2018 Season
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PERFORMANCES
THE RADICALIZATION PROCESS July 6 & 7 at 8pm; July 8 at 4pm
Created & performed by THE HINTERLANDS
Layering historical accounts of the radical left in the 1960’s and 70’s with socialist pageantry, and a gleefully obtuse re-production of The Living Theatre’s "Antigone," this show asks us to question our assumptions about what drives us to take action, how far is too far, and what role the imagination has in revolution. Also, it’s funny. Sometimes. Other times it’s really dark. But hey, that’s America!...Read More
KOFEST STORY SLAM July 21 at 8pm — One Night Only!
WE ARE SOLD OUT! WE WILL BE TAKING AN IN-PERSON WAITING LIST AT THE DOOR STARTING AT 6PM FOR ANY CANCELLATIONS THAT MIGHT BECOME AVAILABLE. You’ve heard of poetry slams – competitive poetry events. This is one is for first person, true stories – told live and without notes, 5 minutes or less — and on the theme of “RADICAL ACTS.” A benefit to keep Ko going strong, this event typically sells out, so reservations are highly recommended, and if you've got a story to tell . . .
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THE OVEN July 13 & 14 at 8pm; July 15 at 1:30pm
Written & performed by ILAN STAVANS
Directed by MATTHEW GLASSMAN
After a chance meeting with a shaman in Colombia, Ilan Stavans, the highly regarded literary scholar, found himself in the Amazon rainforest. He had reluctantly agreed to participate in a religious ceremony that involved taking the hallucinogen ayahuasca...Read More
LIKE A MOTHER BEAR July 27 & 28 at 8pm; July 29 at 4pm
Written and Performed by HELEN STOLTZFUS of BLACK SWAN ARTS & MEDIA
From San Francisco, a solo performance that follows one woman’s extraordinary journey to healing in which she discovers the Great Bear Mother of imagination, the intimate connections between her infertility and the environment, and—in a powerful encounter in the wilds of Alaska— the very real endangered grizzly bear...Read More
INDUSTRIOUS ANGELS Aug. 3 & 4 at 8pm; Aug. 5 at 4pm
Written & performed by LAURIE McCANTS
with music by GUY KLUCEVSEK, directed by SABRINA HAMILTON
A solo hand-crafted-story-spinning-shadow-puppet-memory-play-with-music evoking the secret creative lives of women, mother/daughter bloodlines, and the ghost of Emily Dickinson.
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A solo hand-crafted-story-spinning-shadow-puppet-memory-play-with-music evoking the secret creative lives of women, mother/daughter bloodlines, and the ghost of Emily Dickinson.
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2018 WORKSHOPS
SOUND AND FURY: An Embodied Approach to Voice, Text & Sound Design for the Theatre
with RICHARD NEWMAN
Co-Artistic Director of The Hinterlands
July 9-14, 2018
An intensive workshop exploring the theatre as a place for radical sonic exploration. Using the voice, everyday objects, instruments, technology, and architecture, participants will take a holistic approach to sound design and performance...Read More
FIRST PERSON: Crafting Your Story for Performance 2018
with GERARD STROPNICKY, Co-Founder, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
July 16-21, 2018
Why do some stories – some performances – spark your imagination, set fire to your soul, and leave you transformed, while others just sit there? Is it the content, or the telling? The framing, or the style? Can story be employed to bring laughter, or tears, or understanding, or lasting social change, or…Read More
THEATRE AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT
with HELEN STOLTZFUS
Black Swan Arts & Media
July 30-Aug. 4, 2018
What is the story within you that “must be told”? We use voice work, movement, journaling, improvisation and guided fantasy to discover these stories and to shape them – personal, mythic, ancestral – into . . .Read More
UNLOCKING INSPIRATION: The Vital Act
with DEBÓRAH ELIEZER
Co-Artistic Director foolsFURY Ensemble
July 29-Aug. 3, 2019
This fun, participatory workshop will explore embodied creation methods that will remove your inner critic and allow your uninhibited creativity to flow. Through free writing, movement meditation, kinetic storytelling and vocal improvisation, we will unlock inspiration, discover untold stories and turn the idea of narrative on its head...Read More
FIRST PERSON: Crafting Your Story for Performance 2019
with GERARD STROPNICKY, Co-Founder, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
July 15-20, 2019
Why do some stories – some performances – spark your imagination, set fire to your soul, and leave you transformed, while others just sit there? Is it the content, or the telling? The framing, or the style? Can story be employed to bring laughter, or tears, or understanding, or lasting social change, or…Read More
TOY THEATRE
with JOHN BELL & TRUDI COHEN
Great Small Works
July 8-13, 2019
Participants will be shown basic techniques and materials used in Toy Theater (also known as Paper Theater). After discussing image and text selection and dramaturgy, our workshop will offer a chance to construct a toy theater stage and scenery and figures, and to put together a multi-scene story...Read More
KEEP KO STRONG
FUNDERS
The Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Art Angels
The Amherst Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
In addition, we are most grateful to the AMHERST COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF THEATER AND DANCE, for access to their lovely theater and studios.
KO Theater Works is proud to be a member of
THE NETWORK OF ENSEMBLE THEATRES:
Artists Creating Theatre. Artists Creating a Community. Artists Creating a Movement.
Ko is taking part in VALLEY GIVES DAY, Tuesday, May 1.
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Ko is taking part in VALLEY GIVES DAY, Tuesday, May 1.
KoFest costs have taken a leap this year. In response, several Ko Board Members and Ko-stars have put together a matching grant of $3500. Won’t you join our team of Ko-conspirators.
We can’t make this match without you!
Click here to visit our Valley Gives page.
Artistic Director, Sabrina Hamilton will be doing a marathon of Facebook Live events tomorrow telling Ko Festival war-stories, backstage dish and memorable moments. Join her every hour on the hour here starting from 10am-
LET’S GET SOCIAL