tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68563539337372333502024-03-13T05:28:52.402-07:00The Reptile Under the FlowersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856353933737233350.post-64448521338790088822009-04-12T14:12:00.000-07:002011-05-23T10:49:23.889-07:00Janie Geiser's The Reptile Under the Flowers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Automata</span> Presents the Premiere of:<br /></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">The Reptile Under the Flowers</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Conceived, Directed, and Designed by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Janie Geiser</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Music Composed by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Valerie Opielski</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lighting Design by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Bryan Yu</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">Puppet Costumes by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Sarah Brown, Sandra Burns,</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Yelena Zhelezov, and Meejin Hong</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Video Design by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Christine Marie </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> Janie Geiser</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Knitted Landscapes by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> DanRae Wilson</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Performed by: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Baxley Andresen, Kristy Baltezore, Moira MacDonald, Francisco Martinez, Gina Napolitan, Blake Young, Andrew Aronsohn, Nicole Emmons, Cindy Derby, Eli Presser, Catherine Strecker, and more...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Set Carpenter: Jerry Buzsek</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Set and Puppet Construction Assistants: Keith Ballard, Yelena Zhelezov, Judith Anderson, Brenda Gausch, Eli Presser, Emily Mendelson, Maya Erdelyi, Meejin Hong, Laura Chechanowicz, Darius Mannino, and the cast of puppeteers.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">The Reptile Under the Flowers</span> is a diorama/performance using puppetry, peepshows, mechanical performing objects, miniature projections, and a miniature house, crumbling in the snow. Conceived and directed by Janie Geiser, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">The Reptile Under the Flowers</span> will be performed by an ensemble of 16 puppeteers, with music composed by New York composer Valerie Opielski.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">June 9-19, 2011</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Thursday-Sunday evenings</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">at </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Giraffe Building</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">1652 W Temple Street</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Los Angeles, CA 90026</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Two blocks west of Glendale Boulevard, near Echo Park and Downtown Los Angeles.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Street parking available on side streets near venue.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">For tickets:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> Advance tickets highly recommended:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><a href="https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/178772"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande"">https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/178772</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande"">(when booking tickets, you will be given the option for specific start times each night)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande""><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(204, 153, 51); ">start times every 15 minutes from 8pm until 9:45 pm</span></p></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Thursday, June 9</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Performance times begin at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> 8:00 pm</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Friday, June 10 </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Performance times begin at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';">8:00 pm</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Saturday, June 11</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Evening performance times</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">begin a</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">t </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';">8:00 pm</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Sunday, June 12</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Evening performance times</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">begin a</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">t </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';">8:00 pm</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Thursday, June 16</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Performance times begin at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';">8:00 pm</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Friday, June 17 </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Performance times begin at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';">8:00 pm</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Saturday, June 18</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Performance times begin at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';">8:00 pm</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Sunday, June 19</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Performance times begin at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';">8:00 pm</span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#FFCC66;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">For further information:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> email automata-la@sbcglobal.net </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Tickets will be sold for specific entrance times, as the audience will enter in groups of 8 people every 15 minutes during performance times. For example, for the Thursday evening performance, tickets will be sold for 7:30, 7:45, 8:00 and so on. The full walk-through is about one hour. If you wish to enter with a specific group of people, please try to purchase all of the tickets at the same time for the same time slot, or adjoining slots. Children over 10 who are attending with adults are welcome. The patience of younger children may be tested by the form of viewing and the pace (slow) of the performance.</span></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';">The Reptile Under the Flowers is funded, in part, through the generous support of the Jim Henson Foundation and the Durfee ARC Fund. Special thanks also to the Center for Cultural Innovation's Investing in Artists program, and the CalArts Faculty Development Fund.</span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#FFCC66;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></i></span></div></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';">to view Holly Willis' piece in Blur+Sharpen, from the work-in-progress of Reptile in 2009: </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><a href="http://kcet.org/local/blogs/blur_sharpen/2009/05/coming-up-a-peepshow-performance.html">http://kcet.org/local/blogs/blur_sharpen/2009/05/coming-up-a-peepshow-performance.html</a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';">See also the feature in the Los Angeles Times on the Avant Garde puppetry community in Los Angeles:<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-puppets17-2009may17,0,1324727.story">http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-puppets17-2009may17,0,1324727.story</a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Links:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:#FFCC66;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.automata-la.org">http://www.automata-la.org</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><a href="http://www.janiegeiser.com/portfolio/performances">http://www.janiegeiser.com/portfolio/performances<br /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; text-decoration: underline;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2