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AN ORIGINAL THEATER PIECE WITH AN INTERPRETIVE AND VISUAL ART EXHIBITION
ARTSHIP Ensemble • San Francisco
2009 - 2010 Home Season & World Premiere
CounterPULSE
1310 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Thurs, Fri, Sat, February 12, 13, 14 - 8:00PM
Fri, Sat, February 20, 21 at 8:00PM
Sun, February 22 - 2:00 PM matinee with
the filming of the performance
Tickets $ 20 - students, seniors and CounterPULSE members $15
Tickets may be purchased online
via Brown Paper Tickets, or by calling: 1.800.838.3006
Conceived and Directed by Slobodan Dan Paich
in collaboration with the ensemble
Artship Actors, Dancers, and Singers:
Ana Diane Landelle, Tom Franco, Ali Tahbaz,
Mardi Van Winkle, Craig Coss, Nazila Ghazi,
Julia Lazar, Zia Burchert,
Damiana Carpizo,
Brandon Christian, Sam Rubin
Musicians:
Suellen Primost, Cello,
John Kadyk, Clarinet & Steel Drum,
Marie Perrey, Harmonium & Percussion
The central figure is Hypatia, daughter of the last chief librarian, who wanted to live a simple life, but events would not let her. Hypatia was one of the greatest mathematicians of her time, and head of the Academy in Alexandria. For her, the simple life was teaching day to day.
In the ebb and flow of history, times of cultural flourishing are superseded by times of oppression and darkness. It seems that the great library was burnt more than once.
