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Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at La Jolla Playhouse's WoW Festival, 10/3
By: Christina Mancuso Jul. 24, 2013
La Jolla Playhouse, nationally-renowned for its commitment to the development of new work and new theatrical forms, is pleased to announce additional projects for its inaugural Without Walls (WoW) Festival of site-based work, running October 3 - 6, 2013. This one-of-a-kind Festival will showcase artists and events occurring simultaneously in and around the Playhouse Theatre District, presented by the Playhouse as well as partner institutions UC San Diego (UCSD) and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD). Tickets (free to $25) and a full schedule for the WoW Festival will be available in August by visiting www.LaJollaPlayhouse.org or by calling (858) 550-1010. Check out a sneak peek below!
In addition to works announced this past January (below), the Playhouse's WoW Festival will also feature seven new works by faculty and students in the UCSD Departments of Theatre & Dance and Music; three new works commissioned by MCASD by acclaimed performance artists James Luna, Kate Gilmore and Jacolby Satterwhite; a co-production of Counterweight, by Jennifer Barclay, directed by Delicia Turner-Sonnenberg, with Playhouse's 2009 Resident Theatre Company MOXIE Theatre, and renowned installation artist Brian Lobel's Carpe Minuta Prima(recently mounted by the Playhouse at the San Diego Fringe Festival).
The WoW Festival will feature nearly 20 site-specific works, taking place over four days around the Playhouse/UCSD Theatre District and environs. Inspired by Europe's city-wide theatre festivals, the WoW Festival takes theatre outside the confines of four walls and places it in unexpected and exciting locations, shining a national spotlight on San Diego as it brings site-based work never before seen in the States to our community. The Festival will serve as a cultural and artistic hub, featuring a vibrant Festival Village with complimentary artist talks, food trucks, beer garden, live music and free public performances. The Village will be a space where artists and patrons mingle, where people from different parts of the city meet and exchange ideas, the place to break bread and toast to new friends. As the first of what will hopefully be a biennial event, the WoW Festival is a perfect fit for San Diego - an innovative, outdoor artistic event for a burgeoning arts city.
OFF THE OLD BLOCK, by Kate Gilmore, commissioned and presented by WoW Festival partner MCASD, as part of La Jolla Playhouseâ€s Without Walls Festival Oct 3-6
CORNERSTONE, by UCSD M.F.A. candidates David Jacobi and Sarah Wansley, presented by WoW Festival partner UCSD as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival running Oct 3-6
OUR STAR WILL DIE ALONE, created by Project Planetaria's Adam Burgasser, Tara Knight and Michael Trigilio (all UCSD faculty members), presented by WoW Festival partner UCSD as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival running Oct 3-6
PAUSE (FOR WORLD CREATION), by UCSD faculty member Alicia Peterson Baskel, performed by Wallpaper Performance, presented by WoW Festival partner UCSD as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival running Oct 3-6
FUTURISTIC RETRO RITUAL, by James Luna, a new work commissioned and presented by WoW Festival partner MCASD, as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival Oct 3-6
ORIFICE II, by James Satterwhite, a new work commissioned and presented by WoW Festival partner MCASD, as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival Oct 3-6
A WILLOW GROWS ASLANT: AN OPHELIA STORY, by UCSD M.F.A. candidates Kristin Idaszak, Natalie Khuen and Kate Jopson, presented by WoW Festival partner UCSD as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival running Oct 3-6
LA PERFEZIONE DI UNO SPIRITO SOTTILE, an operetta by Salvatore Sciarrino and performed by Rachel Beetz, UCSD D.M.A. candidate in music, Stephanie Aston and Dustin Donahue, presented by WoW Festival partner UCSD as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival running Oct 3-6
HEDDA'ING, created by San Diego-based performer/choreographer and UCSD M.F.A. candidate Sam Mitchell, with Norway-based dance theatre artists Siri Jondtvedt and Snelle Hall, set around artist Do Ho Suhâ€s “Fallen Starâ€? sculpture, presented by WoW Festival partner UCSD as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival running Oct 3-6; photo by Jim Carmody
THE MYTH PROJECT: ALTAR, a new work highlighting Che Café, by Patricia Rincon, Head of Dance in UCSDâ€s Theatre & Dance Department, presented by WoW Festival partner UCSD as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival running Oct 3-6; photo by Jim Carmody
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Moving Arts†THE CAR PLAYS: SAN DIEGO; photo by J. Katarzyna Woronowicz
Renowned Puppeteer Basil Twist will perform SEA FOAM SLEEPWALK, a new work for La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival October 3-6.
Polyglotâ€s WE BUILT THIS CITY will be part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival October 3-6; photo by Wendy Kimpton
Tom Dugdaleâ€s OUR TOWN will be part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival October 3-6
Rimini Protokollâ€s 100% BERLIN; photo by Barbara Braun. They will create 100% SAN DIEGO for La Jolla Playhouse Without Walls Festival October 3-6.
A 3-D model study for the scenic design of PLATONOV, OR THE DISINHERITED, created by renowned artist Jay Scheib as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival Oct 3-6.
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