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Broken Box Mime Theater presents the second annual PhysFestNYC, New York City’s only festival dedicated to physical theater. Supported by Parallel Exit and LubDub Theatre Co., PhysFestNYC is a community-led festival that celebrates, enriches and envisions the field of physical theater.
Highlights include KOAL, part climate-catastrophe, part clown show, this one-woman show for the end of the world is created and performed by Jacinta Yelland and directed by Trey Lyford; MOVE IT!, a cabaret-style evening of circus and physical theatre from Parallel Exit; a best-of collection of original short stories from Broken Box Mime Theater told entirely through movement; The Fluxus Brothers Present: Good Art Bad Art, a collection of scores from the historic Fluxus art movement of the 1960s including George Brecht, Alison Knowles and Yoko Ono, alongside Fluxus-inspired originals; and It Goes Without Saying, a fun and unflinching look at the life and mimes of Bill Bowers.
Fifteen one-of-a-kind workshops will also take place throughout PhysFestNYC including fundamentals of clown work, devising, juggling, mask work, mime and soundscapes. Some of New York City’s leading physical theater teachers including Luther Bangert, Quinn Bauriedel, Ellen Ko, Marissa Molnar, Julia Proctor and Sheriden Thomas, will participate.
PhysFestNYC also includes nine free public events, parties and panels that look at the varied and too-often siloed history of physical theater in the United States along with practical advice on producing and marketing your own show. The goal of these panels, in addition to the workshops and performances, is to create a physical theater festival that opens pathways of communication and opportunities for shared resources, supporting artists in their work and deepening their impact. Moderated by thought leaders and celebrated artists in the field, panels include subjects like Clown: Past, Present, Future; Making Theatre for Kids; and Festival as Collaboration: How it Was Made.
Highlights include KOAL, part climate-catastrophe, part clown show, this one-woman show for the end of the world is created and performed by Jacinta Yelland and directed by Trey Lyford; MOVE IT!, a cabaret-style evening of circus and physical theatre from Parallel Exit; a best-of collection of original short stories from Broken Box Mime Theater told entirely through movement; The Fluxus Brothers Present: Good Art Bad Art, a collection of scores from the historic Fluxus art movement of the 1960s including George Brecht, Alison Knowles and Yoko Ono, alongside Fluxus-inspired originals; and It Goes Without Saying, a fun and unflinching look at the life and mimes of Bill Bowers.
Fifteen one-of-a-kind workshops will also take place throughout PhysFestNYC including fundamentals of clown work, devising, juggling, mask work, mime and soundscapes. Some of New York City’s leading physical theater teachers including Luther Bangert, Quinn Bauriedel, Ellen Ko, Marissa Molnar, Julia Proctor and Sheriden Thomas, will participate.
PhysFestNYC also includes nine free public events, parties and panels that look at the varied and too-often siloed history of physical theater in the United States along with practical advice on producing and marketing your own show. The goal of these panels, in addition to the workshops and performances, is to create a physical theater festival that opens pathways of communication and opportunities for shared resources, supporting artists in their work and deepening their impact. Moderated by thought leaders and celebrated artists in the field, panels include subjects like Clown: Past, Present, Future; Making Theatre for Kids; and Festival as Collaboration: How it Was Made.
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Visit physfestnyc.org for full schedule.
