VIPs is a constellation of four theaters, three in Vermont and one in Quebec. It aspires to be binational and bilingual. We look forward to the day when we can share audiences and knowledge across the border and not be hampered by political or linguistic barriers. We are a region that spans two states and one province. We share a climate and an ecology. We are called the Champlain Valley We could be a united artistic community. That is our mission in presenting our first festival
WHICH IS is a Virtual Theater Festival offering a selection of theater works. . If you care to see some HOT THEATER this weekend APRIL 24th and 25th go to to http://vipsalon.org. We will link you to videos of a wide selection of theater artists.
Our first weekend is curated by David Schein and hosted by Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington VT. It includes
Song of MySelf
1. SONG OF MYSELF; JOHN O’KEEFE: John O’Keefe interprets Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself: 50 Minutes, Filmed by William Farley at “The Marsh” in San Francisco, 2007 PG. Actor Playwright John O’Keefe delivers excerpts and commentary on Walt Whitman’s classic celebration of “self” and the act of self-realization. He has an extraordinary gift with language, as a writer and performer.
“Mr. O’Keefe can snare his audience with his imagistic audacity and demonic narrative momentum with the gut-grabbing pull of a horror movie.”Ben Brantley, New York Times
2. DR. SEBASTIAN BRACKENRIDGE: GORGONA, PG, 35 Min.
World famous Demigod and Supernatural historian, delivers a lecture about Gorgons. Who were the gorgons? Were they really that ugly or are we just talking about a bad case of acne? Dr. Brackenridge leaves the crowd shocked in this hysterical parody of a BBC program.
Dr. Sebastian Brackenridge is a world-famous Demigod and Supernatural historian, social media influencer, pet video posting aficionado, and one of the gayest men in Great Britain. His hilarious lectures are in high demand...in his mind.
3. MONKEY MAN: DANA BLOCK : PG 35 min.
Monkey Man is a solo show written and performed by theater artist Dana Block. It is about her teenaged brother falling off the edge of sanity and the effect that had on her and her family who, at the time, did not understand his mental illness. Much of it is based on her brother’s writings, set down in notebooks as his hallucinations began to take over his sense of reality. Heartbreaking and Funny and Real . Monkey Man has been performed in Vermont and Chicago and most recently at the United Solo Festival, Theater Row, 42nd Street, where this was filmed in 2019 by Todd Baker.
Dana Block is an actress and writer who has performed in many theaters around the country, in Chicago, Boston, NYC, Buffalo and San Francisco and locally with Vermont Stage and Lost Nation Theater and at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts. Her original works include "Monkey Man," La Vache Sauvage," "Queen Kong," and "My Hair Piece."
4. FLOCKS: A POEM BY GEOF HEWITT, 3 Min
Poet Geof Hewitt spends a lot of time at his bird feeder studying birds. He marvels at their intelligence and incredible coordination. Not to compare them to humans....but…
Geof Hewitt used to live in a cabin 12 miles south of the 48th parallel with his wife and young son, the author Ben Hewitt. He has published four poetry collections and four books of nonfiction. He is the Godfather of Vermont Slams and is the self proclaimed reigning "Slam Champ of Ver
mont.” Geof is a teacher and continues to write, and sometimes offers writing workshops in schools, libraries, and community centers.5. MONKEY MAN:
5. MAN IN THE MOON BY JOHN O’KEEFE PERFORMED BY DAVID SCHEIN, PG, 19 MIN, filmed by David Tepfer in Paris at L’Etalier de la Main’ D’Or, Paris, 2020
This is a poetic rant delivered by a guy living on the street to passersby at a bus-stop. The speaker is possessed by the spirit of the Moon, his protectress, to whom he attributes all his yearning, anger and love. Man in the Moon was first performed by David Schein in 1983 in Berkeley California and was revived by him in 2018. It is published in a marvelous collection of John O’Keefe’s solo works; “Shimmer and Other Texts. “
John O’Keefe’s bio is above
David Schein has played many roles in the theater: actor, director, playwright, producer, composer and producer. He is the cofounder of the Grotowski-based Iowa Theater Lab, the acclaimed Berkeley-based performance ensemble -The Blake Street Hawkeyes, and also of One Love HIV/AIDS Awareness Theater in Ethiopia.
David Tepfer is a scientist, photo/videographer, writer and cyclist. He co-founded L'Etalier de la Main D'Or in Paris, France, with his late wife, the singer Becky Tepfer,. His concert and outdoor videos can be found on his YouTube channel. His novel,
6. BREAKING NEWS CLARA FRANCESCA , PG-13, 12 MIN
Breaking News: Children taken from their homes, Clara Francesca, (political satire)
WARNING: Whites may feel uncomfortable…..?
