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March 7 - 15, 2009
Bedlam Theater, 1501 S. 6th Street , Minneapolis
Special Preview March 6th@ 9:30p
Thurs - Sat. @ 8pm; Sundays @ 4pm
Tickets: 612-338-9817 or bedlamtheatre.org
About the show:
Unconventional, side-splitting and fantastical, Hmoob-land
is a performance that combines spoken word, documentary theater, storytelling
and mythology to explore the absurdities of the perception of the Hmong from
within and outside the community. Director/Writer Robert Karimi weaves the
words and movement of the Dabneeg<>Dawning Theater Ensemble , a dynamic
group of Hmong and non-Hmong artists, to investigate how does a population
without a recognized country identify itself? How do residents of a displaced
community respond to definition inside and outside of the community?
Through a 12 week process, ensemble members dealt with these questions, and
created work that designers and lead writer riffed upon. Creating a backdrop
where everyday intersects with a mythological land through breathtaking backdrops
and masks designed by award winning artist Kaolee Thao and Ashle Kubesh of
Folklore Studios; and costumes by Oskar Ly of OsCouture, Hmoob-land fleshes
out cultural beliefs, traditional practices, and revelations to sacred doors
that challenge audience of all kinds to consider how we all create home and
find the heart of our communities.
Dabneeg<>Dawning Theater Ensemble consists of performers Angie Hardy,
Damian Johnson, Ernest Briggs, Evelyn Mouacheupao, Katie Ka Vang, Lindsey
Cacich, May Lee Yang, Melissa Ka Vang, Phasoua Vang, Tengo Lor, Schoua Na
Yang.
This program is a collaboration between:
Dabneeg<>Dawning Theatre is a program of C.H.A.T. (CENTER FOR HMONG
ARTS AND TALENT) a multi-disciplinary arts organization with a mission to
nurture, explore and illuminate the Hmong American experience through artistic
expressions and
kaotic good productions creates, and develops ensemble based interdisciplinary,
culturally mixed, community-oriented, organic performances to explore the
funny and not so funny revelations that occur when pop culture, personal history
and politics collide. Through this work, kaotic good has received awards from
the Mayor of Anchorage, Illinois Humanities Council, Minnesota State Arts
Board and the National Performance Network. For more, go to kaoticgood.com
WHEN: March 6-15, 2009, Thurs. - Sat. 8PM, Sun. 4PM, Friday March 6 preview
9:30PM
WHERE: BEDLAM THEATER- 1501 S. 6th Street ON THE WEST BANK Minneapolis
COST: $15/ $12 students and seniors (group discounts available contact box
office: 612-338-9817)
