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Displaced Appalachians resettled on Mars face a familiar dilemma when their leader initiates a questionable mining operation.
March 7-9, 2013
CPR
created by Superhero Clubhouse and MatchboxArts
adapted from the graphic novel by Tom Coiner
directed & choreographed by Jeremy Pickard and Adam Weinert
performed by Javier Baca, Nathaniel Bausch-Gould, Rosie Dupont, Aba Kiser, Dan Lawrence*, Keisuke Matsuno, Adam Miller, Manelich Minniefee, Jeremy Pickard, Davon Rainey, J.P. Schlegel, Nate Weida, and Adam Weinert
graphic design by Kristy Caldwell
set & costume design by R.B. Schlather
music & lyrics by Adam Miller
assistant directed by Alessandra Calabi
Inspired by the history of Appalachian coal mining, MARS explores how the promise of power and the desire for justice affects environment, culture, and the mind of man.
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who are we?
Superhero Clubhouse is a sustainable collective of artists and advocates working at the intersection of environmentalism and theater. We make original performances via a collaborative, green and rigorous process. Through the creation of allegorical mythologies, experiments in storytelling and science-inspired events, we work to ignite environmental conversations among audiences and communities in the pursuit of revolutionary theater and ecological coexistence.
MatchboxArts was founded in 2008 as an integrated media production house. Our methods explore the intersection of public, private and personal gestures, while employing a creative and technical regard to immediacy similar to that of an instant Polaroid. The content, creation and production arise necessarily ‘of-the-moment’, and produce an artifact that functions as both document and art object. To date, we have produced live art installation, dance film, staged events, and collaborative work with a variety of different arts groups nationally and abroad.
coming up in 2012-13
This April, check out SHC's Big Green Theater, a collaboration with The Bushwick Starr.
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JAVIER BACA
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is a performer, dancer, educator and choreographer. He's worked with Rebecca Alaly, HT Chen, Shen Wei Dance Arts and many others. Javier has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia in festivals and theaters including the American Dance Festival, Lincoln Center Festival, Israel Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, the Kennedy Center, the Silk Road Festival (Hong Kong), Monaco Dance Forum for the princess and a number of others. Javier is currently working towards a certification in BodyTalk Systems.
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NATHANIEL BASCH-GOULD
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is an actor, director, and technician. New York credits include Ghost in the Machine (The Dead Copycats), Berries of Wrath (TDC), The What Dance (Target Margin), and Moon & Marble (Tugboat Collective). He's worked in technical roles at Matchboxarts, United Solo, Kumble Theatre, and toured with Anikai Dance Company. Originally from Sandy Hook, CT, Nathaniel graduated from Williams College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He currently resides in Brooklyn.
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ALESSANDRA CALABI
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is a theater artist and student of philosophy from Milan, Italy. She holds a B.A. in Theater and Philosophy, two years of conservatory training and is pursuing her Master’s Degree at the New School. Alessandra has performed at La MaMa, wrote and directed an original radio play at WNYC’s Greene Space, and is a technical assistant for the Wooster Group. She trained with SITI Company, where she met Jeremy and started collaborating with SHC.
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KRISTY CALDWELL
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is an illustrator from Louisiana. She collaborates with New York's theatre community, is an editor for the quarterly publication Carrier Pigeon: Illustrated Fiction and Fine Art, and recently completed illustrating an adaptation of Puss in Boots for Korean publisher Tamkoo. Her first picture book for iPad will soon be released by Two Publishers, and her work has been featured by Communication Arts, American Illustrators, and Creative Quarterly. Her portfolio can be found at shortdivision.com.
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TOM COINER
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is a writer and actor relatively new to New York. Tom wrote the short film "The Hill" about his alma mater, Kenyon College, and also The Weck Play, A Perfect Circle, and Vers(us) a solo show starring Angelo from Measure for Measure. Tom holds an MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, CO. Previous work with Superhero Clubhouse: SATURN (a play about food), 2011 & 2012 productions.
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ROSIE DUPONT
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is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and musician. Rosie's short narrative film, headspace, is currently in post-production, and her first animated short, Obduro!, screened at the Brooklyn Arts Council’s annual film week, Scene: Brooklyn, 2012. As a musician, Rosie has played and recorded violin and voice for several New York-based musicians, including Ben Simon and Derek James and the Lovely Fools. Graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University (‘10) with a BA in English.
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ABA KISER
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is excited to join the cast of MARS! A recent transplant to the city, she made her New York acting debut as The Girl in the Tugboat Collective’s vaudeville clown production of “Moon and Marble”. Originally from Fairfax, VA she has travelled nationally as a blues/folk musician and lived in parts of Washington State. This summer she will release her first LP Entitled “I’m No Stranger”. Look for her work online at www.abakismusic.com.
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LOGAN FRANCES KRUGER
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hails from Atlanta, GA where she trained with Annette Lewis and Pamala Jones-Malavé. Kruger was a full time member of Good Moves, directed by Ms. Lewis, from 1993-2003, and went on to receive her BFA in dance from The Juilliard School. Kruger has worked professionally with Shen Wei Dance Arts, Jonah Bokaer, Michelle Mola, and Adam H. Wenert. Kruger has been a full time member of the Limón Dance Company since 2009.
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DAN LAWRENCE
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Theater credits include: The Mousetrap (Sgt. Trotter) and Romeo and Juliet
(Tybalt): Great Lakes Theater and Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Julius Caesar (Brutus), Timon of Athens (Ventidius), and A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Dog in the Manager, Julius Caesar, and King Lear, starring Stacy Keach and directed by Tony winner, Robert Falls: Shakespeare Theatre Company D.C. Dan holds a B.F.A from Ithaca College. http://www.danlawrence.info/
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KEISUKE MATSUNO
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Born and raised in Berlin, rooted in Tokyo, and currently living in Brooklyn, guitarist and sound artist Keisuke Matsuno is actively working in the contemporary creative music scene in NYC. He has been touring throughout three continents, is featured on various recordings, and has been on faculty at New York University. Releases in 2013 include the second album of his Germany-based band ‘Trio Schmetterling’ and an electro-acoustic project with composer Lars Graugaard. www.keisukematsuno.com.
