Members of the local community, especially singers and musicians are encouraged to participate in two days of free performance workshops that will culminate in an outdoor performance of The Sourdough Philosophy Circus.
For those interested in participating in the workshops and seeing the performance, an orientation meeting with Bread and Puppet Theater will take place on Thursday, Sept. 25, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Bruce Davis Theater at the Montgomery Hall Fine Arts Center.
Performance workshops are tentatively scheduled for Friday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m., and 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m., and on Saturday, September 27, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and at 1 p.m.
Bread and Puppet Theater thrives on the active involvement of the communities it visits. “Our performance is more than a cultural curiosity imported by some theater specialists,” said theater director Peter Schumann. “The majority of the performers are local volunteers who, in a few days (sometimes only hours) of intense rehearsals, become active puppeteers, musicians, and masked dancers. They are the muscle-power of the play. Their input transforms the play into a community event, which incorporates their special skills and enhances the production. This involvement is positive. The event is joyous and forward-going. It teaches hope.”
The performance is on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 2 p.m. on the college’s admissions field. Rain location is the recreational courts in the athletic and recreation center.
The performance is free and open to the public.
For more information about the workshop schedule, workshop locations, and the Saturday performance, contact Mark Rhoda at (240) 895-4231 or e-mail
marhoda@smcm.edu.