The True Story is over (for now), but the rest of the First Person Arts Festival is still going strong. Just a quick shout out to my fellow RAW artists, who I'll be seeing tomorrow and Friday. Catch you there?
LELA AISHA JONES
Street Grace Series: Native Portals of Lynching and Love
Thursday 11/15 and Friday 11/16 at 7 PM
Christ Church Neighborhood House (20 N. American Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106)
$15 ($12 for FPA members)
The profound imagery of the noose becomes a portal towards understanding the past and future of the African/Afro/Black experience. Inspired by their personal stories, memories, and dreams, six dancers explore their exposure to this country's traumatic history of lynching and ask the question: what would it take for me to fall in love with the United States? This memoir of healing is told through intense movement, daring text, and jolting humor. Expect a dialogue-provoking night investigating heritage and home through dance.
Christ Church Neighborhood House (20 N. American Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106)
$15 ($12 for FPA members)
The profound imagery of the noose becomes a portal towards understanding the past and future of the African/Afro/Black experience. Inspired by their personal stories, memories, and dreams, six dancers explore their exposure to this country's traumatic history of lynching and ask the question: what would it take for me to fall in love with the United States? This memoir of healing is told through intense movement, daring text, and jolting humor. Expect a dialogue-provoking night investigating heritage and home through dance.
SAM DINGMAN
The Taxi Tapes
Thursday 11/15 and Friday 11/16 at 7:30 PM
Ortlieb's Lounge (847 N. 3rd St., Philadelphia,PA)
$15 ($12 for FPA members)
A man, a taxi cab, and a dream. Comedian Sam Dingman weaves personal tales with revealing audio recordings from his days driving a New York City taxi. While dreaming of finding fame and fortune as an actor, Sam actually spent his days with toothless convicts, frozen embryos, and murderous city buses. Along the way, he started recording his (mis)adventures.
On stage, with a computer and a beer at his side, Sam plays these random solo ruminations and conversations with anonymous passengers. They accompany, interrupt, and counter his stories, creating an intimate and imperfect portrait of a person trying to find his way. Sam discovers that no matter how many insane people or wild things he encounters on the pothole-ridden streets of New York, he may be the craziest one of all.
Ortlieb's Lounge (847 N. 3rd St., Philadelphia,PA)
$15 ($12 for FPA members)
A man, a taxi cab, and a dream. Comedian Sam Dingman weaves personal tales with revealing audio recordings from his days driving a New York City taxi. While dreaming of finding fame and fortune as an actor, Sam actually spent his days with toothless convicts, frozen embryos, and murderous city buses. Along the way, he started recording his (mis)adventures.
On stage, with a computer and a beer at his side, Sam plays these random solo ruminations and conversations with anonymous passengers. They accompany, interrupt, and counter his stories, creating an intimate and imperfect portrait of a person trying to find his way. Sam discovers that no matter how many insane people or wild things he encounters on the pothole-ridden streets of New York, he may be the craziest one of all.
The True Story, or Vicious & Multiple & Untrue After All premiered as part of First Person Arts RAW at the First Person Arts Festival (November 8-17, 2012).
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