Written by FRANCESCA TORCOLETTO, Directed by MONICA CALLAN, Edited by She’s Excited!, Music by She’s Excited! Produced as a collaboration with XRE (Extended Reality Ensemble, www.xrensemble.com), Todd Licea as Paul, Biggi Fritzsche as Anja Schulte, Francesca Torcoletto as Dr. Eloise Peacock
Why are white people struggling to reconcile with their inner racism? Reports of white mothers with mixed-race children in Manhattan using the N-word in front of their children to a bagel shop worker, epitomizes the need for more active courageous conversations by white people for white people because "Racism" is a white person's problem.
7. PHINNEUS SONIN: ANAL KNAVEL PG XXX: 6 min
Written and performed by PHINNEUS SONIN, The show is gross and funny and probably would vastly entertain any four year old . Phinn gleefully deconstructs "good taste." He is a local eccentric performing around Burlington for the last 20 years. He has performed with Cabaret troupes, burlesque shows, and local video projects. He is the owner of Junktiqies, a Burlington drift shop and is the Father of Esse Luma, another local performer!
8. OUT COMES BUTCH DAVID SCHEIN PG XXX, 29 min
filmed by David Tepfer in Paris at L’Etalier de la Main’ D’Or, 2020 Language, Adult Content P. A gender bending cycle of transformation. Published in West Coast Plays. Schein has performed Butch hundreds of times in the USA Canada and Europe
“Half the crowd wanted his blood, the rest would have happily settled for his autograph. Many people felt it was the bravest and possibly the cleverest and most manipulative comedy act they’d ever seen.” – Felix Green, The Voice, “Britain’s Best Black Newspaper”
“With breathtaking cheek and speed it charts one man’s hysterical circular odyssey through every sexual stereotype available to an aware person.” – Joyce Mcmillan, The Guardian
8. BREAKING NEWS CLARA FRANCESCA , PG-13, 12 MIN
Breaking News: Children taken from their homes, Clara Francesca, (political satire)
WARNING: Whites may feel uncomfortable…..?
Written by FRANCESCA TORCOLETTO, Directed by MONICA CALLAN, Edited by She’s Excited!, Music by She’s Excited! Produced as a collaboration with XRE (Extended Reality Ensemble, www.xrensemble.com), Todd Licea as Paul, Biggi Fritzsche as Anja Schulte, Francesca Torcoletto as Dr. Eloise Peacock
Why are white people struggling to reconcile with their inner racism? Reports of white mothers with mixed-race children in Manhattan using the N-word in front of their children to a bagel shop worker, epitomizes the need for more active courageous conversations by white people for white people because "Racism" is a white person's problem.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
and
to be invited to the
zoomtalk with artists at 7PM
Sunday, April 25th Go to the website at
http://vipsalon.org/
for more information
and to be invited to the
zoomtalk with artists at 7PM
Sunday, April 25th
We will see you there
WHICH IS is a Virtual Theater Festival offering a selection of theater works. . If you care to see some HOT THEATER this weekend APRIL 24th and 25th go to to http://vipsalon.org. We will link you to videos of a wide selection of theater artists.
Our first weekend is curated by David Schein and hosted by Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington VT. It includes
Song of MySelf
1. SONG OF MYSELF; JOHN O’KEEFE: John O’Keefe interprets Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself: 50 Minutes, Filmed by William Farley at “The Marsh” in San Francisco, 2007 PG. Actor Playwright John O’Keefe delivers excerpts and commentary on Walt Whitman’s classic celebration of “self” and the act of self-realization. He has an extraordinary gift with language, as a writer and performer.
“Mr. O’Keefe can snare his audience with his imagistic audacity and demonic narrative momentum with the gut-grabbing pull of a horror movie.”Ben Brantley, New York Times
2. DR. SEBASTIAN BRACKENRIDGE: GORGONA, PG, 35 Min.
World famous Demigod and Supernatural historian, delivers a lecture about Gorgons. Who were the gorgons? Were they really that ugly or are we just talking about a bad case of acne? Dr. Brackenridge leaves the crowd shocked in this hysterical parody of a BBC program.
Dr. Sebastian Brackenridge is a world-famous Demigod and Supernatural historian, social media influencer, pet video posting aficionado, and one of the gayest men in Great Britain. His hilarious lectures are in high demand...in his mind.
3. MONKEY MAN: DANA BLOCK : PG 35 min.
Monkey Man is a solo show written and performed by theater artist Dana Block. It is about her teenaged brother falling off the edge of sanity and the effect that had on her and her family who, at the time, did not understand his mental illness. Much of it is based on her brother’s writings, set down in notebooks as his hallucinations began to take over his sense of reality. Heartbreaking and Funny and Real . Monkey Man has been performed in Vermont and Chicago and most recently at the United Solo Festival, Theater Row, 42nd Street, where this was filmed in 2019 by Todd Baker.
Dana Block is an actress and writer who has performed in many theaters around the country, in Chicago, Boston, NYC, Buffalo and San Francisco and locally with Vermont Stage and Lost Nation Theater and at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts. Her original works include "Monkey Man," La Vache Sauvage," "Queen Kong," and "My Hair Piece."
