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Julian Sands in A Celebration of Harold Pinter

ETHEL’s Documerica

Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre: Camera Illuminata

The Hot Club of San Francisco: Cinema Vivant

Lars Jan: Holoscenes ON THE COVER, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: JULIAN SANDS IN A CELEBRATION OF HAROLD PINTER, PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTIST; HOLOSCENES, PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTIST; ETHEL, PHOTO BY MARK KINGSLEY; DUŠAN TÝNEK DANCE THEATRE, PHOTO BY TOM CARAVAGLIA; THE HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO, PHOTO BY LENNY GONZALEZ.

NEW STAGES 2015 RE:IMAGINED

A FIVE-PART EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE

If you have participated in a public conversation with an artist, you know the first question is likely to be, “where do you get your ideas?” Where – we all wonder – is the font of creativity? What triggers the imaginative power to make art? If we should put these questions to the artist of New Stages 2015, we suspect they would agree with the British writer, Colin Wilson (1931–2013), who observed, “The imagination’s power lies in its receptivity, not in any power to ‘invent’.” Re:Imagined is a five-part exhibition of contemporary performance created in response to received influences both historic and anticipated. There are no questions as to the sources of inspiration; but as the artists’ minds and bodies perform in service to received words, images, and ideas, newly re-imagined artistry emerges to magnify and amplify the power of the source material. With each work, we engage not only with the creative power of the artists on stage, but also with the aesthetic and cultural stimuli that inspired their performances. TICKETS: RINGLING. O RG 941. 360 . 7399

Julian Sands in A Celebration of Harold Pinter

Directed by John Malkovich FEB 6 – 7 There will be one intermission The world premiere of A Celebration of Harold Pinter: August 2011 Edinburgh, Scotland

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Historic Asolo Theater

A CELEBRATION OF HAROLD PINTER In 2005, Julian Sands was approached by the Nobel Prize winning playwright and poet Harold Pinter to prepare a selection of his poems for a special presentation in London. Pinter “apprenticed” Mr. Sands, spending hours sharing his thoughts on how his work should be delivered. Every pause, every nuance in tone, had, and has meaning. A bond was established between these two artists – one that gives a distinctive and very personal voice to Pinter’s words. This extraordinary collaboration became the foundation for a wonderfully rich, humorous, and fascinating solo show directed by John Malkovich – A Celebration of Harold Pinter. Performances at the Edinburgh Festival in 2011 and in New York at The Irish Repertory Theatre in 2012 were followed by engagements at Steppenwolf in Chicago, Herbst Theatre in San Francisco as well as in Los Angeles, Mexico City, Budapest, London, and Paris. This is an evening of Homeric theater with an extraordinary actor, great words, and an audience. Devoid of pretension or glittery trappings, A Celebration of Harold Pinter gets to the soul of the man-poet, playwright, husband, political activist, Nobel winner, mortal. A Celebration of Harold Pinter was nominated for a 2013 Drama Desk Award.

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Born in London in 1930, Harold Pinter was a renowned playwright and screenwriter. His plays were particularly known for their use of understatement to convey characters’ thoughts and feelings. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for a time, he worked in regional theater in the 1950s. Pinter wrote a short play, The Room, in 1957, and went on to create his first full-length drama, The Birthday Party, that same year. The Birthday Party premiered in London in 1958 to savage reviews and closed within a week. With The Caretaker, Pinter had his first taste of success. The play, like many of Pinter’s works, conveys “a world of perplexing menace,” and in it Pinter uses “a vocabulary all his own,” as a critic for The New York Times once explained. The Homecoming (1965), considered by some to be his masterwork, debuted on Broadway in 1967 and won a Tony Award—Pinter’s only Broadway honor. The Homecoming was later turned into a film featuring many of its original cast, including Ian Holm, Terence Rigby and Vivien Merchant. In the 1960’s, Pinter branched out into film, writing the screenplays for his own works as well as the works of others. He wrote The Servant (1963) and Accident (1967), both directed by Joseph Losey and starring Dirk Bogarde. Losey and Pinter worked together on one more film— 1970’s The Go-Between, starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates. Perhaps one of Pinter’s best-known screen adaptations was 1981’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman, starring Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep. In 2005, Pinter was honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature. The selection committee cited Pinter as a writer “who, in his plays, uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression’s closed rooms.” He was not well enough to accept the prize in person, and he gave his Nobel lecture in a pre-recorded video played at the event. Pinter’s work has inspired and informed generations of playwrights, especially Tom Stoppard and David Mamet. His plays are still performed around the world, with new audiences experiencing the distinct, strange and foreboding atmosphere so often created by the late writer. Of Pinter, fellow playwright David Hare once said, “The essence of Pinter’s singular appeal is that you sit down to every play he writes in certain expectation of the unexpected.”

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PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTIST

Julian Sands was born in Yorkshire, England. Wanting to be an actor from an early age, he was able to gain experience in many school productions before attending the renowned Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Though he first anticipated a career in classical theatre, it was his work in film that led to his early successes.

Julian Sands has appeared in such films as the Oscar® nominated The Killing Fields, A Room With A View, Vatel, Leaving Las Vegas, and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and is notable for his roles in Warlock, Boxing Helena, Impromptu, Oceans 13, Arachnophobia and scores of other films. He just completed the film Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks. In addition, he has appeared in many European and American art films working with distinguished directors such as Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and The Tavianni Brothers. Throughout his career, he has established himself as both a romantic lead as well as an edgy character actor. Television appearances include 24, the iconic Jor-El in Smallville, and as the James Bond of ghost busters in Stephen King’s Rose Red. Most recently he filmed roles on Dexter and Banshee. His theatre and radio work is also extensive and diverse. Julian was honored for playing Tony Blair in David Hare’s Stuff Happens at the Mark Taper Forum and performed opposite Annette Benning in Female of the Species at The Geffen in Los Angeles. His work in A Celebration of Harold Pinter has been praised since it debuted at The Edinburgh Festival, earning a prestigious 2013 Drama Desk Award nomination in New York. Mr. Sands wishes to thank Lady Antonia Fraser DBE for her enthusiastic cooperation with this project. He also wishes to thank Judy Daish, agent, for the Harold Pinter Estate.

