Difference between revisions of "Tarantula"
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==== April 30th, 2016 ==== | |||
* [[Kierstin Cecelia]] | |||
* [[Megan Mowry]] | |||
* [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | |||
* [[Heidi Noelle]] | |||
* [[Wyatt Tall]] | |||
* [[Kenny Madison]] | |||
* [[Nicholaus Weindel]] | |||
* [[AJ Reyes]] | |||
* Musician: [[Mathilde Legrand]] | |||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== March 12th, 2016 ==== | |||
* [[Asaf Ronen]] | |||
* [[Megan Mowry ]] | |||
* [[Kierstin Hettler]] | |||
* [[Aspen Webster]] | |||
* [[Adam Mengesha]] | |||
* [[Michael Ferstendfeld]] | |||
* [[Luke Wallens]] | |||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== February 13th, 2016 ==== | ==== February 13th, 2016 ==== | ||
* [[Sam Schack]] | * [[Sam Schack]] | ||
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* [[Luke Wallens]] | * [[Luke Wallens]] | ||
* [[Adam Mengesha]] | * [[Adam Mengesha]] | ||
* Musician: [[Ben Laussade]] | * Musician: [[Ben Laussade]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== January 9th, 2016 ==== | ==== January 9th, 2016 ==== | ||
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* [[Shannon McCormick]] | * [[Shannon McCormick]] | ||
* Musician: [[Chris Petkus]] | * Musician: [[Chris Petkus]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== December 12th, 2015 ==== | ==== December 12th, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Shannon McCormick]] | * [[Shannon McCormick]] | ||
* Musician: [[Josh Ronsen]] | * Musician: [[Josh Ronsen]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== November 14th, 2015 ==== | ==== November 14th, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Jeremy Moran]] | * [[Jeremy Moran]] | ||
* Musician: [[Peter Stopschinki]] | * Musician: [[Peter Stopschinki]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== October 10th, 2015 ==== | ==== October 10th, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Wyatt Tall]] | * [[Wyatt Tall]] | ||
* Musician: [[Brent Baldwin]] | * Musician: [[Brent Baldwin]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== September 12th, 2015 ==== | ==== September 12th, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Shannon McCormick]] | * [[Shannon McCormick]] | ||
* Musician: [[Southpaw Jones]] | * Musician: [[Southpaw Jones]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== August 8th, 2015 ==== | ==== August 8th, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Shannon McCormick]] | * [[Shannon McCormick]] | ||
* Musician: [[Lindsay McKenna]] | * Musician: [[Lindsay McKenna]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== July 11th, 2015 ==== | ==== July 11th, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | * [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | ||
* Musicians: ''[[The Source]]'' Band | * Musicians: ''[[The Source]]'' Band | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== June 13th, 2015 ==== | ==== June 13th, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | * [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | ||
* Musician: [[David Ronn]] | * Musician: [[David Ronn]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== May 16th, 2015 ==== | ==== May 16th, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | * [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | ||
* Musician: [[Content Knowles]] | * Musician: [[Content Knowles]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== April 18th, 2015 ==== | ==== April 18th, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Tom Booker]] | * [[Tom Booker]] | ||
* Musician: [[Ammon Taylor]] | * Musician: [[Ammon Taylor]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== March 21st, 2015 ==== | ==== March 21st, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | * [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | ||
* Musician: [[Content Knowles]] | * Musician: [[Content Knowles]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
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* [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | * [[Sarah Marie Curry]] | ||
* Musician: [[Brently Heilbron]] | * Musician: [[Brently Heilbron]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
==== January 24th, 2015 ==== | ==== January 24th, 2015 ==== | ||
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* [[Tom Booker]] | * [[Tom Booker]] | ||
* Musicians: [[Ryan Hill]], [[Lindsey McGowen]] | * Musicians: [[Ryan Hill]], [[Lindsey McGowen]] | ||
* Light: [[Mark Shoemaker]] | |||
== Media == | == Media == | ||
Revision as of 15:02, 9 June 2016
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| Theater | The Institution Theater |
| Directed by | Sarah Marie Curry |
| Cast | Varies |
| Crew | Varies |
| Run | 2015-Present |
Tarantula is The Institution Theater's monthly 10pm show, playing every 2nd Saturday at 10pm as part of The Staple Shows.
Summary
Tarantula is a "formless-form" show, in a similar vein as Todd Stashwick's Mayfly, or Chicago's JTS Brown format. An eight-legged cast of improvisors and musical guests arrive on the night of, in preparation to discover the show they are in as they are finishing it. Tarantula has been called "dreamlike" "dynamic" and "what was THAT?" (but in a good way).
Art Tie-ins
Dystheatre Art Installation
On September 12 of 2015, Michael Ferstenfeld and performance scientists Paul Wainright, Jeff Britt, and David Moses Fruchter of Happiness is a Choice held the first iteration of Experiment #22: METACARTOGRAPHY, otherwise known as The Mind Map. Subsequent calibrations of the installation experiment are planned as monthly one-night installations before and often after Tarantula.
Artist Series Poster Commission
As part of the loose, experiential nature of the show, an artist series of posters has been commissioned from the pool of Austin Improv Community designers, of which there are many members, contributing designs for productions in many and varied ways across the improv marketing scene in Austin. Please see photo archive for in series work.
