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Summer 2003
presents...
In "Eating
Dreams," Marinetti, Artaud, Schenkar, Breuer, The Symbolists,
Pinter, and Grotowski are eating dreams of ducklings.
The themes in "Eating Dreams" are taken from Hans
Christian Andersen's dark tale of terror, identity crisis,
misdirected love, gender insecurity, death, and brutal mayhem.
That's right, The Ugly Duckling.
See ravaged waterfowl and feathers fly in The Ugly Duckling
as you have never before imagined it.
Founded in 1989 and now in its fifteenth season, the Manhattan
Experimental Theater Workshop is a program of the Manhattan
Arts Center in Manhattan, Kansas. MXTW is a five week event
that takes place every May to June that is part classroom and part
production company. In addition to studying examples of various
styles of avant garde theater, participants write and
perform original pieces "under the influence" of the
styles they have studied.
Each season, these original theater pieces are grouped
thematically around some piece of "high culture" or "popular culture." Themes in the
past have come from the likes of Shakespeare, Sophocles, the Bible, and from such popular stories as Bambi,
The Little Mermaid, and Peter Pan.
Dissecting our popular mythologies through the techniques of avant
garde theater, MXTW tells you stories you only thought you
knew. The results are performances that are definitely not
for children, nor for the faint of heart. Explosively
physical, deeply analytical, highly amusing, and not a little
disturbing, MXTW's performances will engage your mind, grip your
soul, and astound your senses. |
