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Baby THEATER! 

1/28/2015

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Yup. That's right it's "baby theater" time! My next project is part of Theatre for the Very Young, a program of The  Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA. Over the past couple of years they have created 5 or 6 performances for children ages 0-5. Check out this video  to learn more and you'll see why they are considered leaders in the field!
This specific project is titled, Blub, Blub. It is new territory for me and for them, in that I will be responsible for leading a team of artists to create an "underwater" installation space with performance elements. Instead of taking place inside a contained blackbox space, I was hired to envision a room that can be interacted with by parents and children who stop in for a "swim", as well direct a 20 minute solo performance for the same environment.

There are endless factors to consider-- What materials are safe? How is the experience different for an infant vs. a toddler vs. an adult? How dark can the space be? What about shoes? Will an infant get inside a soft foam shell a la a  hermit crab? What about a liquid floor? This list goes on and on. . . 

Stay tuned for more updates as we start to test what works (and what doesn't) with various infant "focus groups" next month. In the mean time, here are some of the concept sketches by project designer, Jeffrey Zwartjes!

-PC
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