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Bridgman Packer Video Playground: An Interactive Video Installation & Screening of Look Out

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century presents Bridgman|Packer Dance, Guggenheim Fellows in Choreography, who have pioneered and continue to push the boundaries of live performance and video technology. Now, they are inviting the audience to join them for their Video Playground. This engaging interactive installation allows participants to create their own video magic by playing with time, scale, juxtaposition, and shadow.

The Video Playground was developed over several years in conjunction with Bridgman|Packer Dance’s stage work that integrates live performance and video technology. While live video cameras capture the movements of the participants, their images are transformed into designs that are projected onto the walls of the PS21 black box theater through a computer processing program called Isadora.

With a wide-ranging musical playlist and mind-blowing visuals, the audience should come ready to have fun, no matter their age or whether they can boogie down or have two left feet. “The Video Playground is for everyone, all ages and non-dancer and dancer alike,” Bridgman says. “Sometimes it’s a party atmosphere, and sometimes it’s a deep and concentrated exploration of a human image being morphed into a new artistic reality…and everything in between.”

This event will also feature the screening of “Look Out,” a film by Bridgman|Packer Dance in collaboration with cinematographer Gavin Preuss, filmed entirely with a drone camera. The screening will be followed by a talk and Q & A with Bridgman, Packer, and Preuss, as well as a drone camera demonstration.

DATES/TIMES:
Saturday, March 30, 2019 / 3pm

COST:
Advance tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets at the door: $15 Adults and $5 students. Tickets can be purchased in advance at PS21chatham.org

LOCATION:
PS21: Black Box Theater
2980 Route 66
Chatham, NY 12037

MORE:
ps21chatham.org
facebook.com/PS21Chatham
instagram.com/ps21chatham

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Walking The Dog Theater Presents, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

Walking the dog theater Co., presents Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Now a tradition for 13 years with WTD, the performance of this timeless story continues its evolution.

The theater’s Executive Artistic Director David Anderson, who performs the piece solo (moving fluidly from character to character) says of the project, “A Christmas Carol has become an annual tradition in many communities, and it is the best way I know to become inspired by the season.”

Through drama and masterful storytelling, Anderson performs the story exactly as Dickens wrote it, giving the audience not only the dialogue but the descriptive passages as well. Anderson’s rendition, directed by Ted Pugh, is a modern revival of Dickens’ own manner of storytelling. Dickens gave performances drawn from A Christmas Carol and The Pickwick Papers throughout the Northeastern United States, from his arrival in Boston in mid-November, 1867 to his return to England in April 1868.

DATES/TIMES (2018):
Friday, December 21 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 22 at 8 pm
Sunday, December 23 at 8 pm
Monday, December 24 at 3 pm

LOCATION:
Solaris
360 Warren St.,
Hudson, NY 12534

ADMISSION:
Free. Donations gratefully accepted.
Appropriate for ages 10 and up.

MORE:
www.wtdevents.org
facebook.com/Walking-the-dog-Theater
Email: info@wtdtheater.org
Info and reservations: 518-610-0909

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Coming to the Theater Barn – ‘The Decorator’

The Theater Barn, in New Lebanon, presents “The Decorator”.

Marcia returns to her flat to find it has not been painted. A painter is just beginning the work when the wife of the man with whom Marcia is having an affair arrives to tell all to her husband. Marcia hires the painter, a part time actor, to impersonate her husband. Hilarity is piled upon hilarity as the painter, who takes his acting very seriously, portrays the absent husband.

DATES/TIMES:
Friday, September 7, 2018 – Sunday, September 23, 2018
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm.

TICKET PRICES:
$29.00 for the evening performances
$27.00 for the Sunday matinee

LOCATION:
654 Columbia Pike
New Lebanon, NY 12125

MORE:
TheTheaterBarn.org
facebook.com/thetheaterbarn
Box Office – 518-794-8989

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Annie Opens Tomorrow at Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham

The Mac-Haydn Theatre presents, Annie, the ultimate rags to riches tale full of delicious laughs, outrageous villains, and that ever lovable Sandy!

Just when we need her the most, that eternal optimist is back to teach us to believe in a better tomorrow. Monica M. Wemitt keeps the optimism in check when she takes on the villainous role of Miss Hannigan.

Annie and her story is the ultimate rags to riches tale full of delicious laughs, outrageous villains, and that ever lovable Sandy!

Sharing the title role of Annie will be Annabel Feigen and Rieleigh Smith.

Mac-Haydn favorite, Monica M. Wemitt, takes on the villainous role of Miss Hannigan. Ms. Wemitt was last seen playing Dolly in the Berkshire Theatre Award winning Hello Dolly of 2017. No stranger to the role, Wemitt made her Broadway debut in Hello Dolly playing Ernestina opposite Carol Channing.

The iconic role of the bald and benevolent Daddy Warbucks will be played by Mac-Haydn alumni and Broadway veteran George Dvorsky. MacHaydn audiences will remember George as Harold in The Full Monty. George’s career highlights include the title role in The Scarlet Pimpernelon Broadway. This will mark George’s fourth time playing the role of Daddy Warbucks.

Corinne Tork returns to play the quick-witted Grace Farrell after previously appearing as Lola in our season opener Damn Yankees. Rounding out the cast is the conniving duo of Rooster and Lily St. Regis played by Sebastiani Romagnolo and Sarah Kawalek, respectively.

All your favorite hits from this beloved classic are here to delight you and send the family into the Fall season full of hope and wonder!

John Saunders directs and Patrick Heffernan choreographs this season ender. Jimm Halliday designs the costumes and Kevin Gleason designs the sets.

Production information and photo from machaydntheatre.org

DATES/TIMES:
August 23 through September 2, 2018

2 pm matinees on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
4pm matinees on Saturday
7pm on Sunday
8pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

TICKET PRICES:

Evening Performances: $39.50 (Tenth Row $38.50)
Matinee Performances: $36.50
Senior 60+ $36.50 (All performances)
Children Under 12 with Adult: $15.00

Tickets can be purchased through machaydntheatre.org by clicking here.

LOCATION:
Mac-Haydn Theatre
1925 NY-203
Chatham, NY 12037

MORE:
machaydntheatre.org
facebook.com/MacHaydnTheatre/
instagram.com/machaydntheatre
Box Office Phone: 518-392-9292

Click here for the full 2018 rundown for the Main Stage.

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Parsons Dance at PS21, Aug 3 & 4

Internationally renowned, Parsons Dance is coming to PS21 in Chatham. Parson Dance is known for its energized, athletic, ensemble work, and has collaborated with iconic artists across all disciplines.

Parsons Dance is coming to PS21 in Chatham. Founded in 1985 by artistic director David Parsons and Tony Award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley, Parsons Dance is known for its energized, athletic, ensemble work, and has collaborated with iconic artists across all disciplines. Parsons Dance, is internationally renowned for creating and performing contemporary American dance that is accessible to diverse audiences.