“Animal Wisdom.”
If you are not well versed with some of theatre’s backstage traditions and superstitions, you may be unfamiliar with the concept of the “ghost light.” It is a light that is kept on at all times in a theatre, even when the theater is empty or not being used. It is usually a bare bulb at the center of the stage stark, but effective. Some say that its purpose is based in practicality and that the electric light allows people not to trip and injure themselves. When it was a gas light, it was to prevent the buildup of gas. While both of these explanations are plausible, most theatre people know that’s only the surface of meaning these lights provide. They are also rumored to appease or drive away the ghosts that theaters are known to attract and to provide protection to the performers still in the land of the living. This belief gets at the heart of “Animal Wisdom,” the first musical presented by dynamic and system-disrupting Woolly Mammoth Theatre Comp
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Animal Wisdom, a new film of her stage show.
Americans have never been less attached to religion. According to Gallup, only 47 percent of Americans belong to a church, synagogue, or mosque and the fastest-growing religion in the United States is none. But just because we are losing our taste for organized religion doesn t mean there isn t plenty of hunger for disorganized, even messy kinds of faith (if you don t believe me, you ve obviously never sat in a gay bar and suffered through a sermon about your astrological chart). Enter Heather Christian and her idiosyncratic Louisiana mysticism, fascinatingly communicated through a show that is part concert and part séance.
8:00 AM
Drift by Daniel Wohl - Commissioned by iSing Silicon Valley Girlchoir - Commissioned by iSing, Drift is a five-minute multimedia work for treble choir, electronics, acoustic instruments, and video. It is iSing s first multimedia, and entirely digital commission. Drift will debut on May 15th at 8am on iSing s YouTube channel. The piece will also be a part of their concert, Choosing Harmony. click here
10:30 AM
Sonia De Los Santos - Children and grownups of all backgrounds adore the joyful and bright music of Sonia De Los Santos. Her songs, in both Spanish and English, reflect her inspiring journey of growing up in Mexico and moving to New York City. This performance will be streamed Live from The Conrad on May 15 and will be available to stream on-demand until May 22, 2021. click here