July 29-31, outdoors, on the Hampshire College Campus in Amherst, MA Amherst, MA–The final summer season of the Ko Festival of Performance closes with “EZELL: Ballad of a Land Man,” which will be performed outdoors on the Hampshire College campus, July 29-31. An environmental, cultural, and spiritual parable of domination…
Amherst, MA–The final summer season of the Ko Festival of Performance opens with “FLUSHING (Make Room for Someone Else),” conceived and written by Linda Parris-Bailey and Eric Bass, with original songs by Linda Parris-Bailey and Eric Bass, directed by Kathie deNobriga, and performed by Linda Parris-Bailey, Eric Bass and Kirk Murphy.…
July 18–31 on the Hampshire College Campus in Amherst, MA The Ko Festival of Performances’ 31st—and final—season will include two productions curated around the theme of “Stepping Up / Stepping Back,” plus a Story Slam and the return of a favorite Personal Narrative workshop. This season’s events will take place…
FLUSHING (Make Room for Someone Else) SANDGLASS THEATER & PARRIS-BAILEY ARTS July 22 & 23, 2022 | Fri. & Sat at 8 p.m. | Sun. July 24 at 4 p.m.in the Mainstage Theater in Emily Dickinson Hall on the Hampshire College campus. Conceived and Written by Linda Parris-Bailey and Eric Basswith original songs…
Wild Mushrooms: Aging With Art6/4/22 at 8:00 PM, 6/5/22 at 4:00 PMNorthampton Center for the Arts The Wild Mushrooms are a collaborative of 5 women artists who are continuing to make art as they age. Ellen Wittlinger, a playwright, will present a short play, “Four Daughters,” Madelyn Farr is a…
by Gail M. Burns The Ko Festival of Performance kicks off its 2022 Season with Canary in a Gold Mine, a solo online performance piece created and performed by Jonathan Mirin of the Piti Theatre Company. “This piece is not Zoom Theater, but a work made especially for the web…
The Ko Festival of Performance begins 2022 with a pre-Valentine’s Day online treat: “Canary in a Gold Mine.” Not Zoom Theater, but made especially for the web, Canary… uses a comedic lens to explore fatherhood, marriage and environmental health. Locked down during COVID and desperate to make theatre, Piti Theatre’s Jonathan Mirin turns the camera on…
After a sold-out live run of MOVING WATER, the Ko Festival’s 30th “Justice, Environmental Safety and Climate Change” season concludes with the premiere of HAWAII FIVE-G: Canary in the Gold Mine. The production is made specifically for online viewing by and with Jonathan Mirin of Piti Theatre Company. With a partner sickened by…
