PLASTICENE 13th ANNUAL PHYSICAL THEATER INTENSIVE: JUNE 13—18, 2009

When:

• Saturday 6/13 1-5 pm
• Sunday 6/14 1-5 pm
• Monday 6/15 6:15-10:00 pm
• Tuesday 6/16 6:15-10:00 pm
• Wednesday 6/17 6:15-10:00 pm
• Thursday 6/18 6:15-10:00 pm

Where: UIC Studio Theater, 1044 W. Harrison Street, Chicago

Fee: $195 early registration (before 5/26) $225 thereafter. Send a check and contact info to Plasticene, 1849 N. Damen Avenue #1, Chicago IL 60647

What: 24 hours of physical theater training, improvisation, and creation for anyone who wants to move, innovate, develop, and play…

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Plasticene performs The Gist presented as part of Collaboraction’s 9th Annual SKETCHBOOK Festival, April 16 - May 10

The Building Stage

412 N Carpenter

Chicago, IL

Link for showtimes.

Directed by Mark Comiskey
Created and performed by
Laura Fisher, Michael Macias,
& Brian Shaw
Sound by Eric Leonardson

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Plasticene performs in the Objects in Motion Festival, a three week festival of puppetry, toy-theater, and object-based performance opening Saturday, March 14, 2009, at The Building Stage: www.buildingstage.com.

We’ve taken some explorations and put them into a 17-minute low-tech chamber-piece called Light Cycle (featured in Program A) , performed by Mark Comiskey, Brian Shaw, and Laura Fisher, directed by Dexter Bullard, with me providing sound.

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First video is online. More to come.

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Over its 13 year history, Plasticene has established itself by working at the forefront of experimental theater in the City of Chicago. We have built a working method and pedagogy developed by teaching college students and working professionals. Our work has been tested in performance. Company members teach in major college programs at DePaul, The School of the Art Institute, Columbia College and UIC.

Plasticene’s website: www.plasticene.com
Plasticene’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/PlastiMover