Jul
17
to Jul 19

"Cleopatra Boy" @ FURY Factory Festival in San Franciso, CA

Cleopatra Boy is a new multi-media devised work by Detroit-based performance ensemble A Host of People. The piece continues and hones our practice of combining heightened text, narrative and non-narrative storytelling devices, choreography, immersive theater techniques and video projection to create a unified whole that is much more than the sum of its parts. However, Cleopatra Boy also marks an exciting departure for the company, as it is the first time we have approached either a canonical text or Classical Antiquity. Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra is the perfect vehicle for a Host of People’s strange theatrical brew in part because it is itself uncategorizable: is it a history, a romance, a tragedy, a comedy, a Roman play, or an Egyptian one? It is, in the best sense, a problem play and A Host of People loves to tackle big problems.

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"Neither There. Nor Here" @ The Loving Day Celebration in Grand Rapids, MI
Jun
17
2:00 PM14:00

"Neither There. Nor Here" @ The Loving Day Celebration in Grand Rapids, MI

Neither There, Nor Here is an original, multimedia, interdisciplinary memory play-meets-cooking show directed by A Host of People co-director Sherrine Azab and collectively created by the ensemble. Neither There, Nor Here focuses on the experience of people with liminal identities of race, gender, culture and sexuality who live between so-called traditional binaries to create their own cultures that move beyond more typical either/or identities—all through the lens of a live televised cooking show. Azab will act as host and “chef de cuisine” while the five other performers will each lead a segment that delves into their personal identities. As the performers tell their stories, family photos will be projected onto the set by Azab who controls a live-feed camera and each story will spill into other more theatrical modes from table-top theater, to strange dances, to a pop song sing-along.

Featuring the work of: Torri Lynn Frances, Sam Moltmaker, Karilu Salarc, Chris Jakob, Sherrine Azab, Salakastar Salakastar, Maddy Rager, Dorothy Melander-Dayton (sets & costumes), Jake Hooker (projections), and guest Lighting Designer Jeremy Paul! Conceived & Directed by Sherrine Azab. Photos of workshop performance at Cleveland Public Theater's Test Flight series by Morgan Mzik!

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