Hand2Mouth Theatre
Hand2Mouth Theatre is a theater group in Portland, Oregon. The group works together to create their performances. They decide all languages, movements and designs themselves, instead of working from a script.[1][2]
Influences
changeHand2Mouth Theatre is influenced by the work of Forced Entertainment [3] Elevator Repair Service, and Jerzy Grotowski.
History
changeJonathan Walters founded Hand2Mouth in 2000. He had trained with street theatre troupe Teatr Biuro Podrozy[4] in Poland. As of 2009, Hand2Mouth had created 15 original performances. The group had grown to include a core of company members and associate artists. Company members have traveled and studied in London, New York, Poland, Denmark and Mexico City.[1]
Performance History
change2002 - Blue Mountain Community College, Pendelton, OR (Jerusalem)
2003 - River Theatre, Astoria, OR (Posture Queen)
2004 - Open Theatre International Festival, Katowice, Poland (Blue with Stacja Szamocin)
2004 - Pablo Neruda Centenary Festival, Portland State University, Portland, OR (Slender with Carpetbag Brigade)
2004 - PuppetLove! Festival, San Francisco, CA (The Wild Child)
2004 - River Theatre, Astoria, OR (Thirst)
2005 - Festival Malta, Poznan, Poland (Blue with Stacja Szamocin)
2005 - Kalisz Theatre Festival, Kalisz, Poland (Blue with Stacja Szamocin)
2005 - Edmonds Community College, Seattle, WA (The Wild Child)
2005 - Willamette University, Salem, OR (The Wild Child)
2006 - Just Add Water Festival, Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR (After Hours)
2007 - On the Boards, Seattle, WA (Repeat After Me)[5]
2007 - Time-Based Art Festival, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR (Repeat After Me)
2007 - Northwest New Works Festival, On the Boards, Seattle, WA (Repeat After Me - excerpt)
2008 - Myrna Loy Center, Helena, MT (Repeat After Me)
2008 - Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA (Project X: You Are Here)
2008 - NW New Works Festival, Seattle, WA (Undine)
2008 - 10 Tiny Dances, Portland, OR (Project X: You Are Here)
2009 - Fury Festival, Fury Factory, San Francisco, CA (Repeat After Me)
2013 - The Left Hand of Darkness, Portland, Oregon.[6]
2015 - Time, A Fair Hustler, Fertile Ground Festival, Portland, OR.[7]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hand2Mouth Theatre - About". Archived from the original on 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ↑ "Theater Review: 'Everyone Who Looks Like You' at Portland's Hand2Mouth". 18 May 2009.
- ↑ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2003990369_mouth03.html
- ↑ http://www.teatrbiuropodrozy.ipoznan.pl/indexeng.html
- ↑ "'Repeat After Me's' high energy is touching". 3 November 2007.
- ↑ Hughley, Marty (May 5, 2013). "Theater review: 'The Left Hand of Darkness' finds deeply human love on a cold, blue world". Oregon Live. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Even More Fertile Ground: Hand2Mouth Theatre Reimagines My Own Private Idaho". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
Other websites
change- Official website Archived 2019-04-28 at the Wayback Machine - www.hand2mouththeatre.org
- Portland Mercury feature article on Repeat After Me
- Seattle PI review of Repeat After Me
- Oregonian review of Project X: You Are Here
- Portland Mercury review of Undine
- Oregonian review of Everyone Who Looks Like You