Video by Dannie Snyder: Rehearsing Once There Were Six Seasons, Glass Half Full Theatre workshop running February 21 - March 3, 2013

A video by Dannie Snyder and LIV Creations for






and its upcoming workshop production of environmental puppetry

 

 

Once There Were Six Seasons 

Feb. 21^st – March 3^rd. Thursdays-Saturdays @ 8 PM, Sundays @ 6 PM.

 

Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2803 E. Manor Road, Austin, TX, 78722 - click for map  

Tickets: Sliding scale $12-$20. 
Pay-what-you-can: Sunday February 24^th. 
Some ASL interpreted performances (see ticketing site for details). 
The two-weekend workshop performance will include opportunities for audience feedback and interaction, including talkbacks hosted by Rudy Ramirez and In.gredients.



Once There Were Six Seasons from LIV creations on Vimeo.

Glass Half Full Theatre presents a workshop production of Once There Were Six Seasons, an original work of environmental puppetry. Puppeteers manipulate vast miniature landscapes to address the impact of climate change on subsistence societies around the world. From the Arctic to the Philippines to the high plains of Texas, this work highlights how the accelerating pace of human-caused climate change has outstripped the ability of traditional cultures to adapt their lifestyles. From B. Iden Payne award-winning director and writer Caroline Reck, with an award winning cast of puppeteer/performers: Connor Hopkins, Rommel Sulit, Noel Gaulin, Gricelda Silva, and Parker Dority, and award-wining designers Eliot Haynes and Stephen Pruitt.

THE ECO-TOPOGRAPHIC HANDMADE BIKINI FASHION SHOW fundraiser, Glass Half Full Theatre at the Fort, February 9, 2013

presents

The Eco-topographic Handmade Bikini Fashion Show

Launch party for Glass Half Full Theatre’s 2013 season

Feb. 9th Doors at 8PM; Show at 9PM

at The Fort: 301 Chicon St. Unit G, Austin, TX 78722 (click for map)

Tickets at the Door: Sliding Scale $10 - $20

FOR MORE INFORMATION call 347 907 5428, visit www.glasshalffulltheatre.com, or email caroline@glasshalffulltheatre.com

Glass Half Full Theatre, which features Puppetry & Physical Theatre of Objects and Ideas, based on the theatrical training of Jacques Lecoq, is organizing its annual fundraising party. A handful of East Austin Theater's most creative designers have built bikinis/ frocks that represent the disappearing ecosystems and will model them at our party/ fashion show. One guest designer spot remains open for the wildest walk-up invention of the night.

Check out Griffon Ramsey's footage from last year’s Post-Apocalyptic Handmade Bikini Fashion Show on YouTube: The Fort Show 3.

 





Hosted by Kelly Hasandras. Artist/ models include Adam Sultan, Griffon Ramsey, Benjamin Taylor Ridgeway, Jennymarie Jeminson, Kelli Bland, Annie Bradley-McCall, Noel Caulin, Clint Hofmeister, Adrienne Mischler, Pam Fletcher Friday, Lucie Cunningham, Rachel Dendy, Gricelda Silva, Sophi Hopkins, Dannie Synder & Caroline Reck.


This party is a preproduction event for Glass Half Full Theatre’s upcoming workshop production of Once There Were Six Seasons, opening February 21st. Enjoy drinks, music, & snacks while getting a sneak peek at elements featured in the wildly inventive original work of environmental puppetry and physical theatre from the award-winning company that brought you The Orchid Flotilla and FupDuck.

ONCE THERE WERE SIX SEASONS, environmental puppetry by Glass Half Full Theatre, February 21 - March, 2013

(performing at the Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2803 Manor Rd. - click for map)

presents

Once There Were Six Seasons

opening February 21, 2013

We’ve leaped into full pre-production mode for Once There Were Six Seasons, a new work focusing on the effects of climate change on traditional societies which will open on February 21st, 2013. The title comes from a true story Caroline heard in Orissa, India, from a story passed down to a man from his grandmother:

In earlier times, in this grandmother’s lifetime, there used to be six seasons in that part of the world. The farmers still used an ancient method of observing animal behavior to determine when and what to plant. Now, that region only has two seasons (Summer, and Rains), and the animal behaviors that farmers counted on to grow their crops have been distorted by the rapidly changing planet. Farmers can no longer rely on their traditional methods, and communities are slowly collapsing as people move on to settle in the city slums.

Stories like this are happening all over the world, and we’d like to invite you to learn more of them with us in February.

The performance will make use of very small puppets existing in vast landscapes on the SVT Mainstage, with visible puppeteers affecting changes in the landscapes and on the puppets themselves. This is a genre of puppetry we have been gradually crafting, which we are calling “Environmental Puppetry.” In this style, the focus is on the changing landscapes rather than the articulations of the puppet’s body. If you are familiar with our piece, “Bob's Hardware” performed in the 2010 Winter Austin Puppet Incident, it’s in that genre.

Donate

Glass Half Full has received a very small amount of City of Austin funding for this project, which will have a workshop performance for two weeks only in February 2013. If you are interested in donating to this project, or learning more about our process of creation, please get in touch at info@glasshalffulltheatre.com or click on our donate button below:



Otherwise, we hope to see you when we present Part One in February.

Thank you from myself and on the behalf of the collaborating team on this show:
Parker Dority, Gricelda Silva, Noel Gaulin, Rommel Sulit, Connor Hopkins,
Kyle Zamcheck, Ia Ensterä, Stephen Pruitt, Zac Crofford, and Eliot Haynes.


Caroline Reck
Producing Artistic Director
Glass Half Full Theatre
caroline@glasshalffulltheatre.com
 
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