Our Award-winning production of A NEW BRAIN Directed by G.J. Clayburn
Assistant Director Music Director Stage Manager Production Team Cast Festival Musicians -----------------
STATE FESTIVAL The show received the highest honor, Best of Festival. Darcy Zimbrick also received recognition for her Music Direction work. This marks Chameleon's 2nd Best of Festival Award at the state competition. Assassins, presented at the 1999 Festival, also received the top honor. REGIONAL FESTIVAL
In just its fifth season, The Chameleon Theatre Circle has etched its name in the history books of Minnesota theatre. By earning Best of Festival honors with our production of A New Brain at the Region V AACT festival in Rochester MN, The Chameleon Theatre Circle became the fastest theatre in Minnesota to ever achieve two invitations to the national AACT festival. In thirty years of festival competition, only four theaters from Minnesota have advanced to compete at the national festival. This is The Chameleon Theatre Circle's second trip in three attempts. The Chameleon Theatre Circle received Best of Festival honors over other competing theaters from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. The production of A New Brain also garnered awards for Outstanding Achievement in Directing presented to G.J. Clayburn, and Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Performance given to the cast. The company then advanced to Torrington, Connecticut in June to compete against ten theaters from across the country.
NATIONAL FESTIVAL We packed our bags, loaded our set and made the 1,300+ mile trek to New England. Due to our regional festival being held later than most, the With a traveling party of at least 28, plus some great supporters, one could run into a Chameleonite at any turn. We performed on Friday around 6:00 p.m. or so to a great ovation. You all would have been proud of how we conducted ourselves and how our show represented our company. The support for our show was overwhelming. Upon the end of the performance, I needed to get from the back right side of the audience, to the back left side of the stage so we could start our strike. The applause and calls continued from the time the show ended to well past my arrival at the 10'x10' box we affectionately called 'home to momma'. At the awards ceremony, we were honored with an award for Choreography, which I accepted and I share with the cast and crew. For it truly is a group effort to coordinate and execute our movements on and off stage with the ease and grace of professionals. There were eleven shows at the festival and the adjudicators identify their top three shows. Unfortunately we were not among the top three shows in the adjudicators' All in all we had a great time, met some great friends, and made some great memories. I know I, for one, am a stronger director and person of theatre from this experience. And I think each of us took some additional knowledge and insight away from the experience. Congratulations to the cast and crew of A New Brain! You all will be remembered for your outstanding and high-quality work at every level of this experience!
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From the brilliant mind of composer-lyricist William Finn comes this one-of-a-kind musical about losing your mind. Or more accurately, losing your brain as you know it. Gordon Schwinn writes songs for a children's television show. He is under intense deadline pressure from his tyrannical boss to write a new song. Gordon tries hard to hold it all together, but his brain has other ideas.
Gordon is rewarded with a life-threatening aneurysm. Is arteriovenous malformation really the stuff of great musical theatre? It is when the songs seem to write themselves from the wellspring of Gordon's damaged mind... and when the villain of the story is a frog named Mr. Bungee. Funny, smart, sometimes sad and oddly uplifting, A New Brain is a hypnotic musical guaranteed to stick to your cerebral cortex.
THE STORY: A week after composer William Finn won a Tony Award for his groundbreaking show, Falsettos, he was mis-diagnosed with a brain tumor. A New Brain explores his ordeal with a funny and thoughtful flare -- as well as some GREAT music. Come see the award-winning show Only three places to see the revival performances before we head to Torrington, Conn. to compete at the National Festival:
All Tickets are $10.00
Tickets for the Minneapolis & Lakeville performances are available at the door, through email (tickets@seetheatre.org) or through pre-sales from a cast or crew member. Tickets for the Rochester performances are available through the Rochester Repertory Theatre. Donations to help off-set touring expenses will be accepted at all performances • "Feed the Frog" ~ Suggested for Mature Audiences due to Language and Situations~ |
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