Ain Gordon’s “In this Place…”

AIN GORDON’S “IN THIS PLACE…”
Award-winning playwright, director and actor
Thurs-Sat,  March 8-10 | 8pm
$25 in advance, $30 day of show
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Written/Directed by Ain Gordon
Featuring Michelle Hurst
Video by Joan Brannon

1830: Samuel and Daphney Oldham are the first free African-Americans to build their own home in Lexington, KY. Five years later they’re gone.

Now: 3-time Obie Award-winning artist Ain Gordon imagines the full story behind these bare facts from Daphney’s perspective.

This is the first installment of the Painted Bride’s two-year project examining place.

The second installment brings Ain Gordon into a new collaboration with award-winning Philadelphia filmmaker Nadine Patterson.

From Patterson “This project offers a chance to explore contemporary life within an historical context. Philadelphia is full of personal his/herstories centered in places where events of the past ripple out into the present and future.” From Gordon: “We are in search of Philadelphia’s disappearing history and the forgotten individuals who reside there.”

Look for this project’s premiere at the Painted Bride, Spring 2013.

This two-year project has been supported by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage though the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative.

In This Place… was originally a collaboration with LexArts made possible, in part, with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Multi Arts Production Fund (MAP) and produced by Pick Up Performance Co(s)

In this Place…has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts through the Philadelphia Theater Initiative and produced by the Pick Up PerformanceCo(s) in collaboration with LexArts with initial funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the MAP FUND.

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Sheetal Gandhi’s “Bahu Beti-Biwi” (Daughter-in-law, Daughter, Wife)

Sheetal Gandhi’s Bahu Beti-Biwi (Daughter-in-law, Daughter,Wife)
Fri-Sat, February 24-25| 8pm
$20 in advance, $25 day of show

“There was not a single wasted gesture or sound. Gandhi’s portrayal of these two worlds — traditional Indian culture and contemporary Western culture — illustrates both their differences and similarities.”
- Megan Kennedy for Exploredance.com

A solo tour de force combining dance, stirring vocalization and punching text, Sheetal Gandhi’s magnetically rhythmic Bahu-Beti-Biwi (Daughter-in-law, Daughter, Wife) wraps North Indian music traditions and family characters into a contemporary exploration that segues between humorous portraiture and active resistance. Sheetal Gandhi, a multidisciplinary choreographer and performer, creates work that tells a story – stories which mirror her own life and embrace the human diversity she observes around her. Using a hybrid movement vocabulary influenced by Kathak, Modern and West African dance, as well as complex rhythmic structures, theatricality and vocally, her work reflects her love for Indian cultural tradition and disciplinary technique, with the equally urgent desire to break away from them.
20% off for patrons in our Ticket Discount Program. Program members/Crush Card Holders CLICK HERE to SIGN IN and get the appropriate price. You will be directed back to this page for purchase.

Student and Senior tickets are only available in person or over the phone with valid ID. Please call 215-925-9914