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MEGAN MCCLAIN
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has provided dramaturgical support for productions at numerous theatres including The Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, American Players Theatre, New Leaf, and St. Louis Repertory Theatre. Her previous work with Superhero Clubhouse includes Saturn: a play about food. In New York, she works at Lark Play Development Center and leads an after-school drama program for SASF in the East Village. Megan holds an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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ADAM MILLER
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is a composer, percussionist and actor. NY performing roles include Rappin Sam, a beat boxing member of the cast of Harmonious Pimps of Harmony; drummer and rapper for the production Legend of The Word and percussionist for the musical Byuioo. Adam plays with Found Sound Nation (a project of Bang On A Can) and has recently finished recording a third album with his band Turtleboy, set to be released next fall. www.adammillerproductions.com.
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MANELICH MINNIEFEE
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is a Native of Fayetteville North Carolina. He graduated high school from North Carolina School of the Arts in 2000 and went on to receive his BFA in dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 2003. After graduation Mr. Minniefee joined Pilobolus Dance Theater where he toured full time for 6 years and currently works part time for the company. Manelich has also had the pleasure of working with; Alison Chase, Helen Simoneau, Katherine Fischer, Baraka DeSoleil and Tino Sehgal. His television appearances include; Sesame Street, Ellen, The 2007 Academy Awards and commercials for the NFL Network. Manelich is currently training to become a Hollywood stuntman.
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JEREMY PICKARD
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is the founder and captain of Superhero Clubhouse for which he has directed over a dozen productions including many of the Planet Plays. He is the lead artist for Big Green Theater, a 5th-grade eco-playwriting program the Clubhouse produces annually in partnership with The Bushwick Starr. Jeremy also collaborates with climate scientists to create site-specific performances at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a project commissioned by PositiveFeedback and Columbia University's Earth Institute. Ithaca College ’05, O'Neill NTI ’03, SITI Company since 2006. |
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DAVON RAINEY
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Davon was born and raised in Memphis, TN. He has been dancing ever since the first grade.
He graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy and continued his training at The Julliard School. Since then he has had the pleasure of working withAszure Barton ,Jonah Bokaer , Sidra Bell, Robert Wilson, Jacob Sutton, Narciso Rodriguez ,Company XIV, and Matchbox Arts . He has been featured in The New York Times, The NewYorker, and NYT Style Magazine. For more info visit www.davonrainey.com
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R.B. SCHLATHER
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joined Superhero Clubhouse in 2011 and has designed "Charlie and the Trees," both productions of "Saturn," and the recent Scientist Cabaret at the Lamont Earth Observatory. He has a B.A. in Art History from Ithaca College where he first met and collaborated with Jeremy Pickard. Continuing his interest with "Mars" in maximal images through minimal means. www.rbschlather.com |
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JP SCHLEGELMILCH
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JP Schlegelmilch is a Brooklyn-based pianist, accordionist and composer. His current projects include the folk-jazz quartet Old Time Musketry; a solo piano project focusing on compositions by guitarist Bill Frisell; and a collaboration with electronic sound artist Mike Clemow exploring live digital signal processing. JP has performed with the indie-classical chamber group Fireworks Ensemble; avant-jazz legend Tim Berne; and appeared on the soundtrack to the Oscar-nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild.
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NATE WEIDA
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Nate Weida is a composer and writer. His recent work includes The New Hopeville Comics, Byuioo, and music for Brecht's Life of Galileo which was featured at Lincoln Center in 2011. Currently he is completing a three part epic poem called I's Twinkle, which will be performed next year as a poem, play, and opera. www.nateweida.com
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ADAM H WEINERT
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Adam H Weinert was born in New York City. He began his training at The Royal Ballet School in London, and continued to The School of American Ballet, Vassar College, and The Juilliard School where he was awarded Scholastic Distinction and the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Outstanding Choreography for 2008. Adam has danced with Shen Wei Dance Arts, The Mark Morris Dance Group, Jonah Bokaer and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree from NYU.
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giant thanks to
Jonathan VanDyke
Melinda Wolfe
Kate Williams
Amanda Duffy
Ava Eisenson
Christina Pickard
Katey Parker
Stephen Johnson
Kathleen Pickard
John J. Hrkach
Anne Zager
Katie Daniels
Jodi Wadach
Melissa Moschitto
Akiko Aizawa
Paul McCann
Rob Haimes
Lana Kelly
Corey Friedlander
Ron and Marge Zager
Sylvia Hewlett
This production would not be possible without the generous support of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and the following individuals and organizations:
Jonah Bokaer, Kelly McKaig, and Christiana Lederman of Chez Bushwick; Alisha Stauss and Ann Marie Lonsdale of Center for Performance Research; Elizabeth Moreau and SITI Company; Noel Allain and Sue Kessler of The Bushwick Starr; Julian Tepper and Jenna Gribbon of The Oracle Club; Joel Freimark; Albano Ballerini; Jennifer Cole; Marya Ursin and Dan Potter of The Dragon's Egg; Dixon Place; Ava Eisenson; Hannah Wolf; Anne Zager; Sarah Hughes; Eva von Schweinitz; Chris Wells of The Secret City; Flux Theatre Ensemble; Vineyard Theatre; Elevator Repair Service; Film Forum
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© 2012 Superhero Clubhouse
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