4. FLOCKS: A POEM BY GEOF HEWITT, 3 Min
Poet Geof Hewitt spends a lot of time at his bird feeder studying birds. He marvels at their intelligence and incredible coordination. Not to compare them to humans....but…
Geof Hewitt used to live in a cabin 12 miles south of the 48th parallel with his wife and young son, the author Ben Hewitt. He has published four poetry collections and four books of nonfiction. He is the Godfather of Vermont Slams and is the self proclaimed reigning "Slam Champ of Ver
mont.” Geof is a teacher and continues to write, and sometimes offers writing workshops in schools, libraries, and community centers.5. MONKEY MAN:
5. MAN IN THE MOON BY JOHN O’KEEFE PERFORMED BY DAVID SCHEIN, PG, 19 MIN, filmed by David Tepfer in Paris at L’Etalier de la Main’ D’Or, Paris, 2020
This is a poetic rant delivered by a guy living on the street to passersby at a bus-stop. The speaker is possessed by the spirit of the Moon, his protectress, to whom he attributes all his yearning, anger and love. Man in the Moon was first performed by David Schein in 1983 in Berkeley California and was revived by him in 2018. It is published in a marvelous collection of John O’Keefe’s solo works; “Shimmer and Other Texts. “
John O’Keefe’s bio is above
David Schein has played many roles in the theater: actor, director, playwright, producer, composer and producer. He is the cofounder of the Grotowski-based Iowa Theater Lab, the acclaimed Berkeley-based performance ensemble -The Blake Street Hawkeyes, and also of One Love HIV/AIDS Awareness Theater in Ethiopia.
David Tepfer is a scientist, photo/videographer, writer and cyclist. He co-founded L'Etalier de la Main D'Or in Paris, France, with his late wife, the singer Becky Tepfer,. His concert and outdoor videos can be found on his YouTube channel. His novel,
6. BREAKING NEWS CLARA FRANCESCA , PG-13, 12 MIN
Breaking News: Children taken from their homes, Clara Francesca, (political satire)
WARNING: Whites may feel uncomfortable…..?
Written by FRANCESCA TORCOLETTO, Directed by MONICA CALLAN, Edited by She’s Excited!, Music by She’s Excited! Produced as a collaboration with XRE (Extended Reality Ensemble, www.xrensemble.com), Todd Licea as Paul, Biggi Fritzsche as Anja Schulte, Francesca Torcoletto as Dr. Eloise Peacock
Why are white people struggling to reconcile with their inner racism? Reports of white mothers with mixed-race children in Manhattan using the N-word in front of their children to a bagel shop worker, epitomizes the need for more active courageous conversations by white people for white people because "Racism" is a white person's problem.
7. PHINNEUS SONIN: ANAL KNAVEL PG XXX: 6 min
Written and performed by PHINNEUS SONIN, The show is gross and funny and probably would vastly entertain any four year old . Phinn gleefully deconstructs "good taste." He is a local eccentric performing around Burlington for the last 20 years. He has performed with Cabaret troupes, burlesque shows, and local video projects. He is the owner of Junktiqies, a Burlington drift shop and is the Father of Esse Luma, another local performer!
8. OUT COMES BUTCH DAVID SCHEIN PG XXX, 29 min
filmed by David Tepfer in Paris at L’Etalier de la Main’ D’Or, 2020 Language, Adult Content P. A gender bending cycle of transformation. Published in West Coast Plays. Schein has performed Butch hundreds of times in the USA Canada and Europe
“Half the crowd wanted his blood, the rest would have happily settled for his autograph. Many people felt it was the bravest and possibly the cleverest and most manipulative comedy act they’d ever seen.” – Felix Green, The Voice, “Britain’s Best Black Newspaper”
“With breathtaking cheek and speed it charts one man’s hysterical circular odyssey through every sexual stereotype available to an aware person.” – Joyce Mcmillan, The Guardian
8. BREAKING NEWS CLARA FRANCESCA , PG-13, 12 MIN
Breaking News: Children taken from their homes, Clara Francesca, (political satire)
WARNING: Whites may feel uncomfortable…..?
Written by FRANCESCA TORCOLETTO, Directed by MONICA CALLAN, Edited by She’s Excited!, Music by She’s Excited! Produced as a collaboration with XRE (Extended Reality Ensemble, www.xrensemble.com), Todd Licea as Paul, Biggi Fritzsche as Anja Schulte, Francesca Torcoletto as Dr. Eloise Peacock
Why are white people struggling to reconcile with their inner racism? Reports of white mothers with mixed-race children in Manhattan using the N-word in front of their children to a bagel shop worker, epitomizes the need for more active courageous conversations by white people for white people because "Racism" is a white person's problem.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
and
to be invited to the
zoomtalk with artists at 7PM
Sunday, April 25th Go to the website at
http://vipsalon.org/
for more information
and to be invited to the
zoomtalk with artists at 7PM
Sunday, April 25th
We will see you there
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Off Center for the Dramatic Arts is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts
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