Kickshaw Theatre to Present TECHNOLOGY, IN THE FLESH

Kickshaw Theatre breaks out of the traditional mold, bringing the audience into the fun with a dynamic and funny bit of interactive theatre. The performance, titled Technology, in the Flesh, is part of the Ann Arbor Art Center's Pop·In, a series of community-based art happenings in their downtown space on Friday, June 24 and Friday, July 15, 2016. Performances will take place roughly every 20 minutes from 6-9pm at the Ann Arbor Art Center, 117 W. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.

Audiences are encouraged to laugh out loud in this playful 15-minute interactive performance that follows the journey of a scientist experimenting with digital and analog stimuli. Dr. Tina Burglorgler and her research assistant Quatthew invite their "human test subjects" (audience members) to participate in a series of interactive experiments, developed at the (fictional) Institute for Development of Ideas and Other Thoughts (I.D.I.O.T.).

Technology, In the Flesh was written and devised by Angela Dawe, Aral Gribble, and Lynn Lammers. The creative team drew on their collective backgrounds in improvisation and theatre to create this original performance piece. Angela Dawe is a Lansing-based actor and writer, whose career includes film, television, and stage roles at some of the country's best sketch and improv theaters, including Chicago's The iO Theatre, the Annoyance, and Second City. Aral Gribble (who also acts in the piece) studied theatre at the University of Michigan, and has performed locally at Performance Network, Tipping Point Theatre, Williamston Theatre, as well as film and television roles in Los Angeles. Lynn Lammers is Kickshaw's founder and artistic director, whose directing credits include Kickshaw's debut production, The Electric Baby, and productions at Flint Youth Theatre, Williamston Theatre, Michigan State University's Summer Circle, Tipping Point Theatre, BoarsHead Theatre, Young People's Theatre, Performance Network's Mosh Pit Theatre, and Peppermint Creek Theatre.

The cast features Alysia Kolascz (Ann Arbor) and Aral Gribble (East Lansing), with stage manager Paige Conway (Flint).

Tickets for Technology, In the Flesh are $8 each, available online and at the door with cash or credit. Tickets can be used for any performance between 6-9pm. Admission to the Pop·In is free.

More information and tickets are available at kickshawtheatre.org and at annarborartcenter.org.

Kickshaw Theatre excites the curiosity of audiences and artists with plays that represent humanity in all its complexity and multitudes. Kickshaw is a 501(c)3 non-profit professional theatre based in Ann Arbor, operating under an agreement with the Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.

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