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Singled Out: A Festival of Emerging Artists
January 14 - January 24, 2010
Dowling Studio
The Guthrie presents
Singled Out: A Festival of Emerging Artists
curated by Benjamin McGovern
A two-week festival of performance from local companies and artists presenting the best work of the Twin Cities small theater scene. These short works will be culled from the Minnesota Fringe Festival, church basements, cabaret theaters, abandoned warehouses or wherever the best work is found. This is a chance for people who are interested in what is bubbling up to see young companies at work.
SHOW INFORMATION
Four Humors Theater’s production of
Mortem Capiendum
written by Jason Ballweber, Brant Miller, Nick Ryan and Matt Spring
Easily one of the most exciting young companies to emerge from the
Minnesota Fringe Festival scene in the past few years, Four Humors
Theater features a group of young, smart and very funny actor/writers
with a strong background in improvisation, who “make the beautiful
foolish and the foolish beautiful.” The group returns to their 2008
Minnesota Fringe Festival hit Mortem Capiendum, a fresh but
surprisingly dark work, offering a humorous and oddly philosophical
meditation on consciousness and death. Marvel at this mock traveling
medicine show, as three con-men offering a tonic with seemingly
miraculous properties begin to believe their own pitch. 60 minutes with no intermission.
www.fourhumorstheater.com
Sandbox Theatre’s production of
June of Arc
created by Sandbox Theatre
written by Ryan Hill
This highly intriguing show, with the company’s trademark visual
presentation and theatrical gesture, offers a peek under the apron of
the paragon of motherly virtue – June Cleaver! A meta-riff on “Leave it
to Beaver” and 1950s social mores, this show was a sell-out at the 2009
Minnesota Fringe Festival, where the performance of Heather Stone – as a
sort of Mrs. Cleaver with her repressed psyche leaking out – was
heralded as being worth the experience alone. Love, resentment, comedy,
aviation, snickerdoodles: this show has it all. With live-action 1950s
commercials! 40 minutes with no intermission.
www.sandboxtheatreonline.com
Lamb Lays with Lion's production of
The Black Arts
created by the ensemble
directed by Jeremey Catterton
This collaboratively developed work, inspired by a new wave of “hard
rock” magicians, is a sincere magic show that strives against
disruption. Led by Jeremey Catterton, a graduate of the first University
of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program class, this
adventurous young company has presented its original and experimental
theater at many small venues around town, with this work undoubtedly
exploring unique and radical new forms of performance as the company
strives to become “a leading force behind the thrust into a new age of
art.” 60 minutes with no intermission.
www.lamblayswithlion.org
This production contains adult content and strong language.
The New Theatre Group’s production of
American Sexy
by Trista Baldwin
directed by Brian Balcom
Headed by frequent Guthrie assistant director Brian Balcom, this
production from the New Theatre Group enjoyed a successful run during
the 2008 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Set during spring break, this play,
by McKnight Advancement Grant recipient and two-time Jerome Fellow
Trista Baldwin, follows four college students en route to carefree fling
in Sin City, when an unexpected stop at the Grand Canyon reveals depths
for which none of them are prepared. Trusts are broken and
relationships pushed to the edge when emotional needs come into conflict
with sexual behavior - caught on tape. 60 minutes with no intermission.
www.newtheatregroup.org
This production contains smoking, brief nudity, adult subject matter and strong language. It is not suitable for children.
Programming in the Dowling Studio is sponsored by Digital River and TRAVELERS
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