Walking Elephant Theatre Co.
Young humans walk a mile in the shoes of their neighbors and then create original documentary plays about the elephant in the room.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Friday, July 26, 2013
WILD NEIGHBORS (Rediscovering What It Is To Be Human)
Young humans got together with their neighbors
to explore how to
participate in the upliftment of all beings.
to explore how to
participate in the upliftment of all beings.
Then they created a play.
WILD NEIGHBORS
(Rediscovering What It Is To Be Human)
WILD NEIGHBORS
(Rediscovering What It Is To Be Human)
Cast members gathered together with...
- Rachel Kaplan (Urban Homesteading)
- Marssa Mommaerts (Transition U.S. & Post Carbon Institute)
- Angelo Silva & Ryan Johnston (Daily Acts)
- Brad Lancaster (Rainwater Harvesting)
- Michael Nagker & Stephanie Van Hook (METTA Center for Nonviolent Education)
- Adam Kightlinger & Raleigh Campbell (Weaving Earth)
- Lydia Kindheart (Lyia's Organic's & SUNFLOWER CENTER
- PERMACULTURE's ethics & principles
- The Power of VULNERABILITY
- Nonviolent Communication
- Homesteading,
- Water
- THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
- Designing a life without EXPLOITATION or POLLUTION
- The Gift Economy
- Poop
- and other inspiring ideas of freedom, responsibility, abundance, and joy!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Critics' Pick
"Best Special Theater Event"
"High high praise!"
~Anna Deavere Smith
Actors 10 to 17-years-old interviewed 8 couples
(3 mixed gender & 5 same gender)
about
LOVE, LIFE, & DISCRIMINATION
Friday, June 24, 2011
Civil Disobedience - The Musical
Editor's Pick
~THEATRE BAY AREA Magazine
"Honest... Beautiful... Captivating"
~ PRESS DEMOCRAT
"Sooo Powerful!"
~Hope Bohanec
"Deeply heartfelt and highly inventive"
~ BOHEMIAN
"It made me laugh and cry!"
~Karyl Averill
Monday, June 20, 2011
Praise for PROP 8 LOVE STORIES
"
Winner of Broadway World's
"BEST SPECIAL THEATER EVENT
"AWE-INSPIRING!"
- Tamara Cover
"I cannot begin to tell you how many ways it touched me. I laughed and cried several times in the evening. And then seeing the video and realizing how hard those kids must have worked to get speech patterns and body language together - it was truly amazing. This is one of those once in a life time shows that should tour the high schools. Thank you for your brilliant work. I will never forget it. -Kim Connolly, Clinical Program Manager, Braun School
"Mere words can not adequately describe how compelling, funny, memorable, touching, and satisfying this entertainment is."
-Ken Gallegos, Executive Director, Human Resources San Rafael City Schools
"If Only All Theater Was This Good"
"The best drama I've seen in ages - and the actors were all kids. This is the sort of drama that should get extended runs, playing to audiences around the country, with kids from Kansas and Louisiana and Alaska taking on these roles. This is about opening hearts, one audience member, one cast member, at a time."
-Michelle Wing, Poet & Writer
Monday, July 26, 2010
The BULLY Theatre Film Project
The 3rd through 8th graders of
Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts
Interview
BULLIES & their VICTIMS
(From the Playground - to the Workplace - to City Hall)
And then
Portray those Bullies & Victims
Word-for-Word
Live
On Stage
With Original Songs
Created & Performed by the Cast
the HABIT project
the HABIT project
Original Live Theater & Documentary Film
Created by Actors 10 to 17 years old
from Interviews they conducted with
Addicts, Behavioral Psychologists, Environmentalists, Philosophers, Martial Artists & many other Creatures of Habit.
Humanity is at a critical threshold.
Our "breakdown" or "breakthrough"
depends on our ability & willingness to change our habits.
TESTIMONY
"This is one of the most effective approaches to education I've ever seen."
- John Records, Executive Director of Committee On The Shelterless COT
- Theresa Quinlan, mother of cast member
"I saw the performance last night with my daughter and husband and we were each deeply moved and impressed. What you have done here is big, really BIG. This performance breaks down barriers and halts judgments. It opens our minds and hearts to each other while showing how we each have the ability to change ourselves and our world for the better. I hope this show is ongoing and travels far. Congratulations and thank you."
- Tanya Baccarat, Healthy Community Consortium
Media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsfxauaY9s0
ACTORS LIFE
http://www.actorslife.com/nyc-do-not-miss-prop-8-love-stories-comes-to-off-broadway/
Sally Miller Gearhart - "Jesus & Milk"
NPR RADIO - "Sonoma Spotlight"
http://www.actorslife.com/nyc-do-not-miss-prop-8-love-stories-comes-to-off-broadway/
http://zoominlocal.com/santa-rosa-press-democrat/2010/11/04/#?article=1066218
PESS DEMOCRAT article by Sam Scott
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