Possibilitarian Puppet Theater presents
Insurgent Theatre
from Colombus, OH
and their play IN THE BELLY
Monday, September 12th, 2011
at 8 PM
IN THE BELLY depicts long term solitary confinement in order to begin a critique of the entire US prison system. This collaboratively developed workshop piece draws from many prisoner accounts, audience feedback and close study of history, including ideas from Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish.
WHERE: Possibilitarian Puppet Theater's place, 2909 E. 117th Street, Cleveland (Enter through first floor or around back. Show in basement- early seating is best.)
WHEN: Monday, September 12th, 2011
@ 8 PM
HOW: Donation, no one turned away. Funds go towards Ohio Prisoner solidarity work with RedBird Prison Abolition RedBirdPrisonAbolition.org
***This show contains nudity, violence and other sad realities of the US prison system.
Contact Diana at 216-752-1307 for more info.
MORE ABOUT IN THE BELLY:
In the belly is where things digest, where they are broken down so their value can be extracted. This is where things are made to rot. If our society is a beast, it's belly is the prison system. This new work from Insurgent Theatre seeks to manifest imprisonment on stage, overlays it with critical analysis of the system, and follows up with in-depth discussion about abolishing prison in America.
In the Belly was collaboratively created and performed by Weslie Coleman, Kate Pleuss, and Ben Turk in the winter of 2011. The cast imagined themselves in three of the 25,000 long term solitary confinement cells in America. They're performing what they discovered in a series of scattered moments, regimented actions and critical perspectives. After their first tours, the cast continued to develop and workshop the play, incorporating a theatrical adaptation of Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish.
"Most Americans seem to relate to prison as an unmentionable aspect of our society, something we all fear and regret, but few of us want to even imagine. For this project we have challenged ourselves to discover and share our notions of prison life and to imagine this system acting on our bodies and minds." -Cast Members
MORE ABOUT INSURGENT THEATRE:
Insurgent Theatre strives to connect performing arts with radical struggles, to make theatre that is relevant, engaging, challenging and useful for those who confront the US police state and global capitalist empire. We've been making original theatre since 2003 and frequently touring the country since August, 2008.
PRAISE FOR INSURGENT'S PREVIOUS WORK:
"One of the most inpiring DIY tours I have ever encountered. Its execution is intensly captivating and provocative. What other play features an hour of harsh interrogation and pistol-whipping followed by remarkably constructive conversation with its audience?" -Robert Inhuman, Realicide
"Insurgent Theatre's exciting, insightful, postdramatic scripts, their courageous acting and staging, and their generous, even tender, care for their audiences, reflect a passionate commitment to learning, [and] a faith in the value of theatrical communion." -John Schneider, Obie award winning playwright and cofounder of Theatre X
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