Open Gate Gate Theatre "Dionysus in Hell" and "Tsuchi" January 24th and 25th- 8:00 The Legion Club 131 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, 91101 Cost: $20, (students and seniors $15) Open Gate will continue its very ambitious season January 24, and 25 at the The Legion Club in Pasadena. The Legion Club, on the edge of Old Town Pasadena, is in historic old building with lot’s a of parking and a grand full bar. The performances will pair "Dionysus in Hell" - a music drama by Will Salmon, based on Aristophanes The Frogs, and "Tsuchi" a performance work by Mitsu Salmon. In Dionysus in Hell, Dionysus, the god of theater, goes down to the underworld to bring back the spirit of Jerzy Grotowski, the great Polish Avant Gard theater director. Our Underworld will be inhabited by denizens influenced not just by Greek mythology but Dante, Opera, and Butoh dance. “Dionysus in Hell” will have original music, utilizing virtuoso instrumentals, extended vocal techniques, a multi screened environment, and strange cornball tunes. “Dionysus” will use a full Open Gate ensemble, with Will Salmon as Dionysus and Tuba Heatherton as the servant Xanthias; Persephone will be an otherworldly beauty sung and danced by Roksana Zeinpur; there will be a ghost band of accordion, viola. tuba, piccolo, sax, and percussion; there will be giant puppets, and Frogs leaping and singing. Performers include: Will Salmon - Dionysus Tuba Heatherton -Xanthias Chris Soohoo - Hercules, chorus Tany Ling - Demeter, chorus Dario CiVon - Charon, chorus Nicole Granati - Corpse, chorus Roksana Zeinapur - Persephone, chorus Breana Gilcher - oboe, english horn Alec Santamaria- viola Alexander Vogel - saxophones Darren Dvoracek - tuba, trombone Brad Dutz - drums percussion Artistic Director- Will Salmon Stage Director - Ted Lamoureux Art design- Chris Soohoo House Manager - Vicki Salmon Puppet creation - Mitsu Salmon, Ted Lamoureux, "Tsuchi" is a solo interdisciplinary performance piece. It draws from Mitsu's great- grandfather’s experience of immigrating from Japan to Hawaii as a farmer and then pursuing his dream of becoming a high-end waiter. The piece delves into and obscures his life and then branches out to the stories of Mitsu's, the Hawaiian queen and a steel guitar musician. The work explores questions of family and travels through Butoh, contemporary dance, and everyday movements with music and text. The work is a collaboration between Mitsu and sound artists Alyssa Moxley, Kevin Carey and Mike Hero. Development of Tsuchi was sponsored by High Concept Labs and supported by a residency at the Chicago Cultural Center and Oxbow. "Relating aspects of her heritage and cultural identity channeled Proust-like through her recent experience working as a server in a sushi restaurant and combining space-composition techniques that incorporate unusual interactions, including balancing a pineapple on her head as she moves, for instance, or baptismally dousing her head with alcohol as a statement of immersion. Simultaneously moving, informative and at times heart-wrenching, the ambitious scale of Salmon’s work continues to impress." - Newcity “Made possible in part by the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division.” For reservations or information : opengatewills@gmail.com |
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Open Gate’s “Big Year”
(Sept. 1 Open Gate Ensemble Lament)
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd. L.A. 90041
(Sept. 27- 28 -29 Rizpah/Dragonfly/Manzanito’s Cabaret
The Legion Club 131 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, 91101 )
Nov. 8 “Prince Achmed” old movie with Will Salmon Music with other delights
Sunspace 9683 Sunland Blvd. Shadow Hills
Jan. 5 Eagle Rock - Open Gate Ensemble “Chorus of Spirits” - Open Gate Dionysus band
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd. L.A. 90041
Jan 24-25 Dionysus in Hell / Mitsu Salmon Solo
The Legion Club 131 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, 91101
April 3, 4 Hecuba featuring Nanik and Nyoman Wenten
also Brad Dutz and Noel “Opera” ; It’s a Squirrel’s World
The Legion Club 131 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, 91101
May 3 Eagle Rock - Open Gate Ensemble- “Noh Dreams” - Kio Griffith
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd. L.A. 90041
June/July TBA Legion Club Ted Lamoureux’s new play/
The Legion Club 131 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, 91101
As well as continuing our Sunday Series at Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock,
(Sept. 1 Open Gate Ensemble Lament)
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd. L.A. 90041
(Sept. 27- 28 -29 Rizpah/Dragonfly/Manzanito’s Cabaret
The Legion Club 131 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, 91101 )
Nov. 8 “Prince Achmed” old movie with Will Salmon Music with other delights
Sunspace 9683 Sunland Blvd. Shadow Hills
Jan. 5 Eagle Rock - Open Gate Ensemble “Chorus of Spirits” - Open Gate Dionysus band
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd. L.A. 90041
Jan 24-25 Dionysus in Hell / Mitsu Salmon Solo
The Legion Club 131 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, 91101
April 3, 4 Hecuba featuring Nanik and Nyoman Wenten
also Brad Dutz and Noel “Opera” ; It’s a Squirrel’s World
The Legion Club 131 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, 91101
May 3 Eagle Rock - Open Gate Ensemble- “Noh Dreams” - Kio Griffith
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd. L.A. 90041
June/July TBA Legion Club Ted Lamoureux’s new play/
The Legion Club 131 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, 91101
As well as continuing our Sunday Series at Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock,
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