Jan 27 Thursday
In this live Zoom presentation, artist B. Lynch describes her puppet-making process, sharing images of in-progress and finished objects and exploring the techniques she used to create the characters in the time-bending universe of the Reds and the Greys in the exhibit Pull Back the Curtain. Lynch does not consider herself a puppeteer, but rather a visual artist who uses performative objects. She uses oversized masks, tiny puppets, full-size hand puppets, and large figurines in installation setups and performative videos.
Lynch’s art looks at the corrosive effect of income disparity on our society and democracy. She uses puppetry, drawing, painting, linoleum block prints, and digital animation to create precisely rendered, meticulously detailed characters and environments.
Lynch was the featured Centerfold Gallery artist in the July/August 2021 issue of Artscope magazine. She is a recipient of a Fellow award from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, an Artist’s Resource Trust Award from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and a Project Grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation. Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions at museums and universities across the country. Lynch lives and works in Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood of Boston, in a handmade house and studio with a garden of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
ADMISSION: Free
Wild Goose Players & Next Stage Arts present: Hansel & Gretel meets Waiting for Godot in this darkly moving fairy tale about love. A cabin in the snowy woods with more secrets than a Chinese Puzzlebox… A newly married couple with secrets of their own…she is pregnant with someone else’s baby. He might have killed the cabin’s prior owner… And though the cabin provides the newlyweds with food and shelter, it seems that someone, or something, is determined to never let them leave. Food & Shelter is an original play by award winning New Hampshire playwright and former NHPR radio reporter Sean Hurley. With intricate set design and direction by artist David Stern and music by composer Greg Wilder, Food & Shelter is a ghost story for those who sometimes wonder if they themselves might be the ghosts. Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays 1/21-1/30. Proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours required for entry to indoor shows. Masks required while inside the venue. This performance is made possible in part by the generous sponsorship of Oak Meadow.
Jan 28 Friday
The Elephant in the Room Fridays January 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th at 8PM (restaurant opens at 7PM) Apple Tree Inn Restaurant 10 Richmond Mountain Road, Lenox, MA 01240 Tickets: $25, (21yrs old or older please) Proof of Vaccination or negative covid test within 48 hours required. Contact for tickets and info: melanie.s.greenberg@gmail.com 646-761-2635 Winner of Best Comedy Award at the 2021 United Solo Festival The Elephant in The Room is the tale of a nice Jewish girl who goes on a psychedelic odyssey though Pentecostal churches, psych wards, the Ivy League and 12-step meetings that finally brings her closer to God, herself and a resolution of intergenerational trauma. But Funny! And with music! At fifteen, Melanie Greenberg pawned her mother’s fur coat, ran away from home on the Upper East Side and took up with a family of Pentecostal born-agains in Houston. In her quest for freedom, Greenberg unwittingly set off a chain of events that would imprison her literally and figuratively for decades to come. From the psych ward to a cult-like “therapeutic” boarding school for troubled youth, to the Ivy League, to rehab, Melanie Greenberg spent her adolescence and early adulthood moving through the full spectrum of American institutions, all while trying to make sense of a fraught relationship with her mother. Narrated through the context of a psychedelic ayahuasca trip, one-woman musical The Elephant in the Room outlines this revelatory experience in brutally honest and often hilarious detail, all while paying tribute to the showtunes that helped Greenberg survive the whole ordeal. By marrying trauma with music and comedy, The Elephant In The Room acts as the narrator’s invitation to the audience to reshape and reclaim their own stories. The process of creating this work has only served to deepen Melanie’s belief that sharing stories is the key to understanding ourselves and others. What People Are Saying About Elephant in the Room: “The show’s surprises and its power comes from its author/star’s talent at weaving...episodes into a thematically and artistically coherent cabaret-like evening and putting it all across with verve, charm and plenty of humor.” Jon Sobel, blogcritics “With a light touch and a smart wit, through showing us one woman’s journey, The Elephant in the Room shines a light on all of ours.” Jon Sobel, blogcritics “Unignorably funny.” Adrienne Sowers, The Reviews Hub “A revealing story told with a rare fragrant blend of humor and hard-earned wisdom, a vulnerable humility and touching flair for song and bombast.” Award-winning Film Director Roger Ingraham (Sundance, MIFF, Illuminate)
Jan 29 Saturday
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Feb 11 Friday
Ko Festival of Performance presents Piti Theatre’s "Canary in a Gold Mine."
Locked down during COVID, Piti Theatre’s Jonathan Mirin turns the camera on his obsessions with environmental health, fatherhood and marriage. The upshot: a comedic 21st century love letter and eco-justice adventure!
Online Friday and Saturday, February 11 and 12 at 7:30pm and Sunday, February 13 at 3pm. A live post-show discussion with guest panelists follows each performance.
Tickets: $10-30, must be purchased in advance at https://kofest.com
Questions: info@kofest.com
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