Open Gate Theatre Celebrates 40 years
Friday November 18, 7:00 p.m. till 10:00
At the Legion Club 131 Marengo Ave 91101
Free though donations are welcome
This celebration will be a bonified party with drinks and snacks. The beautiful Halls of the historic American Legion
will be filled withartifacts of Open Gates many ventures, including giant puppets, masks, loops of video,
programs from past shows, Art work used, etc. There will be music in the Salon and in the grand stone Hallway.
Two new short pieces are “Open Memory” featuring art work by Mitsu Salmon
and Tobar Mayo’s “Tobar’s Hard Won Memories”.
At the end of the evening there will be the premier showing of a new full Video production
“Door of the Confessor” by Ted Lamoureux with Nanik Wenten, Tany Ling and Will Salmon.
Open Gate’s 40 years are well worth celebrating.
Throughout our 40 years Open Gate has worked continually, as a collabortive ensemble creating a remarkable body of work. Have produced over 20 concert length works that we have created and produced over 400 concerts.
In addition to celebrating the past, the event will also celebrate Open Gates ambitious year of 2022-23 concerts.
Our Mission Statement reads:
Open Gate Theatre is dedicated to opening the gates between music, dance, and drama; between cultures;
between the unconscious and the conscious; between emotion, mind, and spirit.
We are both an ensemble and a creative collective,
joining artists from a variety of disciplines on a long term continuing collaboration.
Who’s invited?:
All the people who have performed and created with Open Gate
All the people who Open Gate has presented in concert
All the people who have attended our concerts
All the people who are curious to find out what makes this group keep on creating and want to check us out
(basically anyone)
This production is made possible in part by a grant from
the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division.
The Legion is a beautiful old building right between the Pasadena City Hall and Old Town Pasadena. On Friday nights, there is usually free parking on the street nearby, and always paid parking in the nearby Old Town parking facilities.
We have story of peseverence of working wild and steady,
pushing the borders of Avantgarde Jazz, Dance, puppetry, Opera, video etc.
in order to develop a unique theatre that works through archetypes to express the trancendent.
Friday November 18, 7:00 p.m. till 10:00
At the Legion Club 131 Marengo Ave 91101
Free though donations are welcome
This celebration will be a bonified party with drinks and snacks. The beautiful Halls of the historic American Legion
will be filled withartifacts of Open Gates many ventures, including giant puppets, masks, loops of video,
programs from past shows, Art work used, etc. There will be music in the Salon and in the grand stone Hallway.
Two new short pieces are “Open Memory” featuring art work by Mitsu Salmon
and Tobar Mayo’s “Tobar’s Hard Won Memories”.
At the end of the evening there will be the premier showing of a new full Video production
“Door of the Confessor” by Ted Lamoureux with Nanik Wenten, Tany Ling and Will Salmon.
Open Gate’s 40 years are well worth celebrating.
Throughout our 40 years Open Gate has worked continually, as a collabortive ensemble creating a remarkable body of work. Have produced over 20 concert length works that we have created and produced over 400 concerts.
In addition to celebrating the past, the event will also celebrate Open Gates ambitious year of 2022-23 concerts.
Our Mission Statement reads:
Open Gate Theatre is dedicated to opening the gates between music, dance, and drama; between cultures;
between the unconscious and the conscious; between emotion, mind, and spirit.
We are both an ensemble and a creative collective,
joining artists from a variety of disciplines on a long term continuing collaboration.
Who’s invited?:
All the people who have performed and created with Open Gate
All the people who Open Gate has presented in concert
All the people who have attended our concerts
All the people who are curious to find out what makes this group keep on creating and want to check us out
(basically anyone)
This production is made possible in part by a grant from
the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division.
The Legion is a beautiful old building right between the Pasadena City Hall and Old Town Pasadena. On Friday nights, there is usually free parking on the street nearby, and always paid parking in the nearby Old Town parking facilities.
