In their latest devised theatre piece Don't Peek, Woof Nova Collaboration explores our mysterious, relationship with life after death through three interwoven tales that take place at the threshold between this world and the next. Don't Peek! continues our exploration of paranormal phenomena through this intriguing performance-hybrid where life's mysteries unfold and ghostly sightings abound.
This beautifully handcrafted performance work combines objects and images, songs and gestures, original and found texts. The research process that accompanies the making of a piece draws on a variety of sources including mythology, philosophy, the natural and social sciences, alternative medicine, homespun recipes and visual art.
Woof Nova is made up of Temple Crocker, Annie Kunjappy, Daniel Allen Nelson and Morgan von Prelle Pecelli. They function as co-creators, co-directors, designers and performers. Temple and Annie have been collaborators since 1995 as Strangefruit Theatre Ensemble in San Francisco, performing in a number of Bay Area venues including ODC Performance Gallery and the Theatre of Yugen. They have been funded by the Zellerbach Family Fund and nominated for best direction and best costume design by the Bay Area Critics Circle. Since moving to the East coast they have worked with Daniel and Morgan on various projects in New York, Baltimore and Massachusetts, performing at the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, La Mama, Baltimore Theatre Project and as part of the KO Festival of performance in Amherst. In July 2008 they decided to finally give the East Coast incarnation of their ensemble a name. Thus Woof Nova came into being.
Created and Performed by Woof Nova: ANNIE KUNJAPPY, DANIEL ALLEN NELSON, MORGAN von PRELLE PECELLI and CARLA BOSNJAK
Lighting by Tim Becker
Sound by Brandon Pane
Video by David Rogers
Stage Manager: Maggie Sinak
Temple Crocker is a performer and educator currently residing in Baltimore, Maryland. She has worked extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area performing with multiple companies including Art Street Theater, Campo Santo, Torque Dance Theater and Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians. In 1996 she co-founded the experimental performance ensemble Strangefruit. Since her move to the east coast she has presented work at spare room, CHELA, Creative Alliance and the Baltimore Theatre Project. For the past three years she has had an ongoing relationship with the Ontological-Hysteric Theater presenting new work at the Summer Series in 2005 and acting in Richard Foreman's ZOMBOID in the spring of 2006. Temple is currently a member of the theater faculty at Towson University and University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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