Press Blurb
Tarantula is a combination of improv and live music melding together in the most unique ways. The improvisers will use the stage and their own bodies like a canvas, a tapestry of emotions and perceptions. Unlike most improvised shows that tell a story in a narrative fashion, Tarantula will tell a story that is fragmentary and organic. You will relate to the weird and twisty rhythms of the show because you are HUMAN and it connects with you soul. Improvisers will move as one, create without structure and follows the beats and tempo that the musicians lay down for them in the moment.
History
The show is produced and/or curated (depending on your loose definition in a formless form thingy whats-it) by Sarah Marie Curry, who originated the idea after a production meeting for The Staple Shows at The Institution Theater, wherein she was asked to create a long running show to reduce the strain of turning over multiple new productions at once. She was asked what she thought would be marketable, enduring and inspiring. She came up with TARANTULA instead. The name came from thinking of insects (Mayfly) and that the cast is often made of eight improvisors, and the work they do endeavors to be beautiful and scary.
Casts
April 30th, 2016
- Kierstin Cecelia
- Megan Mowry
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Heidi Noelle
- Wyatt Tall
- Kenny Madison
- Nicholaus Weindel
- AJ Reyes
- Musician: Mathilde Legrand
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
March 12th, 2016
- Asaf Ronen
- Megan Mowry
- Kierstin Hettler
- Aspen Webster
- Adam Mengesha
- Michael Ferstendfeld
- Luke Wallens
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
February 13th, 2016
- Sam Schack
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Megan Mowry
- Tom Booker
- Jeremy Moran
- Michael Ferstenfeld
- Luke Wallens
- Adam Mengesha
- Musician: Ben Laussade
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
January 9th, 2016
- Amanda Smith
- Courtney Hopkin
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Megan Mowry
- Cody Herring
- Michael Ferstenfeld
- Jon Bolden
- Adam Mengesha
- Shannon McCormick
- Musician: Chris Petkus
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
December 12th, 2015
- Kacey Samiee
- Courtney Hopkin
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Erica Lies
- Asaf Ronen
- Michael Ferstenfeld
- Jason Vines
- Adam Mengesha
- Shannon McCormick
- Musician: Josh Ronsen
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
November 14th, 2015
- Adam Mengesha
- Cene Hale
- Clifton Highfied
- Heidi Rogers
- Rachel Austin
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Shannon McCormick
- Jeremy Moran
- Musician: Peter Stopschinki
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
October 10th, 2015
- Adam Mengesha
- Aspen Webster
- Brad Silman
- Heidi Rogers
- Michael Ferstenfeld
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Wyatt Tall
- Musician: Brent Baldwin
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
September 12th, 2015
- Adam Mengesha
- Asaf Ronen
- David Moses Fruchter
- Kierstin Hettler
- Kristen Kurtis
- Michael Ferstenfeld
- Paul Wainwright
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Shannon McCormick
- Musician: Southpaw Jones
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
August 8th, 2015
- Ashlee Medlin
- Aspen Webster
- Courtney Hopkin
- Craig Kotfas
- Jon Bolden
- Kierstin Hettler
- Michael Ferstenfeld
- Shannon McCormick
- Musician: Lindsay McKenna
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
July 11th, 2015
- Brently Heilbron
- Brett Tribe
- Courtney Hopkin
- Jordan Maxwell
- Kenny Madison
- Kierstin Hettler
- Michael Ferstenfeld
- Sam Schak
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Musicians: The Source Band
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
June 13th, 2015
- Adam Mengesha
- Asaf Ronen
- Kierstin Cecelia
- Michael Joplin
- Quinn Buckner
- Ruby Willmann
- Sam Freckles Schak
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Musician: David Ronn
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
May 16th, 2015
- Adam Mengesha
- Cat Drago
- Courtney Hopkin
- Jon Bolden
- Kareem Badr
- Matt Needles
- Michael Ferstendfeld
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Musician: Content Knowles
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
April 18th, 2015
- Ashley Nugent
- Frank Netscher
- Kareem Badr
- Kiersten Hettler
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Tom Booker
- Musician: Ammon Taylor
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
March 21st, 2015
- Adam Mengesha
- Courtney Hopkin
- Kareem Badr
- Lisa Jackson
- Michael Ferstenfeld
- Sam Schak
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Musician: Content Knowles
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
February 21st, 2015
- Ashley Nugent
- Clifton Highfield
- Heidi Penix
- John Ratliff
- Kareem Badr
- Sam Schak
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Musician: Brently Heilbron
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
January 24th, 2015
- Arthur Simone
- Asaf Ronen
- Halyn Erickson
- Heidi Penix
- Kareem Badr
- Sam Schak
- Sarah Marie Curry
- Tom Booker
- Musicians: Ryan Hill, Lindsey McGowen
- Light: Mark Shoemaker
Media
Photos
- Photoset by Peter Rogers of the January 2015 performance.
- Photoset by Chad Wellington of the same show.
- Photoset by Steve Rogers of the February 2015 performance.
- Photoset by Heidi Rogers of the March 2015 performance.
- Photoset by Michael Yew of the April 2015 performance.
- Photoset by Heidi Rogers of the May 2015 performance.
