (with folks 18+).  Calling all creative youth! Come to the info session to meet the team and see what it's all about! To sign up, email me at [email protected], or reach out to Rahmel Mack at GIAC: [email protected] / (607) 342-3211
 When his husband dies, Remy Washington, a Black man, finds himself both the owner of a drive-in movie theater and a caregiver to his late husband’s straight, white teenage son, Pup. Monsters of the American Cinema is a haunting and deeply honest tale about fathers and sons, ghosts and monsters.
It's been a joy to associate direct this production alongside director Rachel Lampert. I've also worked as the Outreach Coordinator; check out our fun engagement events! Kitchen Table Talks: short pre-show dialogues between you - our audiences - and community leaders, subject experts, originating artists, or others.
Meet the Artists, Friday, September 29, 8:45 PM
Monster Movie: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Friday, September 29, 10:00 PM
Affinity Night, Saturday, September 30 at 6:45 PM
Discounts are available for groups of 6 or more, students, and artists. We'll also have pay-what-you-can tickets available the hour before every performance while seats are available.  Story House Ithaca and OJI:SDA’ Sustainable Indigenous Futures are pleased to present Artist Gym, an innovative workshop that uses arts-based exercises to inspire creative connection. Led by theater artist Sarah Plotkin and photographer Tahila Mintz, we’ll move, create visual art, improvise, and write in a fun, supportive environment.
This session explores reflection and connection. How do we clear the mind and center ourselves as we move through transitions? What is the role of light, water, and other elements in our experience of self-reflection and community connection?  Civic Ensemble presents the world premiere of Fertile Grounds by Katie Ka Vang, directed by Carley Robinson.
Fertile Grounds is the powerful story of loss, grief, healing, and connection. This world premiere community-based play invites the audience onto a BIPOC farming cooperative to explore what it means to be well, and to heal. I've had the joy of supporting production for this play and am constantly blown away by the thought, care and creativity Civic brings to its work. Tickets are pay-what-you-can!
 Cirque du Soleil clown Daniel Passer and Cornell professor of performing and media arts Beth Milles are co-creating a clown play about memory to premiere at The Cherry Arts. Inspired by a village designed for people faced with cognitive decline, and research emerging from the village, Heading into Night explores the unexpected humor and discoveries to be found in the loss of memory, deeply honoring the experience of people whose memories are fading.
“Looking through the lens of clown, and bringing a sense of joy and childlike innocence to the theme of memory, has been a rich landscape to explore. I love collaborating with Beth and dreaming up the impossible and striving to bring it to life.” – Daniel Passer Performance Times Fri Mar 17, 7:30 pm //Sat Mar 18, 7:30 pm // Sun Mar 19, 2:00 pm Fri Mar 24, 7:30 pm //Sat Mar 25, 7:30 pm // Sun Mar 26, 2:00 pm  Walking on Water's New Original Works |
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