RADAR L.A. | Poor Dog Group
CalArts Center for New Performance/Poor Dog Group: Brewsie and Willie
CalArts Center for New Performance/Poor Dog Group: Brewsie and Willie
“Vibrantly inventive direction of a first-rate ensemble … any similarity between Stein's fears and the straits in which we find ourselves today is strictly intentional.” —LA Weekly
Presented by CalArts Center for New Performance in association with Poor Dog Group
AT LOS ANGELES STREET LOFT
Gertrude Stein based her text for Brewsie and Willie on encounters with G.I.s in Paris at the end of World War II, and this powerful adaptation reveals how relevant it remains today. A disparate group of American soldiers and nurses wait in limbo to return to their homeland and an uncertain future: What work will they have? What will America’s future be? And what is their place in it? Under the direction of Travis Preston, timeless concerns of a post-war generation are vibrantly embodied by an ensemble of young performers, including member of Poor Dog Group, to explore the hearts and minds of a generation for which “home” that has ceased to be familiar. Set in an empty loft against the backdrop of downtown Los Angeles, this layered production draws live-feed video and original music into the mix.
Directed by Travis Preston
Written by Gertrude Stein
Adapted by Marissa Chibas, Erik Ehn and Travis Preston
Original music composed by Andrew Conrad and Andrew Gilbert
Choreography by Mira Kingsley
Produced by Carol Bixler
RUN TIME: 75 minutes
LOCATION: Los Angeles Street Loft
533 South Los Angeles, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013 | Map
Doors open at 7:30 pm
PARKING: Ample street parking after 6pm.
The original production of Brewsie and Willie was created with support from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), administered by the National Endowment for the Arts.
THIS EVENT TICKETED INDEPENDENTLY
Tickets can be purchased via www.brownpapertickets.com.
Date & time | General Admission | With Flex Pass | |
Wed 6.15.11 8:00 pm* | $30* | $10* | |
Thur 6.16.11 8:00 pm* | $30 | $10 | |
Fri 6.17.11 8:00 pm | $30 | $10 | |
Sat 6.18.11 8:00 pm | $30 | $10 | |
Sun 6.19.11 8:00 pm | $30 | $10 | |
Wed 6.22.11 8:00 pm | $30 | N/A | |
Thur 6.23.11 8:00 pm | $30 | N/A | |
Fri 6.24.11 8:00 pm | $30 | N/A | |
Sat 6.25.11 8:00 pm | $30 | N/A | |
Sun 6.26.11 8:0 pm | $30 | N/A |
G - General Audience
M - REDCAT Members
ST - Students
CA - CalArts Students/Faculty/Staff