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> Into
Hermit Country (Sep/Oct)
> Close to Victory (Aug)
> Dangerface (May/Jun)
> PLUTO: The Opera (Apr/May/Jun)
> Papercuts: An Exhibition of Artists with an Edge (Apr)
> Spoken Word Workshop (Apr)
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INTO
HERMIT COUNTRY -
PROP THTR - Rhinoceros Theater Festival - Curious Theater Branch
- Chicago, IL
Written and performed by
Jonathan Putman
Directed by Idris Goodwin
Production Design by Brett Neiman and Mark Handley using photographs
by Mike Bolsinga
September 9 - October 7, 2005
(photo at left from a workshop performance at Rec
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In
2001, actor/educator Putman set off to teach English in Korea. Two years
and four countries later he returned, fully bearded and full of stories.
This hour-long solo performance is a collection of lessons of what not
to do should you find yourself on the Korean Peninsula. Often humorous,
occasionally poignant, always embarrassing, this piece is essential to
anyone thinking of traveling Into Hermit Country.
Jonanthan
Putman performing "Soju" part of Into Hermit Country on stage
at PROP THTR
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Idris
Goodwin as Victory Simmons Jones
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CLOSE
TO VICTORY -
Loring Playhouse - Minnesota Fringe Festival - Minneapolis, MN
Written by Idris Goodwin
Starring Jonathan Putman, Mark Handley, Seemore Perspective, Jasmine
Harris and Idris Goodwin
August 6- 15, 2005
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"Close
to Victory" on August 6, 2005 at the Loring Playhouse,
Minneapolis MN (From left to right:) Special Ron (Seemore Perspective),
Victory Simmons Jones (Idris Goodwin), Zora (Jasmine Harris), and Two-way
(Mark Handley)
"Close
to Victory is a witty, multi-layered exploration of the issues and conflicts
that artistis (in this case, a spoken word collective) face down in order
to achieve creativity. Addiction, poverty, writer's block, relationships,
collaborations, are unpacked by five actors in a way that transcends the
limited set and bare bones production values. Idris Goodwin's script is
witty, touching, multi-layered and well-structured. There are real moments
of tenderness and comaraderie between the performers that make you think
they've may have actually lived through some of the situations in the
script. I'd recommend this show just so Fringe audiences can get a view
into the world of young artistis and the demons they face down in order
to create." - Reggie Prim, Fringe Festival Blogger (Blak_Bloggah)
The cast before their performance
at Minnesota Fringe Festival Out-of-
Towner Showcase, Balls Cabaret, Southern Theater
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DANGERFACE
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Jinx Cafe - Chicago, IL
Written
and Directed by Idris Goodwin. Starring Jonathan Putman,
Mark Handley, Bill Hoffman, and Joe Vonderhaar. Music by Malcolm
Palmer
Assistant Directed by Lauren Pretnar
Fight Choreography by Tony Sancho and Kevin Murphy
April 28, 29 and May 5, 6, 2005
Fridays and Saturdays, June 2005
Two
strangers storm into a coffeehouse. One bleeding. One in need of
Tobacco. Will they transcend their horse-and-buggy consciousness?
This one-act play featured four musical interludes by the famously talented Malcolm Palmer, and included in-your-face staging that had non-theater goers clamoring for more theater. A quintessential Hermit show.
(
Our deepest thanks to Sam and the late Jinx Cafe for allowing us
to take over the space for a couple of months. We couldn't have
done this one without you, Sam)
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( Top to bottom: Wayne (Jonathan Putman) stands
over Jack (Mark Handley) as Eli (Bill Hoffman) looks on; Wayne tellin'
Eli what's what in "The Backroom"; Again, in the backroom
of the coffeehouse with Eli and Jack.)
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PLUTO:
THE OPERA -
Co-Produced
by Freestreet
Libretto by Idris Goodwin.
Staging by Tony Sancho
Composed by Justing J. Mayer
Additional music/mixing by
Franco DeLeon and Alo
Video Projections by Brett Neiman |
Starring
Nate Delman, Khanisha Foster, Sharrieff Muhammad, Seemore Perspective,
Mark James Heath and Ashley Winston
(Top
to bottom: Mark James Heath and Ashley Winston in "1969,"
part of PLUTO: THE OPERA;
Seemore Perspective and Mark James Heath)
PLUTO: THE OPERA ran:
April 28, 29 and May 5, 6, 2005
PAC/EDGE
Festival - Atheneum Theater - Chicago, IL
June 11 - 26, 2005
PROP
Theater - Chicago, IL
Welcome
to Pluto/ Midwest / where time is unreal / Where music moves things
along / like factory steel / Where people speak poetry / and sing lyrics
/ all days / From natives on soil to concrete industrial haze / Ten
moments / show the battles and slivers of silence / The love, the villians.,
the leaders, the violence/ The shifts in population, race, gender and
faces / This opera about connections between people and places
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Check
out all the great things that happen at the Acme Arts Building
- 1741 N. Western Ave. |
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PAPERCUTS
- "An exhibition of artists with an edge" - Blackwater
Cafe - Acme Arts Building -
Chicago, IL
Presented by 6 Skirts and Hermit Arts. Featuring fun
and functional art by Monica J. Brown, A. Favorite, Krista Franklin,
Mollie Green, Stephanie Land, Wilma Handbags and Design
April 16, 2005
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SPOKEN
WORD WORKSHOP
Woodlawn Middle School - Long Grove, IL
Poets/workshop leaders:
Krista Franklin, Idris Goodwin, and Seemore Perspective. Workshop
co-leader: Brett Neiman
April 15, 2005
(Krista Franklin performing in front of a 8th Grade
class at Woodlawn School. The group presented to three classes.
Thanks to their PTO and to Sara Khan for hosting us!) |
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