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Liturgy for Longing
SUMMARY:
LITURGY FOR LONGING is a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience created and performed by multidisciplinary performing artist Emily Clare Zempel. In Liturgy, audiences of 10 are invited to contemplate longing through collective experiences and solo performance.
EXPANDED:
Liturgy: a set of prompts created to encourage communal interaction with deep questions.
Longing: that endless tug towards the I-dont-know.
Why do we long? For what? In LITURGY FOR LONGING, Emily has created a deeply personal, radically honest performance that aims to foster connection and engage audiences in unique and meaningful ways.
Each audience member begins by entering a hallway to find a note written for them. After reading, Emily guides them into the theatre space to complete simple tasks (such a setting up a place to sit) to make that space their own. In the invitations that follow, each audience member is encouraged to engage in ways that feel right to them: there is always a choice, including the choice to observe. Communal elements are woven seamlessly into Emilys performance of her own story, which unfolds through movement, dance, sound, and music. The audience is an integral part of the experience, making each performance a unique, unrepeatable event.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Emily Clare Zempel is a multidisciplinary performance artist whose work explores themes of loss, grief, and longing. Local performances include: A Heros Journey (Emilys first solo show funded by Arts Mid-Hudson), as well as Always, Patsy Cline, The Anastasia Files, Scotland Road on Bannerman Island. Emily teaches acting to adults at Beacon Performing Arts Center and researches the performance of emotion at the University of Birmingham.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
What: Liturgy for Longing premieres in Beacon, May 9-11 and 15-18.
Where: Beacon Performing Arts Center, Studio B: 327B Main Street, Beacon, NY
Times vary:
Friday May 9 and Saturday May 10: 8pm
Sunday May 11: 4:30pm,
Thursday May 15: 7:30pm
Friday May 16 and Saturday May 17: 8pm
Sunday May 18: 2:30pm.
Tickets must be purchased in advance. Limited tickets available (10/show)
Kids: You know your kids. This performance is intimate, exposed and at times intense. If you would like to bring your child (over 10) please reach out to me at the email listed below.
Website: http://www.emilyclarezempel.com/liturgy-for-longing
Sponsors: Arts Mid-Hudson, Beacon Performing Arts Center, beetle and fred, Flora Good Times
LITURGY FOR LONGING is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.
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LocationBeacon Performing Arts Center (View)
327B Main St
Beacon, NY 12508
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 16 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible.
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