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Born in Illinois in 1953, John Malkovich’s love for the stage was immediate, and in 1976 he left school and became a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. On stage and with Steppenwolf, Malkovich had a number of memorable performances, including roles in a pair of Sam Shepherd plays, Curse of the Starving Class and True West. The latter helped launch Steppenwolf and earn Malkovich a coveted OBIE award when the performance moved to New York. In 1984 Malkovich made his Broadway debut and teamed up with Dustin Hoffman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. That same year, he showed up on the big screen, alongside Julian Sands, in The Killing Fields. But it was Places in the Heart (1984), which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also received a Drama Desk Award nomination for his work in Lanford Wilson’s play, Burn This in 1987. He then appeared on film in The Glass Menagerie (1987) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988). In 1993, Malkovich earned his second Oscar nomination for his supporting role in the Clint Eastwood film, In the Line of Fire. In 1999, he teamed up with director Spike Jonze in the smartly written Being John Malkovich, in which a team of office workers discover a secret tunnel into the mind of the actor. Malkovich has continued his impressive run with films like Ripley’s Game (2002), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005), and Burn After Reading (2008). He has also directed and appeared in many Pinter plays as well as worked with Pinter on a BBC production of Old Times in early ‘90s. He is currently performing in an Opera based on the life of Casanova featuring music by Mozart entitled The Giacomo Variations. Mr. Malkovich and Mr. Sands are in discussion about other projects and remain good friends.

The taking of photographs or the use of any kind of recording device is strictly prohibited. A Celebration of Harold Pinter is represented by Baylin Artists Management www.baylinartists.com

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DOCUMERICA

Created and performed by ETHEL Directed by Steve Cosson Projection Design by Deborah Johnson PHOTO BY STEPHANIE BERGER

Historic Asolo Theater FEB 20 – 21 Approximate running time 80 minutes No intermission

ETHEL Ralph Farris Viola Dorothy Lawson Cello Kip Jones Violin Corin Lee Violin

Adrian W. Jones Set Designer Christopher Kuhl Lighting Designer Dave Cook Sound Designer

PHOTO BY STEPHANIE BERGER

MZ Smith Concept

Karen Jenkins Executive Producer

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In 1971, a hundred photographers commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Project Documerica fanned out across the country to capture America’s sometimes fabled, sometimes fraught relationship to its land. The result was an archive of thousands of photographs amassed over nearly a decade, an enormous artistic project that had been largely forgotten until recent digitization. The imagery of Project Documerica is the inspiration for ETHEL’s Documerica, which taps the archive’s rich evocation of time and place and brings its visual and emotional impact into dialogue with the 21st century. With Documerica, ETHEL invites audiences to contemplate individual and collective connections, action, and responsiveness to environmental and social challenges revealed through the repurposing of this distinctly American archive through the unifying language of art. Commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music for the 2013 Next Wave Festival Co-commissioned by OZ Arts and Cheswatyr Foundation

DOCUMERICA Shout-out Kip Jones

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Pisachi (Reveal) Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate The Simplicity of Life Ulysses Owens, Jr. Swaying of the Trees • The Simple Things

interlude i Tema Watstein Into the Liquid James Kimo Williams Epic Soda Dorothy Lawson The Simplicity of Life Ulysses Owens, Jr. Revival Crusade • The Magical Quilt

interlude ii Tema Watstein

PHOTO BY STEPHANIE BERGER

Factions Ralph Farris Ephemeral Geometry Mary Ellen Childs Arcs • Points • Lines

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ETHEL Acclaimed as “unfailingly vital” (The New York Times), “brilliant,” “downtown’s reigning string quartet” (The New Yorker), and “one of the most exciting quartets around” (Strad Magazine), ETHEL invigorates the contemporary music scene with exuberance, intensity, imaginative programming, and exceptional artistry. At the heart of ETHEL is a quest for a common creative expression that is forged in the celebration of community. As cultural and musical “pollinators,” the quartet brings its collaborative discoveries to audiences through multidimensional musical repertoire and community engagement. ETHEL performs adventurous music by celebrated contemporary composers such as Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, Phil Kline, Andy Akiho, David Lang, John King, R, John Zorn, Steve Reich, Anna Clyne, Kenji Bunch, JacobTV, Don Byron, Marcelo Zarvos, Evan Ziporyn, Judd Greenstein, Terry Riley, Kimo Williams, and Mary Ellen Childs. ETHEL’s 2014-15 season celebrates the diversity of regional American music, anchored by a national tour of the evening-length, multi-media ETHEL’s Documerica, described by The New York Times as “new music bonding with old images in rich, provocative and moving ways.” ETHEL tours several criticallyacclaimed signature programs, ranging from a collaboration with guitar virtuoso Kaki King, to the Music of the Sun concerts with Navajo flutist Robert Mirabal, to an introspective program Grace, featuring ETHEL’s arrangements of music by Ennio Morricone and Jeff Buckley. ETHEL currently serves as Ensemble-in-Residence at the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project and Denison University, as well as Resident Ensemble at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Balcony Bar. Founded in 1998 and based in New York City, ETHEL is comprised of Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello), Kip Jones (violin), and Corin Lee (violin).

