Foothills Performing Arts Center presents
NEW VAUDEVILLE AT FOOTHILLS
admission for all shows is $10 + the roll of a die
Curtain at 9:30pm
A weekly dose of improv, magic, original plays
and other performances that defy description.
The Neo-Futurists (1 troupe. 30 plays. 60 minutes.)
November 7 & 21, December 5
TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND
is described as “an ever-changing attempt to perform 30 personal, political, satirical, serious, comic and surreal plays in 60 minutes.” Though the show is different each time, new material added, existing material affected by audiences and performers, each performance promises an emotional and intellectual roller coaster of ideas and images ridden at breakneck speeds by a participating audience. Each short play is written by a performer, honed by the ensemble, and randomly collaged with 29 other plays through high-energy audience participation. This rollicking ride is the anchor performing group of the “New Vaudeville” series at Foothills.
“A rejuvenating exploration of the human condition.” –Washington Square News
“Like the glory days of Saturday Night Live, only funnier and
slightly surreal.” –Backstage
“Viscerally exploits the connection between performer and spectator for maximum ka-pow.” –NY Theatre
The Pumpkin Pie Show
November 14
Clay McLeod Chapman's
rigorous
storytelling session -
Fresh off their hugely successful international summer tour, the award winning THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW returns to New York City to celebrate their 10th anniversary with a hand-selected roster of a decades worth of their favorite stories. A literary fist in the face. Part monologue, part boxing match -- THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW is a rigorous storytelling session packed with enough intensity to feel like a rock concert rather than a bedtime tale. Filled with tales of the bizarre, dark, and perverted, THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW is bedtime stories for adults. Every story is chosen at random each night, so each show is guaranteed to be completely different from the last. This is THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW like you’ve never seen it before!
- Like a demonic angel on a skateboard, like a resurrected Artaud on methadrine, like a tattletale psychiatrist turned rodeo clown, Clay McLeod Chapman races back and forth along the serrated edges of everyday American madness, objectively recording each whimper of anguish, each whisper of skewed desire. This is strong stuff, intense stuff, sometimes disturbing stuff, but I think the many who admire Chuck Palahniuk will admire Chapman as well. -- Tom Robbins, author, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
- Think Edward Gorey. Think Charles Adams. Think Stephen King. But think beyond any of those practitioners of the dark arts. Chapman’s pieces go past the macabre, the offbeat, the unexpected, to make strong statements about the human condition. – Backstage (04)
- It would be simplistic to describe Clay McLeod Chapman’s stories as disturbing. His words often trigger an assault to the listener’s imagination using noxious imagery, but just as quickly they can instill affecting, even life-affirming notions. – Flavorpill (2004)
