MONDAY, JULY 25

Propocalypse – The 2011 Berkshire Fringe Gala

A Party of Propocalyptic Proportions!
Celebrating artistic innovation and ingenuity, PROPOCALYPSE presents mind-blowing original dance, theater and film presentations all inspired by an identical set of stage props: A Wheelbarrow…. An Orange…. An Unopened letter.

Featuring: Satan’s Pearl Horses – Jamuna Yvette Sirker – Bazaar Productions – Gabrielle Senza – Pi Clowns and more!

Stay for the dance party featuring delicious hors d’oeuvres from Allium and an open bar sponsored by Domaney’s.

Written by Corey Hinkle
Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh

Meet Violet Foster, a fan. A fanatic. A women on a mission to ask The Only Question That Must be Answered. Bluring the lines between reality and documentary, this tour-de-force of emotional ballads, mind-blowingly groundbreaking performance art and Guerilla video unite to explore Violet Fosters personal look at obsession.

Wednesday, August 10 at 8pm
Thursday, August 11 at 8:45pm
Friday, August 12 at 6pm
Saturday, August 13 at 8:45om
Sunday, August 14 at 7pm

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Inspired by research and testimonies of Korean Comfort Women during World War II, FACE reveals the harrowing and true story of one woman at war. Moving through vivid images and daring questions about history, violence and sexual slavery, FACE is a lyrical rendition of survival that gives voice to the suppressed history of Comfort Women and pays tribute to the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.

Thursday, August 4 at 7pm
Friday, August 5 at 8:45
Saturday, August 6 at 7pm
Sunday, August 7 at 8pm
Monday, August 8 at 8pm

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Artist Website www.facetheplay.com

“VISCERALLY INTENSE THEATRE EXPERIENCE, FEATURING AN EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE”
-The Epoch Times (NY)

Somewhere at the intersection of performance and politics, two men inside a small glass box narrative the life and accomplishments of one of the nations most controversial leaders, “The Gipper”. From the New Orleans based theater ensemble Goat In The Road, comes Our Man, a decidedly fictional approach to American political history. Filled with rapid-fire dialog and agile physical comedy, Our Man explores the contemporary political landscape through the lens of a 1950’s era radio broadcast.

Wednesday, August 3 at 8pm
Thursday, August 4 at 8:45pm
Friday, August 5 at 7pm
Saturday, August 6 at 8:45pm
Sunday, August 7 at 6pm

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Artist Website www.goatintheroadproductions.org

Don’t miss a FREE Community workshop with the Goat In the Road founders William Bowling and Christopher Kaminstein
Saturday, August 6 at 1:30pm

The Pi Clowns return to the Fringe as festival artists-in-residence to deliver a giant wallop of buffoonery that will have audiences of all ages rolling on the floor.  With feats of incredible strength and acts of transcendental stupidity, the San Francisco based Pi Clowns take on the big questions of life (and death!) Using acrobatics, juggling, eccentric dance, live music, improvisation, and puppetry, these favorite Fringe performers are devoted to exploring the world and examining life’s mysteries through a lens of wonder.

Saturday,  July 30 at 3:30pm
Sunday,  July 31 at 3:30pm
Wednesday, August 3 at 9:30pm
Friday, August 5 at 3:30pm
Saturday, August 6 at  3:30pm
Sunday,  August 7 at 3:30pm
Friday, August 12 at 7:30pm
Saturday,  August 13 at 7:30pm
Monday, August 15 at 8pm

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Don’t miss these exciting community workshops taught by the Pi Clowns!

Workshops will cover basic circus techniques including juggling, prat falls, clown and physical comedy and more!

Monday, August 1 at 1:30pm
Monday, August 8 at 1:30pm
Monday, August 15 at 1:30pm

Artist Website www.piclowns.com

A lamp, a toilet-seat. The infinite complexity of love.

Using dexterous choreography, humor, text and song, The Erotics of Doubt explores a series of episodes that center around themes of undimmed seduction, romance and other absurd human relationships. At times beautiful and stark, poetic and profane, The Erotics of Doubt asks us to laugh without restraint at our own naiveté, dreamlike longing and desperation while wondering if we should.

Tuesday,  July 28 at 7pm  * Pick your own price opening night!
Friday,  July 29 at 8:45
Saturday,  July 30 at 7pm
Sunday,  July 31 at 8pm
Monday,  August 1 at 8pm

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Written and performed by Anaïs Alexandra Tekerian, Tangled Yarn unravels the story of Ismene, a heroine living in the shadow of her famed sister Antigone and without a fate of her own. Blurring the lines between past and present, legend and invention, Ismene must untangle the stories of her Armenian and Latvian Grandmothers in order to determine her own destiny. Weaving poetic narrative, evocative imagery and haunting original music by the Armenian folk trio Zulal, Tangled Yarn is a multi-media portrait of Ismene’s untold story.

Thursday,  August 11 at 7pm
Friday,  August 12 at 8:45pm
Saturday,  August 13 at 6pm
Sunday,  August 14 at 8:45pm
Monday,  August 15 at 6pm

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Written and Performed by Jessica Ferris
Directed by David Ford
Original Music by Mark Orton of Tin Hat

Can you find a missing person between the threads of a bed sheet?

In this magical-realist detective story, San Francisco based solo performer Jessica Ferris’s embarks on a quest for her father who disappeared under mysterious circumstances thirty years ago. In this deftly physical, imaginative and hilarious performance, Ferris’ transforms everyday objects into extraordinary beings that propel her search for the ultimate con artist living on the lam. Quick witted, smartly touching and complex, Missing pays tribute to one families’ remarkable story.

Wednesday,  July 27 at 8pm
Thursday,  July 28  at 8:45pm
Friday,  July 29 at  7pm
Saturday,  July 30 at 8:45pm
Sunday,  July 31 at 6pm

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Artist Website
www.jessicaferris.com

Due to the volume of submissions expected, we may not be able to reply to every candidate.

Thanks for your time and interests in Bazaar Productions and The Berkshire Fringe!

Just when you think you’ve got her pegged as another romantic piano girl, folk/pop pianist and singer-songwriter Anna Dagmar hits you with a collage of noise, a lament for fallen soldiers, or an apocalyptic vision.

Dagmar appears at The Berkshire Fringe in duo with versatile woodwindist, improviser and Bennington faculty member Bruce Williamson (Art Lande, Bobby McFerrin, NY City Opera).

www.annadagmar.com
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Also on August 7:

1:30 – Workshop w/ cast of Give Us Bread FREE
4:00 – Viva La Evolucion
7:00 – Give Us Bread
9:00 – It or Her

More 30 Live Free Music:

7/28 – The Opposite of a Train
7/31 – Dither