COMPOSER NOTES Ephemeral Geometry by Mary Ellen Childs Of the many wonderful photos in the EPA Documerica collection, I gravitated to those that lean to the abstract – an electrical tower with lines in geometric patterns, a bird silhouetted against the big red ball of the setting sun, an extreme close up of a puffy dandelion – each a real thing made to look slightly unreal through the photographer’s eye. By looking so close up, or from an extreme angle, or through dramatic lighting, our sense of reality is altered just enough for us to see something unexpected. I kept these photographs loosely in mind, sort of sitting at the back of my brain below conscious thought. I wanted each of the three movements of Ephemeral Geometry to have a 8

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completely different flavor. The photos gave me a place to connect musically where image and sound came from the same impulse, with music capturing the dramatically different energy of lines, dots and arcs – the abstracted sense of the real things in these photos. Factions by Ralph Farris In exploring the Documerica archive, I was drawn especially to images of pain, of destruction, of decay. So many of the challenges from those times remain with us today, even as the arguments grow in volume. And ever we hold to hope... Shout-out by Kip Jones In writing Shout-out, aside from nods to three of my favorite composers (guess all three and you win a prize), I wanted to channel the feeling of Track 01 on some of my most-loved records. There’s no thematic undercurrent, other than an effort to frame suspensions creatively; just kick back, put down this program, and enjoy the show! Epic Soda by Dorothy Lawson This hard-grooving romp begins as standard blues, interwoven with fragments of pieces ETHEL has performed. Embedded references include Julia Wolfe’s Early that Summer, Nizhoni Spencer’s Write the Wrong Not the Right, and Kevin James’s Ainu Inuma. Along the way, there are references to popular hits from the 70’s. My aim is to showcase ETHEL individually, while evoking the joy and energy of our shared experience. The Simplicity of Life by Ulysses Owens, Jr. The Simplicity of Life is a musical journey that I hope causes you to reflect and ponder what is most important to you and revel in the beauty of simplicity surrounding those thoughts. Pisachi (Reveal) Six Epitomes for String Quartet by Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate The title and the short epitomes are a bit of play on words that alludes to the fact that the presentation is made of snapshots (epitomes) of larger landscapes. Each epitome has a completely different character. In honor of the Southwest, I have incorporated and developed Pueblo Indian melodies and rhythms throughout. interludes i & ii by Tema Watstein While our commissioned composers chose images from the archive to inspire their pieces, Deborah Johnson had a number of transitional images in mind for me: mangroves and exaggerated fish-eye shots of landscapes from above. They’re almost kaleidoscopic. This made me want to create something distant, transitional and transient - a little celestial and a little lonely. TICKETS: RINGLIN G. O RG 941. 360 . 7399

Into the Liquid by James Kimo Williams As I perused the Documerica Project, I was struck by the images that had water as a central image either as the main subject or peripherally associated. I thought about how a simple photograph can tell so much about a time and place. I realized that many of the significant turns of events in my life (good or bad) also had a connection to water. For Into the Liquid as with most of my compositions, I want the listener to connect to the music as if viewing a series of photographs depicting an aspect of my life experiences. The work opens with an introductory motif presented in different harmonic and rhythmic variations that reflect the emotional roller coaster of thinking back to specific events in my life. The last chapter, A Veteran’s Lament, is a reflection of my life as I view it through a prism of military service.

THE ARTISTS OF DOCUMERICA A founding member of ETHEL, Ralph Farris (Artistic Director, Viola) is a Grammy-nominated arranger, an original Broadway orchestra member of The Lion King, and former musical director for The Who’s Roger Daltrey. He has worked with Leonard Bernstein, Martin Scorsese, Depeche Mode, Natalie Merchant, Harry Connick Jr., Allen Ginsberg, Yo-Yo Ma, and Gorillaz. A founding member of ETHEL, Canadian-born Dorothy Lawson (Artistic Director, Cello) has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the White Oak Dance Project, Philharmonia Virtuosi, the American Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and numerous new music ensembles. She teaches in the Preparatory Division of Mannes College at the New School in New York City. Kip Jones (Violin) is known for his ebullient and innovative solo performances in a style he describes as “experimental folk.” A modern musical troubadour, he’s performed at scores of eclectic venues in the far reaches of the world and the platforms of most subway systems in North America. As a composer, his work has been commissioned by ensembles that include the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra and A Far Cry. Kip is a native of Minnesota. Corin Lee (Violin) is an active soloist and chamber musician. An experienced acoustic and electric violinist who incorporates technology into baroque, classical, and contemporary music, Lee has performed his “musically marvelous” (Steve Reich) electronic arrangements in prestigious venues through the United States including Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium. Other solo and chamber engagements include performances in Merkin Concert Hall,

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The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, The Harvard Club of New York, Zankel Hall at Carnegie, and Mary Flagler Cary Hall. Lee received degrees from Juilliard (BM) and Yale (MM). In addition to performing, Lee directs Liberated Performer, a program that helps musicians with performance anxiety. Steve Cosson (Director) is a writer and director. He is the founding Artistic Director of The Civilians. The company has supported the development of 13 original works that have been performed Off-Broadway and in over 40 cities nationally and internationally. Highlights of Cosson’s work for The Civilians include: Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns (Playwrights Horizons, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, The Washington Post’s #1 play for 2012); Bess Wohl/ Michael Friedman’s Pretty Filthy; co-writer/director Paris Commune (BAM Next Wave, The Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse); co-writer/director The Great Immensity (upcoming Public Theater, Kansas City Rep), The Next Forever created for the 2012 TED Conference; In The Footprint (Top 10 of 2010 in NY Times, Time Out, New Yorker); This Beautiful City; (I Am) Nobody’s Lunch and Gone Missing (NY Times Top 10 of 2007). Other directing highlights include Spring Awakening (Olney Theatre); Anne Washburn’s A Devil at Noon (Humana Festival, O’Neill); U.S. premiere of Martin Crimp’s Attempts on Her Life (Soho Rep); Bus Stop (Kansas City Rep). His plays are published by Oberon Books, Dramatists Play Service and an anthology from Playscripts. Deborah Johnson, aka CandyStations, (Projections Design) is a show designer based in Brooklyn, NY. She has designed and performed visual projections and lights for music groups including Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent, Wilco, Calexico, M. Ward, ETHEL, and Lambchop, performing in such venues as Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Fillmore, The Ryman, and Wiener Konzerthaus. Deborah has also created site-specific projections for events at the Museum of Modern Art, 92Y Tribeca, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Chicago’s Millennium Park, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Her music video and animation work has been exhibited worldwide and screened at numerous film festivals. She has completed residencies at Mass MoCA, The Experimental Television Center, and The Atlantic Center for the Arts, where she was one of seven artists selected to work with new media artist Carsten Nicolai. Deborah most recently designed the visual component for Planetarium, a commissioned work between Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly and Bryce Dessner, which made its US debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in March 2013.

