Hello
We are local performers we have come together to create a special event to support and encourage community and culture in Southern Humboldt County in recognition and celebration of our strength and perseverance.
Creative expression creates culture,
culture creates community,
community creates resilience!
The Event:
September 13-15 for 'Phoenix Rising.'
Saturday Afternoon 9/14, 2:00-6:30, Join us for a free celebration of community resilience and creativity in Southern Humboldt County! with music, puppets, workshops and exhibition, non-profit organization information sharing and food, as we come together to celebrate our ability to navigate our changing environment.
Bring your musical instruments for impromptu jam sessions!
This project was developed by performers that regularly make use of the Redwood Playhouse; Recycled Youth, Random People Theatre, Feet First Dancers, & the Spring Chickens, uniting under the theme of community resilience. Performances were created through the summer to prepare for the show with the support of the Humboldt Creative Alliance, and the North Coast Repertory Theatre, with Funds from Humboldt County Measure J occupancy tax revenue.
The goal of the project is to support Southern Humboldt Performers with a Summertime event in a collaboration of Redwood Playhouse affiliated producers and performers, teachers and volunteers, and to bring local organizations and the community together to network, collaborate, and have fun!
Friday & Saturday will feature A collaborative stage show @ 7:00pm
with doors opening at 6:30
Sunday will repeat the show for a 2:00 pm Matinee, doors at 1:30
Tickets at the door - Sliding scale admission of $10-$20
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
The Show:
The Spring Chickens in:
‘Ain’t Gone Yet’
Cast:
Jenny Edwards
Marilyn Foote
Barbara Penny
Joani Rose
Directed by:
Joani Rose
Additional direction
& co-creation:
Susan Alexander
Musicians:
Marcia Mendels
Jeanne York.
Songs:
Ghost Town
Sea of Grey
Written by Joani Rose
Recycled Youth in:
‘Plastic Love Story’
Cast:
Abelia Shelton
Chloe Reed
Eamon Marshall
Evie Dowd
Flint Mengual
Iris Hughes-Wait
Jenna Hughes-Wait
Jedaiah Marshall
Julian Jackson
Leia Carrico
Lisa Quinn
Ohalia Holland
Ouasha Greenhaw
River Lee
Uma Phillips
Zariah Andres
Ziya Prescott
Directed by:
Jessica Rubin
with Barbara Penny
Musical Director:
Jessi Lea Langston
Choreography:
Christy Augustine
Feet First Dancers
in:
‘I Rise’
Music:
Rise Up by Andra Day
‘We Rise’
Music:
Change on the Rise by Avi Kaplan
‘Resilience’
Music:
Sea Palm by Jessi Lea Langston
Dancers:
Sue Burdick, Jonathan Acolese,
Sophia Formosa, Heidi Holtermann,
Nona Ikeda, Jazmihn Lambley,
Jessi Lea Langston,
Jessica Rubin, Emily Totten,
&
Sheila O’Toole (Happy Healing)
Choreography:
Sue Burdick
With The Dancers
Random People in:
‘The Harvest Festival’
Cast:
The Ordinator Agnes Patak
The Acolyte Sarah Budnick
The Fire God Uma Phillips
The Sage Julian Jackson
The Farmer Daniel Murchison
The Huntress Chloe Reed
The Hierophant Andy Caffrey
Rebecca Katie Phillips
Fernardo Shaka Sickels
Humphred Carl Hanson
Reveler Old Person
Small Person Small Person
Moneylender Galen Latsko
Written and Directed by Galen Latsko
Story by Galen Latsko & Shaka Sickels
Special Thanks to:
Susan Alexander, Marilyn Foote, Jenny Edwards,
& Barbara Penny
Music:
“Spirit Temple” Koji Kondo
“Millennial Fair” Yasunori Mitsuda
“Raktika Greatwood” Masayoshi Soken
“Hills of Radiant Wind” Keiichi Okabe
“Face Shrine” Kazumi Totaka, Minako Hamano,
& Kozue Ishikawa
Producers:
Joshua Golden, Jessica Rubin
Emily Totten & Jessi Lea Langston
With special thanks to:
Cynthia Martells & Calder Johnson of NCRT
Technical support:
Light design & engineering:
Gary Quinn
with Daniel Murchison
Sound:
Jeannie York
Sound Engineering:
Gary Quinn
Graphics, Scenic Projection,
Stagecraft & Phoenix puppet:
Joshua Golden
Stage Manager:
Susan Alexander
Stage Crew:
Terri Klemetson
Javier Rodriguez
Emily Totten
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