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| HOTEL - Photo by Lily Gottlieb |
Created by Alexis Macnab
A clown, a cuckold, a chorus girl, a runaway and a writer find solace for the night in the City of Light in this celebration of urban isolation and the tenacity of hopeful dreaming. Shadow puppets, cancan, and accordion, mime and monologue, Hôtel de l'Avenir is a cabaret about loving, and leaving, the city of your dreams.
presented by the CalArts Festival Theater at
Venue 13 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
August 2011
Performed by Alexis Macnab, Genevieve Gearhart and Laurel Koerner
Light Design by Adam Frank
Producer/Stage Manager - Juli Figueroa
Edinburgh preview:
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| HOTEL - Photo by Lily Gottlieb |
Hôtel de l'Avenir
premiered at
Under St. Mark's in New York City in
March 2010 with the following team:
Sarah Lannon, Mary Notari - performers and puppeteers
Diana de Luna - direction
Holly Ko - Light Design
Original preview:
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| LITTLE PRINCE - Photo by John Seyfried |
The Little Prince
by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar
based on the classic book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Directed by Alexis Macnab
An Aviator crash lands in the middle of the desert and is confronted by a mysterious boy demanding a picture of a sheep. In this dire situation, the Aviator learns to slow down and listen to the strange little man and ends up realizing the life-saving value of imagination and the diligence of love.
Told with large-scale shadow puppets, and a sweeping desertscape, The Little Prince is a feast for the eyes and a cold drink of water for the heart.
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| LITTLE PRINCE - photo by Alexis Macnab |
Produced by the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival, Oberlin, OH
July 2011
Cast: Aviator - Matthew Wright (AEA)
The Little Prince - Marina Shay
Rose/Snake/Fox - Courtney Merrell
Men on Planets/Ensemble - Alex Huntsberger, Ralph Johnson
Stage Manager - Mary Heatwole
Asst. Stage Manager - Julia Perez
Visual Design - Anya Kazimierski
Light Design - Jeremy Benjamin
Sound Design/Composition - Ryan Lester
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| SHIPWRECK Photo by Alexis Macnab |
Created/Directed by Alexis Macnab
Inspired by the legend of Tristan and Iseult, Shipwreck is a dance-theater, shadow-puppet exploration of unrequited longing and unintended consequences.
Uniquely staged at the beautiful Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn, Shipwreck features New York City’s poignantly distant skyline, as heartbreaking and unattainable as each character’s desire.
Told almost entirely without words, Shipwreck is a play about what remains unsaid in even the most intimate relationships, how lonesome our elaborate inner worlds can be, and what it takes to reach out for what is always tantalizingly out of reach.
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| SHIPWRECK - Photo by Alexis Macnab |
December 2009
Cast:
Iseult - Lauren Ford
Tristan - Lucien Lewin
Puppeteers - Jenn Ifill, Mary Notari, and Eva Perrotta
Original Score by Scavenger Quartet
Lighting Design by Andy Dickerson
Puppets and Choreography by Alexis Macnab
Show preview:
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| WRINKLE - Photo by John Seyfried |
by Madeline L'Engel
Adapted and Directed by Alexis Macnab
Faithfully adapted from the beloved children's book, A Wrinkle in Time follows Meg Murry in her journeys across the universe to save her father from a terrible and epic force, and in the struggle she learns that love and faith are just as powerful.
A strong ensemble, a constantly changing set, and one giant puppet help to tell this inter-galactic tale.
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| WRINKLE - Photo by John Seyfried |
Cast:
Margaret Murry - CJ Penso
Charles Wallace Murry - Donnie Sheldon
Calvin O'Keefe - Josh Christian
Mrs. Whatsit - Debra Rose
Mrs. Who - Ruth Mercer
Mrs. Which - Kat Lee
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| WRINKLE - Photo by John Seyfried |
Mr. Murry - Nicholas Sweeney
Man with the Red Eyes - Andrew Gorrell
Ensemble: Aaron Profumo, Alex Huntsberger, Ralph Johnson, Atty Seigel, Marina Shay, Aaron Mucciolo
Stage Manager - Sarah Gasser
Light Design - Mike McGee
Visual Design - Paul Moser
Sound Design - Hunter McCurry
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| DARK SPACE - Photo by Jon Meyer |
Co-created by Kate Brehm and Alexis Macnab
Dark Space is the story of one woman’s personal metamorphosis told in lush puppet spectacle and theatrical installation in chashama’s completely transformed 42nd Street storefront theater. From the confines of her domestic setting, the woman dreams of winged freedom and struggles toward her final release. With breathtaking imagery and innovative staging, Dark Space explores that liminal place where everyone must shed his or her old self and sit, bodiless and indistinct, before moving forward to embrace a new identity.
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| DARK SPACE - Photo by Jon Meyer |
Presented as part of the Performing Arts Residency @ chashama 217 – February 2009.*
Featuring: Kate Brehm – The Girl/Caterpillar
Sarah Engelman, Serra Hirsch, Kirsten Kammermeyer, Miyu Leilani, Mary Notari, Sophia Remolde – puppeteers
Written and Directed by Alexis Macnab
Visual Design and Lead Performance by Kate Brehm
Sound Design by Sxip Shirey
Light Design by Lee McCall Terry
Stage Managers – Megan Pardo, Caity Grand
Technical Director – Mike Kerns
*The Performing Arts Residency @ chashama is a program granting four NYC-based contemporary performing arts companies 6 weeks of dedicated performance and rehearsal space in the same location. Made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for Arts.
Written and Directed by Alexis Macnab
Visual Design and Lead Performance by Kate Brehm
Sound Design by Sxip Shirey
Light Design by Lee McCall Terry
Stage Managers – Megan Pardo, Caity Grand
Technical Director – Mike Kerns
*The Performing Arts Residency @ chashama is a program granting four NYC-based contemporary performing arts companies 6 weeks of dedicated performance and rehearsal space in the same location. Made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for Arts.