We have story of peseverence of working wild and steady,
pushing the borders of Avantgarde Jazz, Dance, puppetry, Opera, video etc.
in order to develop a unique theatre that works through archetypes to express the trancendent.
Voices of Return part 3
June 19, Sunday 7:00
“Philoctetes”
A chamber opera based freely on the Sophocles play,
by Will Salmon and the Open Gate Ensemble.
Also ”Khryse”
By Tany Ling, with the Open Gate Ensemble
Performers: singer/actors Joseph Garate, Charles Lane, Tany Ling, Franz Elson-Phillips, and Will Salmon.
Instrumentalists: Alex Cline, Vinny Golia, Wells Leng,
Jie Ma, Michael Vlatkovitch, and Miller Wrenn
Stage Manager: Jim Mora,
Video: Will Salmon,
Visuals: Seda Saar
at the Neighborhood Unitarian Church ,
301 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena,
Tickets; $15,
with $10 for students, seniors, and Series performers
https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTQ5NTU3
These concerts made possible by an Arts Grant
from the City of Pasadena
The Neighborhood Unitarian Church is a beautiful site, right next to the Gamble House. It has plenty of free parking and easy access from the 2 and 134 freeways. There is space for social distancing. We also ask the audience to wear masks.
June 19, Sunday 7:00
“Philoctetes”
A chamber opera based freely on the Sophocles play,
by Will Salmon and the Open Gate Ensemble.
Also ”Khryse”
By Tany Ling, with the Open Gate Ensemble
Performers: singer/actors Joseph Garate, Charles Lane, Tany Ling, Franz Elson-Phillips, and Will Salmon.
Instrumentalists: Alex Cline, Vinny Golia, Wells Leng,
Jie Ma, Michael Vlatkovitch, and Miller Wrenn
Stage Manager: Jim Mora,
Video: Will Salmon,
Visuals: Seda Saar
at the Neighborhood Unitarian Church ,
301 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena,
Tickets; $15,
with $10 for students, seniors, and Series performers
https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTQ5NTU3
These concerts made possible by an Arts Grant
from the City of Pasadena
The Neighborhood Unitarian Church is a beautiful site, right next to the Gamble House. It has plenty of free parking and easy access from the 2 and 134 freeways. There is space for social distancing. We also ask the audience to wear masks.
Open Gate Theatre returns to live programing with the three part series
“Voices of Return”
at the Neighborhood Unitarian Church , 301 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena
April 3, Sunday 7:00 “Return of the Light“, ”Dragonfly” and The Smudges Open Gate Ensemble performed, featuring the singing of Dwight Trible, the dancing of Roxanne Steinberg, the paintings of Breeze Smith as well as instrumentalist Jeff Gauthier, Maggie Parkins, Will Salmon, Breeze Smith, and Miller Wrenn. Lighting etc. by Jim Mora.
May 1, Sunday 7:00 “Unstuckness Practice” A new chamber opera multi-media work by Sharon Chohi Kim. Performers: Mikaela Elson, Sara Sinclair Gomez, Sharon Chohi Kim, Kathryn Shuman and Wells Leng
These concerts were made possible by an Arts Grant from the City of Pasadena
“Voices of Return”
at the Neighborhood Unitarian Church , 301 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena
April 3, Sunday 7:00 “Return of the Light“, ”Dragonfly” and The Smudges Open Gate Ensemble performed, featuring the singing of Dwight Trible, the dancing of Roxanne Steinberg, the paintings of Breeze Smith as well as instrumentalist Jeff Gauthier, Maggie Parkins, Will Salmon, Breeze Smith, and Miller Wrenn. Lighting etc. by Jim Mora.
May 1, Sunday 7:00 “Unstuckness Practice” A new chamber opera multi-media work by Sharon Chohi Kim. Performers: Mikaela Elson, Sara Sinclair Gomez, Sharon Chohi Kim, Kathryn Shuman and Wells Leng
These concerts were made possible by an Arts Grant from the City of Pasadena