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Adrian W. Jones (Set Design) Born and raised in New York City, Adrian’s designs for the stage have been seen on Broadway, across Europe, the UK, Australia, South America, and regionally across the United States. Including: Looped with Valerie Harper: Broadway & National tour, Sufjan Steven’s Age of Adz world tour, Vision Disturbance with Richard Maxwell, at Under The Radar and European tour, Anna In The Tropics directed by Nilo Cruz, and recently: The Nether at the Kirk Douglas Theater. Other theater In New York: The Public Theater, LAByrinth Theatre, The New Group, The Cherry Lane, and Synapse Productions. Outside New York: New York Stage & Film, Goodspeed Musicals, Bard Summerscape, Baltimore Centerstage, Pasadena Playhouse, People’s Light and Theater, Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, Barrington Stage Company, Boise Contemporary Theater, Capital Rep in Albany, Theaterworks Hartford. His interior design work was published in Dwell Magazine. He has been a recipient of the Connecticut Critic’s Circle Award, The Carbonell Award, and The Kevin Kline Award. Adrian is a graduate of Occidental College and the Yale School of Drama. He currently divides his time between Los Angeles and Brooklyn. Christopher Kuhl (Lighting Design) is a lighting, scenic, installation and conceptual designer for new performance, theatre, dance, and opera. Recent work includes ABACUS (Sundance Film Festival, EMPAC, REDCAT); The Elephant Room (St. Ann’s Warehouse, Philly Live Arts, Arena Stage); Quartier Libres by Nadia Beugré (New York Live Arts); Soldier Songs (Prototype Festival); John Cage Song Books with SF Symphony (Carnegie Hall); Motherhood Out Loud (Primary Stages); The Nether (Center Theatre Group); Open Meadow (Hand2Mouth Theatre). Chris has had the pleasure of working and making art at On the Boards, The Kennedy Center, The Walker, YBCA, Hartford Stage, BAM, Jacob’s Pillow, LA Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Beijing Music Festival, Queer Zagreb, KVS Belgium, MAC France, Santiago a Mil Chile, and Duke University. In 2011 Chris was the recipient of the Sherwood, Drammy, Horton, and Ovation Awards. Chris is originally from New Mexico and a graduate of CalArts.

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COMPOSERS OF DOCUMERICA Mary Ellen Childs, a 2011 USA Friends Fellow, composes concert work, often with a strong visual element. She has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet, Chamber Music America, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, The Kitchen, Walker Art Center, Meet the Composer, and MAP Fund. Ulysses Owens, Jr., a multi-Grammy Award-winning drummer, composer, and producer, has performed with world-class musicians including Patti Austin, Terence Blanchard, Benny Golson, Russell Malone, Wynton Marsalis, and Kurt Elling. Currently, Ulysses tours as the drummer with the Christian McBride Trio. Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, is dedicated to the development of American Indian classical composition. An Emmy Award winner, his works have been performed by the National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Colorado Ballet, and the New Mexico Symphony. James Kimo Williams is a producer and composer, 2007 Fulbright Specialist, and Vietnam veteran. His compositions have been performed by the Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit Symphonies. Williams’s work, Buffalo Soldiers, was commissioned by the United States Military Academy at West Point to celebrate its 2002 bicentennial.

ETHEL gratefully acknowledges its supporters: The Board of ETHEL’s Foundation for the Arts; The Aaron Copland Fund for Music; The Amphion Foundation; Bloomberg Philanthropies; Brooklyn Academy of Music; The Carnegie Corporation of New York; CECArtsLink; Chamber Music America; The Cheswatyr Foundation; The Delmas Foundation; The Greenwall Foundation; The Jerome Foundation; LEF Foundation; Meet the Composer; Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation; The Multi-Arts Production Fund, a program of Creative Capital supported by the Rockefeller Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts; The Netherland-America Foundation; New Music USA; The New York State Council on the Arts; New York Community Trust; The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; OZ Arts; The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; The Thompson Family Foundation; and The September 11th Fund. ETHEL is represented by Baylin Artists Management www.baylinartists.com ETHEL’s Foundation for the Arts is a registered 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization. Connect with ETHEL: ethelcentral.org: facebook.com/ethelcentral: twitter.com/ethelcentral

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Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre Camera Illuminata

Choreography: Dušan Týnek Lighting Design: Roderick Murray Historic Asolo Theater MAR 6 – 7 Performed without intermission

Camera Illuminata is a collection of dances, inspired by the art of John Currin, Edgar Degas, Hippolyte Flandrin, Egon Shiele, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, and James Turrell. The performance derives its name from camera obscura (dark chamber), a device used by painters to view a scene projected as an image inside of a dark box. In Camera Illuminata, the inverse is achieved, as two-dimensional paintings inspire dances, cast into the lit space of the theater.

