27th Annual Women and Theatre Program Conference
presents an evening of theatre
to benefit NOCCA
The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts:
Tedessa
written and performed by
Cristal Sabbagh
and
Ida
written by Gertrude Stein
and performed by
Wendy Salkind
July 25, 2007 at 7:30 PM
The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA)/Riverfront
2800 Chartres Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
The 27th Annual Conference of the Women and Theatre Program is coming to the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts this year, and the two-day event will culminate in a benefit performance featuring an evening of one-woman plays that explore social ruptures and fractured identities. Theatre professionals Cristal Sabbagh and Wendy Salkind will each perform solo works which they have previously toured in other parts of the U.S.
Inspired by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, Tedessa is a visual, aural and gestural collage that explores stereotypical assumptions about raced and classed bodies. This multimedia performance juxtaposes arresting images from news footage, popular culture and cinematic history with live movement that draws upon West African dance, minstrelsy, ragtime, hip-hop, and Butoh traditions. Sabbagh is mesmerizing and the piece’s final scene is haunting.
Drawn from Stein’s novel Ida, performed by Wendy Salkind with a sound score composed by Linda Dusman, this solo performance tells the story of a girl who creates a twin so that she will no longer have to be "just one". The tale, told by narrator who becomes so caught up Ida's search for her identity that she transforms into the character of Ida herself, is moving, funny, and filled with rich incongruities. The sound score, composed primarily from the text itself, weaves in and out of the performance, creating an aural landscape for the text.
This evening of benefit performances is open to the public, and tickets may be purchased at the door. Tickets are $20.
The Women and Theatre Program (WTP) is a self-incorporated division of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). Founded in 1974, our mission is to bring theater professionals together with academics and activists. In the years since our inception, WTP has sponsored panels and activities at ATHE’s annual conference. In 1980, WTP began holding its own annual pre-ATHE conference. The continuing goal of WTP is to enable feminist inquiry and to provide opportunities for discussion between those who teach, perform, and theorize about feminism, theatre, and performance.
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