Which Direction Home?
Eight international directors riff on the Odyssey
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Taking place 21-29 July at Laguardia Performing Arts Center, the Internationalists tackle Homer's classic story with grand interpretations.
In WHICH DIRECTION HOME? 8 Directors from 6 countries use Homer’s epic poem as a base to create original theatrical material that encompasses a myriad of themes including home, mystery, choice, identity and myth.
PROGRAM A:
Das Fremde Essen (Eat the Foreign)
Where to explore foreignness in a globalized world? An attempt to stabilize world-peace by swallowing. Based on Odysseus’ stay at the phaeacs and the ancient greek law of Xenos, the audience will be invited to get a taste.
Developed and Directed by Dina Keller (Germany)
OD@C: a wikiOdyssey
How does mythology arrive to a modern audience today? Using the modern forum of the Internet, 9 writers collaboratively write a new "Odyssey" using wiki's, emails and waves
directed by Jake Witlen (USA)
Written by: Matt Carlson, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Rob Handel, Eyad Houssami, Sigryggur Magnason, Eric Pfeffinger, Eric Sanders, Caridad Svich, Joy Tomasko, Jake Witlen
Music by: Lauren Cregor, Jeff Tang, Sunhee Ann Huh
Staring: Tony Naumovski* (Odysseus); Leeanne Hutchison* (Penelope); Desiree Matthews* (Athina); Anita Anthonj (Circe); Bennett Harrell (Poseidon); GD Kimble* (Zeus); Gavin Starr Kendall (Cyclops); Rob O'Hare* (Telemachus); Claro de los Reyes* (Suitor); Michael Canfield (Suitor); Geoffrey Pomeroy (Suitor); Gisele Torres (Siren); Jody Christopherson (Siren)*an Equity approved showcase
Lucky
A young boat refugee, following the call of the North. Searching for the lost brother who went before him. Dreaming of a better life, for himself and for his family. But what will he wake up to?
directed by Karina Bes (The Netherlands)
written by Ferenc Zavaros (The Netherlands)
Starring: Hoji Fortuna (Angola/USA), William Oaks (USA), Fernando Torres (Chile/USA), Karina Bes (The Netherlands), Sharif Briggs (USA)
To The Oars!
Re-envisioning the final hours of Cruel Odysseus’ doomed flotilla, he is left with four eccentric soldiers who are disillusioned, tired, drunk, and angry. “Left on their own, look what a monstrous thing my crew concocted!”
Directed by Jeremy Lydic (USA)
created by Jeremy Lydic and the cast
video design: Aron Deyo
PROGRAM B:
Das Fremde Essen (Eat the Foreign)
Where to explore foreignness in a globalized world? An attempt to stabilize world-peace by swallowing. Based on Odysseus’ stay at the phaeacs and the ancient greek law of Xenos, the audience will be invited to get a taste.
Developed and Directed by Dina Keller (Germany)
written by Dina Keller and company
Oh De Sea!
"No one is a Hero if his people have forgotten him." An absurdist take on Homers epic poem, Oh De Sea follows the adventures of a student researching The Complex of Odysseus, a Hero in disappearance and the one woman who will never forget him. Only a song can be their salvation. Oh De Sea is a theatrical meditation on the profound human desire to be remembered.
Directed by Tamilla Woodard (USA)Created in collaboration with the company
Text by Kisha Takina Burgos
Music by Shawn Randall
Aerial/Acrobalance choreography by Sara Gregory
Choreography by Albert Christmasstarring: Mauricio Alexander, Michael Billingsley, Edna Lee Figueroa, Albert Johnson, Sebastian Mitre, Charlotte Purser, Daniela Thome, Jenniffer Turpeau, Jens Rasmussen*
*an Equity approved showcase
Fragments of a Father
Inspired by the Telemachy, a boy who grew up with an absent father, who grew into a young man, with a childhood of not knowing if his father was dead or alive. Is Odysseus a hero or a dead beat dad? A series of letters and monologues about men who grew up without their fathers. A son's odyssey.
directed by Sama Ky Balson (Australia/France)
Written by Maya Van den Heuvel (Israel/Netherlands), Peder Wistedt and Joséphine Wistedt (Sweden), Kevin Crawford (UK/Italy), Raphael Edwards (UK/Australia) and workshop participants of 'The Longest Winter Project' (Kosovo - CCTD & OMPF)
Longing, Lingering, Lost
6 International Playwrights Tackle the Question of 'Who/Where/What is Home?'
directed by Doug Howe (USA/France)
Written by Joel Horwood (England), Sebastien Joanniez (France), Nikolai Khalezin (Belarus), Sigtryggur Magnason (Iceland), Jeton Neziraj (Kosovo) and Ozen Yula (Turkey)
Special Event
On July 29, come and join the Internationalists for a very special night of collaboration and merriment.
Which Direction Home
A mash-up performance of festival highlights.
Directed by Sama Ky Balson (France/Australia), Karina Bes (The Netherlands), Doug Howe (France/ USA), Jeremy Lydic (USA), Jake Witlen (USA), and Tamilla Woodard (USA).
The Blind Trip
More than 30 actors performing for one (blindfolded) audience member. Don’t miss this trip! Dare to take a journey into the world of senses, take a chance to rediscover the familiar things from a new, foreign perspective!
directed by Ana Mărgineanu (Romania)
The Blind Trip is focusing on the exploring of senses, by denying the one most associated with theatre : the sense of seeing. The performance will take place in 5 site-specific locations around LPAC, and will be available for one audience member at a time to experience. All the audience members (split in hourly slots) will be welcomed in the lounge, where they will watch some short movies from all around the world, created specially for this performance, with blindfolded people in different cities in different situations. One by one they will be blindfolded and invited by the guide in their own journey. They will go in each room, and in each room it will be a show they could not see, but they could feel and experience. The audience member is allowed to take of his blindfold in a single room, at his / her choice, but in that moment the trip is over. For example if he chose the second room, he will miss completely the other next three rooms. Each room will have a performance based on a different theme, and offering a different experience, all will be very tempting to see, but for different reasons.
To become a part of the Blind Trip, send an email to: ana.margineanu@gmail.com