Death And The Maiden (2004) Performers: Emily Gayeski and Timothy Ward Music: Ted Reichman, Franz Schubert Costume Design: Karen Young After: Death and the Maiden (1915) by Egon Shiele (1890-1918) Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

Genesis (2004) Performer: Ned Sturgis Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, Adagio from Moonlight Sonata (1802) Costume Design: Dušan Týnek After: Young Male Nude Sitting by the Sea (1836) by Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-1864), Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

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The Pink Tree (2004) Performers: Ann Chiaverini and Jessica Cipriano Music: Ali Jihad Racy, Ecstasy (2000) Video Design: Eamonn Farrell Costume Design: George Hudacko After: The Pink Tree (1999) by John Currin (1962- ), Hirschhorn Museum, Washington, DC, USA

Trinity (2004) Performers: John Eirich and Samuel Swanton Music: Heinrich I. F. Biber, Violin Sonata No. 2 (Praeludium) Aria e Variatio/Finale Costume Design: Karen Young After: The Incredulity of St. Thomas (1601-1602) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (15711610), Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, Germany

La Noyée (2004) Performers: Alexandra Berger with Ned Sturgis Music: Yann Tiersen, La Dispute, Sur le Fil, La Noyée (1997) Costume Design: A. Christina Giannini Set Design: Dušan Týnek After: Dans un Café, a.k.a. L’Absinthe (1875-76) by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France

Joseph’s Coat (2015) Performers: John Eirich, Ned Sturgis, Emily Gayeski, Jessica Cipriano Costumes: Dušan Týnek After: Joseph’s Coat (2011) by James Turrell (1943- ), The Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, USA JOSEPH’S COAT was created after James Turrell’s Skyspace and serves as the initial section of an hour-long piece to be created later in residence at The Ringling Museum of Art in December 2015. As the dancers create an ever-evolving architectural kaleidoscope reflecting the permutation of the skyspace, subtle references arise and converse with other works of art inspired by the biblical story of Joseph’s Coat. Together, they explore and embody the idea of a patchwork coat through an accelerating dialogue that culminates in a complex visual feast.

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PHOTOS BY TOM CARAVAGLIA

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER Dušan Týnek is known internationally for his striking blend of theatricality and musicality in formally structured modern dance and has been called “an undoubted talent” by The New York Times. Týnek’s choreography is unmistakable for its original and sophisticated movement invention and ingenious use of space. Over the past ten years, critics and audiences alike have praised his imagination, command of structure, and genuine ability to convey emotion and atmosphere through an original dance vocabulary that naturally bonds classical and modern techniques. Since founding his own eight-member company in New York City in 2003, Týnek has created over 20 major dances, choreographed for opera, and held eight critically-acclaimed seasons in major dance venues throughout NYC, including one that was named a NYC top 5 dance highlight of the year by The New York Times. In addition to many project grants, Týnek has been recognized with commissioning grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and the Harkness, Greenwall, and

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O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance foundations. He has also been the recent recipient of fellowships from the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy and The Hermitage Artist Retreat in Florida. Týnek received his BA from Bard College where he studied dance as well as the natural sciences, an influence that is vividly present in his work today. Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre’s most recent 10th anniversary season at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2013 included three dances that explore the confluence of science and mythology. As a dancer, Týnek has performed for twenty years with numerous choreographers and companies including several modern dance pioneers. He owes much of his training and inspiration to Lucinda Childs as well as Merce Cunningham, who personally tutored him while Týnek served as an understudy for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Týnek performed and toured with a host of NYC-based modern dance companies – most notably Lucinda Childs, Douglas Dunn, and Molissa Fenley – and Dance Works Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He was also a regular member of (DT)² for the company’s first seven years. Týnek has taught and set work on students at colleges and universities around the United States and in Europe. He was the winner of the first Choreographic Fellowship competition at the University of Kansas where he set his acclaimed work Transparent Walls. This work became the first installment of Trilogy, a collaboration with the highly acclaimed composer Aleksandra Vrebalov and the string quartet ETHEL. Týnek possesses a unique gift for understanding and working innovatively with music, both classical and contemporary, and is known for constantly defying expectations and challenging himself, his dancers, and audiences in new directions.

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THE COMPANY OF DANCERS Alexandra Berger has danced with Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre since its inaugural Debut at the Kitchen in 2003. While maintaining her career with (DT)2 through the years, she has also had the pleasure of dancing for Pat Catterson, Merce Cunningham (RUG 2007), Douglas Dunn, Rosalind Newman, and Matthew Westerby, among others. Alexandra teaches Gyrotonic® & Gyrokinesis® at Fluid Fitness and at The Mark Morris Dance Center. She has also taught modern dance technique in Massachusetts, Florida, Poland, and Russia. Berger holds a BFA from The New School and is proud to call Brooklyn her home. Ann Chiaverini, originally from Pittsburgh, PA, joined (DT)2 in 2006 and has since performed with the company in NYC as well as on tours throughout the US, Poland, Russia, and Serbia. She has also performed in New York with The Metropolitan Opera, Bard Summerscape Opera, Martha Clarke’s Garden of Earthly Delights (Off-Broadway), Edisa Weeks/Delirious Dance Company, Nancy Meehan Dance Company, Stephan Koplowitz, and in Michigan with Eisenhower Dance Ensemble and Michigan Opera Theatre. Ann has taught ballet, modern dance, and arts-in-education programs for organizations including American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Tech, Windhover Center for the Performing Arts (MA), and Oakland University (MI). Ann holds a BFA in Dance from The Joffrey Ballet School/New School University. Jessica Cipriano is a native of CT, and holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. In 2013 she completed a 6-month Fellowship at Lincoln Center Education, where she created and performed in the premiere of her work So Our Habits As Shadows. Jessica has performed with Balasole Dance Company and Winston-Salem Festival Ballet. She is also passionate about sharing dance with young children and currently teaches at DanceWave and Cynthia King Dance Studio, as well as in public schools throughout Brooklyn. John Eirich was raised in Orlando, Florida, earned his BFA in dance from New World School of the Arts in 2005 and was a student at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Traditions Program. He has worked with the Amy Marshall Dance company, was a member of Taylor 2 from 2006-2010 and has been a member of TAKE Dance since 2007. John joined Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre in 2010, is currently a member of Dance Heginbotham, and has performed Missa Brevis with Limon Dance Company, L’Allegro and The Hard Nut with the Mark Morris Dance Group.

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Emily Gayeski, from Rochester, NY, received her BFA from the North Carolina School of the Arts. She has performed with Carolyn Dorfman, bopi’s black sheep, Mark Morris Dance Group, and Isabel Gotzkowsky, among others. She has taught Pilates for over ten years in the NYC area and is a volunteer in the physical therapy rehab unit at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. Emily joined (DT)2 in 2009.

