MO`OLELO
PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY
ANNOUNCES
2007 SEASON
World
premiere of The
Adoption Project: Triad an
original play by Kimber Lee
March
14 - April 1, 2007: Centro
Cultural de la Raza,
San Diego
Fall
2007, Diversionary Theatre,
San Diego
San
Diego
Mo`olelo's
first production of 2007 will be Kimber Lee’s The
Adoption Project: Triad, a story portraying three women’s voyages to
find the missing pieces in their lives. Incorporating humor, fantasy and the
author’s unique voice, The Adoption
Project: Triad challenges traditional playwriting boundaries by layering
music, movement and text, by shifting perspectives and blending reality with
fantasy. Both literal and figurative mosaics of experience are created on
stage through the characters tangled stories of adoption, and their painful
unraveling. After the
performance, the audience will be given the opportunity to mirror this journey
and reflect upon their own experiences by participating in a community art
installation project curated by the scenic designer of the show, Jodi Tucci
Brisebois.
The
Fall production of Cowboy
Versus Samurai is a modern, Asian-American retelling of the Cyrano de
Bergerac story. Shortly to be published in the ubiquitous anthology by Smith
& Kraus, New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2006, this remarkable
play by Michael Golamco is savagely funny and moving. Deepening Mo`olelo’s
commitment to engaging youth in theater, this production will be offered not
only to the general public, but also to high school students through
Mo`olelo’s ongoing partnership with Young Audiences of San Diego.
According
to Artistic Director, Seema Sueko, “Both plays are by emerging
Asian-American playwrights and address issues of culture and identity, loss
and love, and the search for home. Both plays offer
San Diego
audiences the opportunity to experience some of the freshest voices in
American theater today.”
Tickets
are now on sale for The Adoption
Project: Triad, and patrons are encouraged to
purchase their tickets early as Mo`olelo’s last production, Since
Africa, was sold out before opening night.
For
more information and for tickets: www.moolelo.net
or 619-342-7395.
About
Mo`olelo
Mo`olelo
means story in Hawaiian. A two-time
recipient of the KPBS Patte Award for Theater Excellence (Outstanding Ensemble
and McDonald Playwriting Award) and the Anti-Discrimination Award, Mo`olelo
Performing Arts Company is dedicated to broadening the scope of San Diego
theatre by telling powerful stories that are as diverse as the Islands of
Hawaii. Voted Best New Theater Company in 2006 by the readers and editors of
San Diego Magazine, Mo`olelo’s mission is to create new works based on
research within various communities, produce lesser-known works by master and
contemporary playwrights, and educate youth. To learn more, visit www.moolelo.net
or call 619-342-7395.
Mo`olelo
Performing Arts Company
2007
Season Overview
SPRING
2007
What:
The Adoption Project: Triad
A
play by Kimber Lee*
When:
March 14 - April 1, 2007;
Press
Opening Saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesdays -
Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
Where:
Mo`olelo at Centro Cultural de
la Raza
Tickets/Info:
$18-$30, 619-342-7395 and www.moolelo.net
Who:
Produced by Mo`olelo Performing
Arts Company
Director: Seema
Sueko*
Choreographer:
Erika Malone
Scenic Design:
Jodi Tucci Brisebois
Sound Design:
Paul Peterson
Lighting
Design: Kim Palma
Costume Design:
Paloma Helena Young
Stage Manager:
Lindsay Beacham*
Cast:
Sandy Campbell*
Bernice Donovan & Others
Jo Anne Glover
Aggie Donovan & Others
Linda Libby*
Madeleine Bennett Garcia &
Others*
Member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and
stage managers in the
United States
.
Synopsis:
Can
a person truly exist if she was never born? The
Adoption Project: Triad tackles the complexity of adoption through the
eyes of three women brought together and then divided by a legacy of loss and
secrets. Each woman's search for the truth reveals a different aspect of the
adoption story, creating a mosaic of experience that reflects our universal
desire to find the missing pieces.
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FALL
2007
What:
Cowboy Versus Samurai
A
play by Michael Golamco
When:
Fall 2007; Final Dates to be Determined
Where:
Mo`olelo at Diversionary
Theatre
Tickets/Info:
$18-$30, 619-342-7395 and www.moolelo.net
Who:
Produced by Mo`olelo Performing
Arts Company
Synopsis:
A modern,
romantic, comedic, Asian-American retelling of the Cyrano de Bergerac story,
set in
Wyoming
.