Dmae highlights Fuse Theatre Ensemble's 10th Anniversary original celebration works which are also part of the Fertile Ground Festival. She features Jane Comer and her piece I am an Actress and Rusty Newton Tennant, creator and director of unde+ec+able. Also featured are Sara Fay Goldman's original acrobatic work Tether: ADHD+BDSM and Kate Mura's new solo work, The Tarot Show. All shows are at The Headwaters Theatre.
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Fuse Theatre Ensemble presents Four original works at Fertile Ground 2019 (More info about the Fertile Ground Festival at http://fertilegroundpdx.org/)
Fully Staged World Premiere
unde+ec+able
Written and Directed by Rusty Newton Tennant
What happens after the end? In a world without law, who will protect the vulnerable? Are the lucky ones those who lived or those who died? And if modern medicine is destroyed, what happens to the millions of people who are only alive because of it? unde+ec+able is a witty/wrenching psychological battleground where the headlines of the day meet our worst nightmares in a gripping story that asks a question we can all relate to… what would happen to me?
FESTIVAL DATES: Jan 24 @ 10pm; Jan 25 @ 6pm; Jan 26 @ 8pm, Jan 27 4pm
VENUE: Headwaters Theatre, 55 NE Farragut St #9, Portland OR 97211
TICKETS: $15; $10 student/seniors at https://www.boxofficetickets.com/bot/wa/producer?id=24971
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Fully Staged World Premiere
I Am an Actress
Created and performed by Jane Comer
Creative consulting by Rusty Tennant
I Am an Actress returns to Fertile Ground for a world premiere production after a critically acclaimed workshop run at Fertile Ground 2017. The play is a trip down a dark, rocky, but also funny memory lane written and performed by one of Portland's pioneering trans performers, Jane Comer. Watch Jane overcome a severe speech impediment to become what she was born to be… an actress. Come see the story of two women breaking out of the boxes the world tried to put them in: Joyce, who wanted to be the last thing the world expected her to be, perfectly normal. And her daughter Jane, who is…an actress.
FESTIVAL DATES: Jan 24 @ 8pm; Jan 25 @ 10pm; Jan 26 @ 6pm
VENUE: Headwaters Theatre, 55 NE Farragut St #9, Portland OR 97211
TICKETS: $15; $10 student/seniors at https://www.boxofficetickets.com/bot/wa/producer?id=24971
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PERFORMANCE ART
Fully Staged World Premiere
Tether: ADHD+BDSM
By Sara Fay Goldman
Directed by Rusty Tennant
The ADHD mind is uncanny – It resists promotional material, defying summary into a narrative or restriction to a single genre. Multidisciplinary solo performer and mental health advocate Sara Fay Goldman presents an autobiographical (if abstracted) quest for clarity and understanding. Premiering only a few years into her personal research on the subject, Sara Fay hopes to help demystify and spark conversations around the subject of mental health. Using movement, sound, stage tricks, and folklore, she invites you to witness the particular trials and textures of her own quarter-life diagnosis.
FESTIVAL DATES: Jan 24 @ 6pm; Jan 25 @ 8pm, Jan 26 @ 10pm, Jan 27 @ 2pm
VENUE: Headwaters Theatre, 55 NE Farragut St #9, Portland OR 97211
TICKETS: $15; $10 student/seniors at https://www.boxofficetickets.com/bot/wa/producer?id=24971
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PERFORMANCE ART
Fully Staged Workshop Production
Fuse Theatre Ensemble and Kate’s Theatrics presents
The Tarot Show
By Kate Mura
Conceived by Kate Mura and the audience
Additional crafting by Stephanie Alvidrez and the Fuse ensemble
What happens when a tarot reading is given to an entire audience, instead of an individual? Come find out! Every show is different, as every tarot reading is different. Stories, anecdotes, conversation, questions, history and herstory come out specific for your audience, your day, your season. Witch and theatre artist weaves these two different parts of her life together for the first time. Share in the mystery, bring your questions, and curiosity.
FESTIVAL DATES: Jan 27 @ 6pm.
VENUE: Headwaters Theatre, 55 NE Farragut St #9, Portland OR 97211
TICKETS: Sliding scale - $10 suggested. https://www.boxofficetickets.com/bot/wa/producer?id=24971
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