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Ned Sturgis is from Minneapolis, MN and has a BFA from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He was a member of TU Dance (Toni PierceSands and Uri Sands), Theatre Forever, Twin Cities Ballet, Walker Art Center Momentum Dance Works, and Shapiro & Smith Dance. Ned has also shown his own choreography at the MN Fringe Festival. He joined (DT)2 in 2012. Samuel Swanton was raised in Holden Maine, attended the Walnut Hill School, and received his BFA from The Tisch School at NYU. He has had the pleasure of working with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, GREYZONE, Pat Catterson, and Patricia Hoffbauer. Sam joined (DT)2 in 2011. Tim Ward trained at the New Orleans Center for the Creative and has a BFA in dance from Juilliard. He was a member of the Merce Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group and has performed with Douglas Dunn & Dancers, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company, Tze Chun Dance Company, Mary Seidman, Wendy Osserman, Kira Blazek, Lucie Baker, Carlye Eckert, Cori Kresge, Gallim Dance and Pat Catterson. He joined (DT)2 in 2012.

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The Hot Club of San Francisco Cinema Vivant Historic Asolo Theater MAR 20 – 21 There will be one 15-minute intermission

Paul Mehling Solo Guitar Evan Price Violin Sam Rocha Bass Isabelle Fontaine Rhythm Guitar Jeff Magidson Rhythm Guitar

CINEMA VIVANT Imagine yourself in the idyllic French countryside in the 1930’s. Sometime before dark, a gypsy caravan sets up camp in a field outside of town, luring the locals out for an evening’s fun. The wanderers travel with a film projector, pointing it at the side of a barn. As the images flicker to life beneath the stars, gypsy musicians play their guitars and fiddles, matching every movement on the screen with characteristic virtuosity, passion and humor. Reviving this lost entertainment, The Hot Club of San Francisco presents Cinema Vivant, an evening of vintage silent films accompanied by live gypsy swing. Cinema Vivant is a celebration of imagination and innovation. Before World War I, European filmmaker Ladislaw Starewicz pioneered stop-action animation, creating a never-before-seen movie experience. A gifted storyteller A Cameraman’s Revenge, 1912

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who used the new medium of animation to illuminate his fantastic imaginings of the secret lives of ordinary objects, Starewicz has become an obscure cult hero. Two Starewicz films are featured in Cinema Vivant: The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912), a charming piece about the marital troubles of beetles; and The Mascot (1913), an adventure story about lost toys. On the other side of the Atlantic, American Charley Bowers revolutionized the industry in the 1920’s by combining animation with live action. There It Is (1928), a recently rediscovered film by Bowers, is a whimsical comedy about a mysterious occurrence investigated by Scotland Yard. PHOTO BY LENNY GONZALEZ

A NOTE ON DJANGO REINHARDT AND GYPSY JAZZ Django Reinhardt is rightly hailed as one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but many people praising his accomplishments as a guitarist tend to overlook his roots in Gypsy culture and the musically fertile, polyglot Paris of the 1920’s. Reinhardt and his companions used all these elements, along with American jazz, to create this new music, but the Gypsy heritage seems to be the most important ingredient. Once you hear it you can’t forget it. It is sophisticated yet it has a sentimental quality. It is delicate but the rhythms are played at breakneck speed. It has a swinging, jazzy feel but many of the songs are waltzes. Gypsy jazz and the popularity of this sometimes flamboyant, sometimes melancholy guitar music is growing around the world. Aficionados everywhere are forming bands called Hot Clubs in honor of Django Reinhardt’s famous Quintet of the Hot Club of France. The Cameraman’s Revenge and The Mascot are from the DVD The Cameraman’s Revenge and Other Fantastic Tales published by Image Entertainment. The Hot Club of San Francisco uses Savarez Argentine Strings-www.savarez.com The Hot Club of San Francisco is represented by Baylin Artists Management www.baylinartists.com. For more information: www.HCSF.com TICKETS: RINGLING . O RG 941. 360 . 7399

THE REPERTOIRE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING:

A Little Waltz for Mischa (Mehling) Claire De Lune (Cosma) Dark Eyes (traditional) Douce Ambiance (Reinhardt) Giselle-Waltz d’Entichement (Mehling) I’ll See You In My Dreams (Jones) China Boy (Jones) Minor Swing (Reinhardt/Grappelli) Oriental Shuffle (Reinhardt/Grappelli) R-26 (Reinhardt) The Man I Love (Gershwin) Diminishing (Reinhardt/Grappelli) Till Tom Special (Goodman/ Hampton) Waltz My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) Not So Fast (A. Levy) Swing Gitane (traditional) Claire de Lune (Debussy) Georgia Cabin (Bechet) Rhythme Futur (Reinhardt) I’m Happy Just to Dance with You (Lennon/McCartney) Black and White (Reinhardt/Grappelli)

Improvisation (Reinhardt) All Of Me (Simon/Marks) Creve Couer (Mehling) Don’t Panic (Mehling) Flambée Montalbanes (Visuer) I Surrender Dear (Barris) I’m Not Impressed (Mehling) Melodie Au Crepscule (Reinhardt) Nuages (Reinhardt) Place De Brouckere (Reinhardt) Tchavolo Swing (Schmidtt) Troubland Bolero (Reinhardt) Waltz Una Nota (Mehling) La Gitane (Vidal) Not So Fast (A. Levy) Yerba Buena Bounce (Mehling) Fantasie on a theme (Grieg) Borneo (Donaldson) Tears (Reinhardt) Hot Lips (Busse) Improvisation (Reinhardt)

