the week through performances

SUSANNA HOOD WORKSHOP: susanna's a focused, grounded facilitator, in addition to being a solid collaborator and fascinating performer/creator. if you have the interest and opportunity, i highly recommend her sound/movement workshops. i recently participated in an intensive weekend-long workshop, which attracted twelve participants with backgrounds in dance, music, education, theatre, and poetry. deeply challenging and gratifying; potentially and especially intriguing to sound-poetry enthusiasts.

RITTER, DENE, VOSS: adam seelig's company one little goat staged thomas bernhard's play, spiralling through delusion, beethoven, incest, wittgenstein, and cream puffs. audience sprinted after actors through the first act, the delivery of non-stop dialogue dazzling in its athleticism. act two layered possible end atop possible end, never resolving. curious to know adam's interest in staging this, and doubly curious to know what's next on the roster for one little goat. curious to see the script from which the company worked.

A FIBBER'S FABLE: for the second installment of their eighth cycle, theatre gargantua shared their new work-in-progress. the play's a smorgasbord of short scenes written by michael spense while meditating on truth and lies. the resulting multidisciplinary performance featured dance/song interludes, monologues, scenes, and even silkwork. conor and i worked on the first installment last spring, so it's neat to see shades of our input in this performance. looking forward to third and final round next fall.

CALCU-LATOR AND THE ORAL PRESENTATION: "YeYeYeYeYeYeYeYeYeah." "What's that?" "A bunch of little yesses." they're back and lose-your-voice-from-laughing-and-shouting funny. perhaps the highlight of their return performance on sunday happened post-show, as we said our good-byes. ennis esmer broke into improv riffs on a possible new COP song called "midnight in polo square." it's jazz, it's fast, and it rapid-fire confesses sexual indiscretions. "Sweedoo!"