An ongoing series of short music / movement / street theater pieces performed in public spaces, intended for any accidental onlooker. Conceived, created and organized by Fannie Hungerford and Joshua Dumas, with Fannie handling more of the choreography and Joshua handling more of the music and sound. To date the group has staged twelve unique performances, all over Chicago, from Millennium Park to Pilsen to Lincoln Square. And, in Iowa City!
One Thing and Everything Else
Carl Sweets
April 2010 to May 2010
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an experimental semi-opera by New Beast Theatre Works
at The Building Stage
Drawing from the spare prose of Raymond Carver’s “Gazebo,” New Beast presents an original opera that spans memory and imagination via prose, song, and dramatic performance.
Devised and Directed by David Amaral
Devised and Composed by Joshua Dumas
Developed and performed by Eddie Bennett, Ruth Bistrow, Pamela Maurer, James Whittington
Please listen to the score at Lamplit Ensemble.
Oh, and check out this really thoughtful review in the Reader! Yow, we were also picked as “Best New Theatrical Form 2010,” again in the Reader.
Wild Nights With Emily
March 2010 to April 2010
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by Madeleine Olnek
Directed by Meghan Beals McCarthy
Produced by Caffeine Theatre
A quirky queer comedy about Emily Dickinson’s secret life.
Director - Meghan Beals Mccarthy
Associate Director/Dramaturg/Choreographer - Jennifer Shook
Assistant Director/Stage Manager - Courtney Miller
Costume Designers - Alarie Hammock & Samantha Umstead
Scenic Designer - Stephen Carmody
Lighting Designer - Casey Diers
Assistant Lighting Designer - Chase Corman
Composer - Joshua Dumas
Cast:
Jessica Bennett, Dana Black, Carey Lee Burton, Annie Calhoun, Amanda Hartley, Ian Novak, Ian Randall, Lauren Vitz
Antigone Coffeehouse :: the Birds
April 2008
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A new movement piece inspired by Sophocles’ Antigone, as part of DePaul University’s “Year of Antigones.” Choreographed by Fannie Hungerford, with original music written and performed by Whitney Johnson and Joshua Dumas.
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Bring May Flowers 2
Marika Mashburn
May 2007
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A collaboration between Marika Mashburn (with the House Theatre) and Joshua Dumas (with Tense Forms) to create a three day variety show styled festival of music, magic, dance, poetry, film and theatre, all celebrating Spring. From a 1940s radio booth to a post-apocalyptic future, nine new vignettes from nine different voices intertwine to tell a story of flowering, from the soil cradling to the blossom awakening.
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Bring May Flowers
Joshua Dumas
May 2006
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A collaboration between Marika Mashburn (and the House Theatre) and Joshua Dumas (and Tense Forms) to create a three day variety show styled festival of music, magic, dance, poetry, film and theatre, all celebrating Spring.
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