The Hot Club Of San Francisco is an ensemble of accomplished and versatile musicians celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli’s pioneering Hot Club de France with style and panache. The HCSF borrows the instrumentation of violin, bass, and guitars from the original Hot Club while breathing new life into the music with innovative arrangements of classic tunes and original compositions from the group’s superb lead guitarist Paul Mehling, featuring the amazing violin of twice Grammy Award-winner Evan Price and a swinging rhythm section. To hear the ensemble live, or on any of their 11 albums, is to be carried back to the 1930s and the small, smoky jazz clubs of Paris and the refined lounges of the famous Hotel Ritz. Often called gypsy jazz, the music of The Hot Club of San Francisco has entranced audiences around the globe for over 20 years. Acoustic Guitar hailed the group’s playing as “intricate, scorching and often brilliant.” With frequent international and national tours – from Iceland to Lincoln Center and the Monterey Jazz Festival – The Hot Club of San Francisco keeps this historic music fresh and alive. Recordings: Be That Way (Panda Digital); Veronica (Panda Digital); Claire De Lune, Swing This (Hot Club of San Francisco) Live MCMVC, QHCSF (Hot Club Records); The Hot Club of San Francisco, The Lady In Red (Clarity Recordings); Yerba Buena Bounce (Reference Recordings); Postcards From Gypsyland (Lost Wax Records); Bohemian Maestro-Django Reinhardt & the Impressionists (Azica Records).

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THE ARTISTS OF CINEMA VIVANT Paul Mehling (Dupont MD-50, Modele Selmer Guitar) is the founder of The Hot Club of San Francisco. He began playing the guitar at the age of six. Early on in school, Paul studied the bass and by age 16, he began violin lessons and was self-taught on the mandolin, tenor and plectrum banjos. Influenced by the Beatles and his mother’s jazz records of Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong, and Sidney Bechet, Paul decided to take his passion to the next level, and began studying jazz improv with trumpeter/educator Ray Brown. With this musical melting pot laying the foundation, it was only natural that Paul began playing professionally. Paul’s desire led him throughout the United States and Europe, where he found himself improvising on the streets. In his 20’s, he was a member of several bands, including the Hot Club of Friends, The Magnolia Jazz Band, and Jake Stock and the Abalone Stompers. Paul has since performed and played with swing practitioners, Serge Krief, Dan Hicks and the Acoustic Warriors, Maria Muldaur, John Jorgenson, Pearl Django, David Grisman, Howard Alden, Florin Nicolescu, Christophe Lartilleux, Gonzalo Bergara, Angelo Debarre, Robin Nolan, and Bireli Lagrene to name a few. He has also made several television and radio appearances, most notably with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band on their syndicated radio show, Riverwalk, Live From the Landing. In the fall of 2003, he performed as an international guest artist for the First Annual Gypsy-Jazz Festival in New Caledonia. He has also served as co-producer of Djangofest SF, a San Francisco Bay Area festival dedicated to gypsy jazz (Djangofestsf.com). In 1991, Paul went out on his own and formed The Hot Club of San Francisco, which released its first CD in 1992, entitled, QHCSF. Since then, Paul and the Hot Club have released 13 CDs on various labels, five of which were produced by Paul. The group has been presented by the San Francisco Jazz Festival, the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Festival de Jazz in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and the Festivals du Django Reinhardt in Samois-sur-Seine, France and Akureyri, Iceland. Paul has produced five volumes of an instructional video series for Homespun Tapes titled, How to Play Django Style Gypsy Jazz Guitar, a project which was begun in 1997. He also enjoys occasional collaborations with his wife, dancer/ choreographer Kerry Mehling, and her company, Talismanic Physical Theater.

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Evan Price (Violin) is steadily becoming one of the most respected jazz violinists of his generation. A native of Detroit, MI, his musical background includes some earnest dues-paying in a variety of genres. From square dance bands to string quartets, from jamming with blues bands to busking in Greektown, Evan’s youthful pursuits all informed his violin-playing and left him with a deep love of chamber music in all forms. As a young competitive fiddler he won his share of awards, having been named the US Scottish Fiddling Champion, the Kentucky State Fiddle Champion, Canadian Junior Fiddle Champion, and Canadian Novelty Fiddling Champion. He also performed with some of the masters of fiddle lore Stephane Grappelli, Johnny Frigo, Claude “Fiddler” Williams, Johnny Gimble, Buddy Spicher, and Vassar Clements, as well as a diverse array of pop icons from Stevie Wonder and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant to comedian, Steven Wright. Evan’s college career included stints at both The Cleveland Institute of Music and at Berklee College of Music (where he studied with renowned string pedagogue, Matt Glaser), and has himself served as a member of the music faculty at Wellesley College. Evan is a ten-year veteran of the worldrenowned jazz ensemble, the Turtle Island Quartet. During his tenure in Turtle Island, Evan gave over five hundred performances in concert venues from Latvia to Australia and had the opportunity to collaborate with many prominent artists, such as Cuban clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera, The Ying Quartet, pianists Dr. Billy Taylor and Kenny Barron, and classical guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad. He recorded five CD’s with Turtle Island, two of which, Four + 4 and A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane, received GRAMMY® awards in 2006 and 2008 in the Classical Crossover category. An accomplished composer, Evan has contributed compositions and arrangements to the repertoires of HCSF, Turtle Island Quartet, Quartet San Francisco, Providence String Quartet, Irish fiddler Liz Carroll, San Francisco Girls’ Chorus, River Oaks String Quartet, and the New Century Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. Since joining HCSF in 1998, his talents have been featured on seven Hot Club recordings. He lives in Mill Valley, CA, with his wife and daughter. Sam Rocha (Chadwick Folding Bass) is a native son of Fresno in California’s central valley. Sam has been playing string bass since he was introduced to it at age 16. By his senior year of high school, he had received awards for outstanding musicianship from the Reno Jazz Festival and the Fresno City College Jazz Fest and was also offered scholarships by the CalArts and Berklee schools of music. At this time he was leading a youth ensemble known as The Raisin Babies Jazz Band, a 24

