Other: Play/Rites Festival: Ritual in one Act |
7/21/2006 |
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1st Annual Magical Acts Ritual Theater PlayRites Festival
www.magicalacts.org/MART/
For Immediate Release: June 24, 2006
Contacts: Derik Cowan (derik.cowan@gmail.com)
Angelique Heddings ( madamemart@gmail.com)
The Magical Acts Ritual Theater proudly presents
1st Annual PlayRites Festival: Ritual in One Act
Theatre Rhino at 2926 16th Street in San Francisco at
8:00 p.m. on July 21, 22, 23 and July 28, 29, 30.
The Festival will feature creative works from emerging artists that combine ritual and theatre. The festival will be organized into two programs. Tickets are $15 for one evening program, and $25 for both evening programs. The works included at the Festival include:
Program One
July 21, 23, and 29
• 'Changing Our Fates' is a ritual performance about what happens when three faces of the Goddess take up the fight against patriarchy and fundamentalist conservatism. It is a statement about the strength of the Goddess archetype throughout history and her human embodiments, with emphasis on the need for modern women to rise up against the war in Iraq. Adapted by Rabbit from the play "Rise of the Fates" by Z Budapest, 'Changing Our Fates' will charm and challenge with wit, wisdom, and womanpower!
- 'A Black Woman Speaks ' is an adaptation by Luna Pantera of Beah Richards original monologue that was first performed 50 years ago and whose words are still significant. This play has been revised as a five woman piece that hopefully opens dialogue and begins the healing process between Black women and their White sisters utilizing the Ancestor energies of: the African Ancestor, the Slave, the Beah Richards archetype, the Higher Consciousness of White Women and finally the Descendant.
• Performance artist Leo I. Rodriguez, founder of Prophecy Theatre, proudly presents 'Chosen'. Rodriguez, adopted as an infant, explores adoption and his search for truth, meaning and purpose through vivid, bitter-sweet, story telling and song, taking the audience along on a spiritual journey to probe life choices, fate, destiny, the artistic soul and ultimately answering why WE are chosen.
Program Two
July 22, 28, and 30
• 'I, Hippolyta', written and directed by Robyn Brooks, intends to recreate the myth of Shakespeare's Queen Hippolyta's abduction into captivity, as a tale of empowerment that gives Queen Hippolyta back her power through language, ritual and healing. In this tale, a work in progress, the Goddesses are as fierce as the women warriors.
• 'Thread' depicts the journey from the depths of despair to a plane of mission and finally, blessing. Using the ritual forms of poetry and dance, a point of view is offered that our journeys are not only supported by loved ones in this world, but also blessed by ancestors, gods and goddesses who remind us of the divine spark inherent in our beings. Written by Patricia Kevena Fili. Co-Directed by Patricia Kevena Fili and Victoria De La Garza.
• 'Revisionist History' by Derik K Cowan is a multimedia performance piece exploring concepts of group reincarnation and ritualized mourning. Referencing The Orestea and Hamlet, Revisionist History recounts the tale of an archetypical family's struggle to learn to live together over the course of three life times as seen through the eyes of the hero's lover, now mourning the hero's death from an AIDS related illness.
"There is nothing more joyous and liberating to bring a dream to life", says Angelique Heddings, Artistic Director for Magical Acts Ritual Theater."There are so many budding playwrights, directors and producers in the field of live theatre that never get their chance. Magical Acts is creating a name for themselves in the exploration of mysticism and magic manifesting on stage, and I'm so thrilled to see these artists have the opportunity and the place to explore self expression, healing, and affirmation."
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