Upon These Boards Presents The Inkwell Communiques.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Citizen vs. Government - A Success Story for the Common Tax Payer tax payer n → contribuyente m/f tax payer n → contribuable m/f tax payer n → contribuente A True Tale of Tax Refusal For Arts, Humanity, and Our Government's Priorities Upon These Boards today announced: Upon These Boards, a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award winning organization dedicated to socially conscious and epic theatre epic theatre Dramatic form developed in Germany after World War I by Bertolt Brecht and others, intended to provoke rational thought rather than to create illusion. It presents loosely connected scenes often interrupted by direct addresses to the audience providing analysis, , presents The Inkwell inkwell GI surgery A surgically constructed vagination-'intussusception' of a short sleeve of esophagus sewn into the stomach which, as intragastric pressure ↑, is compressed, forming a functional valve–eg, Nissen fundoplication. See Nissen procedure. Communiques, adapted and staged by Randall Stuart on October 18th, 24th, and 25th. This event tells the story of Ignis Bird's unconventional fight for social justice and will appear on three Bay Area stages featuring many of the Bay Area's award-winning theatre artisans - just in time for the election. The Inkwell Communiques is an adaptation of Ignis Bird's genuine tax refusal letters to the government. This citizen, equipped with only a typewriter and a steadfast belief in the value of art and humanity, sought to resolve the imbalance between the funding of humanitarian programs and defense contracts with an irreverent and imaginative letter writing campaign. Over the course of three presidential administrations, Bird created more than seventy unique characters who wrote hundreds of letters to our government on Bird's behalf. Bird's act of peaceful protest is masterfully woven together and staged as an uproarious and thought-provoking evening of theatre by director Randall Stuart. Stuart's signature theatre style brings this lyrical, true story to life in a way that reminds us all about the importance of our voice in the political machine.
THE EVENT
Who: Upon These Boards
What: The Inkwell Communiques - Directed by Randall Stuart,
Original Score by Katy Stephan
When/Where: Monday, October 18th at 7:30 p.m.,
Project Artaud Theatre, San Francisco
Sunday, October 24th at 5 p.m.,
Marin County location to be announced
Monday, October 25th at 7:30 p.m.,
Roda Theatre at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley
Cost: Event is free of charge. Donations accepted at the door.
Note: Reservations are strongly encouraged and are accepted online.
Info: www.UponTheseBoards.org
Randall Stuart, a veteran of the Bay Area's major regional theatres and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October. , has gathered together a cast of nearly 40 Bay Area actors and theatre luminaries. Award-winning actors and theatre artists including Peter Donat Peter Donat (born 20 January 1928) is a Canadian/American actor known for his roles in American television. Biography Early life Donat was born Pierre Collingwood Donat , Ann Brebner, Lorri Holt, James Carpenter
"The Inkwell Communiques, gives audiences a large cross section of Ignis Bird's characters. In this adaptation, we've theatrically activated Bird's imagination and we hope to take the audience on an amazing journey. Each character's voice resolutely defends Bird's staunch tax refusal stance and reinforces the piece's core belief that human life and well-being should always be the top government priority," said Stuart. The Inkwell Communiques is produced by the local creative team that delivered the globe's largest and most successful production of the worldwide, anti-war Lysistrata Project on March 3, 2003. Now, Upon These Boards tackles this timely tale in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a presidential election in which taxes spark enormous debate. The performances will benefit a number of local and national organizations dedicated to peace action and voter enfranchisement The act of making free (as from Slavery); giving a franchise or freedom to; investiture with privileges or capacities of freedom, or municipal or political liberty. Conferring the privilege of voting upon classes of persons who have not previously possessed such. . These organizations will receive all net proceeds Net Proceeds The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security. Notes: In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions). raised at the performance events. Upon These Boards is a California 501(c)(3) Not For Profit Public Benefit Corporation dedicated to presenting epic theatre events and graduate level training for theatre artisans. UTB UTB University of Texas at Brownsville UTB Ultra Thin Body UTB Under the Bridge (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) UTB Up to Boy (Japanese female idol magazine) UTB Urban Taschenbuch has established a record of artistic achievement, collaborating and co-producing with university training programs as well as theatre companies including the award-winning Word For Word (San Francisco, CA) and Porchlight Theatre Company (Marin, CA). UTB garnered accolades and the Bay Area Theatre Critic Circle Award for its 100 cast-member production of Lysistrata Project on the boards of the Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre. http://www.upontheseboards.org |
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