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group of West Coast youngsters pursuing the tradition of New Orleans jazz. Sam has since performed at major jazz festivals all across the United States and Canada. In addition to studying jazz on the acoustic bass, Sam has also studied jazz tuba and sousaphone extensively and performs frequently on those instruments as well. He currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area where he works as a free-lance musician. He also travels with the highly esteemed Blue Street Jazz Band, playing jazz festivals and offering clinics for aspiring young jazz musicians. Jeff Magidson (Rhythm Guitar) was born in San Francisco in 1963. His parents, both musicians, taught him to read music and to play the piano at an early age. Throughout childhood he was exposed to many different styles of music and flirted with a number of instruments (drums, bass, harmonica) before finally settling on the guitar. After studying at U.C. Berkeley, he moved to France in 1983. He spent the next twenty years performing throughout Europe both as a solo artist and with a variety of groups, releasing three solo albums and a score more with other artists. During his stay in France, he inevitably encountered ‘le Jazz Manouche’—the music of Django Reinhardt. Like so many before him, it was a jaw-dropping experience, and he spent many an hour trying to fathom the subtleties of gypsy rhythm guitar, better known in Europe as ‘la pompe’. He then returned to the Bay Area with his family where he was thrilled to discover and become part of the Hot Club of San Francisco. He also performs with his wife, vocalist and guitarist Isabelle Fontaine, under the name Duo Gadjo. Isabelle Fontaine (Rhythm Guitar) was born and raised in the French countryside with the voices of Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet, and Yves Montand ringing in her ears. She originally had no intention of becoming a professional musician, but when she started singing with a group of friends for fun, her talent was immediately recognized and her life took an unexpected turn. She spent the next twenty years singing and playing the snare drum to the jumping jive music of the ‘50’s throughout France, with detours to Spain and over the Alps to Switzerland. During this period, she developed an unconditional love for the Ladies and the Dukes of the Big Band Era and was eventually drawn to the gypsy swing of Django Reinhardt and The Hot Club of France. It wasn’t long before she picked up the guitar and applied her impeccable sense of rhythm to the stringed instrument. In 2004 she moved with her family to the Bay Area and has since become highly sought after not only as a vocalist but also as a rhythm guitar player. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ARTIST

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Lars Jan/ Early Morning Opera Holoscenes Bolger Campiello MAR 25 – 28 An open air installation performed WED, MAR 25 NOON – 5:00 PM THU, MAR 26 NOON – SUNSET FRI, MAR 27 NOON – 5:00 PM SAT, MAR 28 NOON – 5:00 PM

The Ringling’s affiliation with Lars Jan began in 2012 with a conversation about predictions of climate change and rising waters that place the first floor of the magnificent Ca’ d’Zan below sea level before the end of this century. Given the potency of presenting this powerful work in that context, The Ringling stepped forward to co-commission Holoscenes for a site-specific installation/performance on Sarasota’s rising bayfront. 26

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The imagery of human figures at the mercy of surging waters has prompted conceptual artist Lars Jan to explore our baffling response to the devastating effects of climate change. It is the anticipation of catastrophe that informs Holoscenes, an arts and activism project wherein performers in a large aquarium are threatened and engulfed by rising waters.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER FRIDAYS AT 7:30 PM $20 / $18 for Members Join us for HD-screenings of productions from the U.K.’s National Theatre. Each broadcast is filmed in front of a live audience with cameras positioned throughout the theater to ensure that cinema audiences get the “best seat in the house.” FEB 13 KING LEAR Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (James Bond: Skyfall, American Beauty) returns to the National Theatre to direct Simon Russell Beale (Timon of Athens, Collaborators) in the title role of Shakespeare’s tragedy. An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favorite, Cordelia, says nothing. Lear’s world descends into chaos. ®

FEB 27 TREASURE ISLAND Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money, and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery at the National Theatre. It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins. Suitable for 10+ years. MAR 13 OF MICE AND MEN Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee James Franco (127 Hours, Milk) and Tony Award nominee Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids, Girls) star in the hit Broadway production Of Mice And Men, filmed on stage by National Theatre Live. This landmark revival of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s play is a powerful portrait of the American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the bonds of friendship. Of Mice and Men is directed by Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circles award winner Anna D. Shapiro (Broadway’s August: Osage County) and features Leighton Meester (Country Strong, Gossip Girl) and Tony Award winner Jim Norton (The Seafarer). The production was nominated for two Tony Awards, including Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for Chris O’Dowd. ®

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SPECIAL EXHIBITION

RE:PURPOSED ON VIEW

FEB 13 – MAY 17

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Additional support was generously provided by the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation Endowment, the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, the Philip D. and Unni Kaltenbacher Endowment, the Publix Super Markets Charities Endowment, the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Endowment, the Peter and Mary Lou Vogt Museum Generated Exhibition Fund, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation, and Saks Fifth Avenue.

HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER BY GIOVANNI LUNARDI

For NEW STAGES 2015 Steven High Executive Director Dwight Currie Associate Director / Curator of Performance Aaron Muhl Managing Director of Historic Asolo Theater Michael Kohlmann Guest Artist Manager Nick Ladnier Technician Christina Shollenberger Technician Tosca Fornasari Wardrobe Sonja Shea Project Coordinator Perry Crowell Interim Deputy Director for Finance and Operations

Mark Morgan Assistant Director Guest Services Lee Linkous Box Office Manager

Christopher Troksa Public Relations Manager Marcia Boland Web Editor

Christina Carter-Halla House Manager

Erica Bacon Marketing Program Associate

Walter Findley, Don Skinner, and Kathy Slabaugh Box Office Staff

Julie Parkinson Michelle Passerelli Promotions Assistants

Hollie Corbitt Volunteer Program Coordinator Amanda LaForge Volunteer Program Associate Joan C. Horrvich Communications & Marketing Director Libby Bennett Katie Booth Design Specialists

A Special “Thank You” to the dozens of individuals who volunteer their time to serve as Ushers in support of the activities and programs of the Historic Asolo Theater.

RIAF 2015 BE THE FIRST TO KNOW BE THE FIRST IN LINE Join us on Wednesday, February 24 at 7:30 PM and be among the First to Know our exciting plans for the 2015 Ringling International Arts Festival. First to Know attendees will also enjoy First in Line priority ticketing when RIAF tickets go on sale following the program that evening. Seating is limited to 250.

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