Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble returns to Chandler Center for the Arts for a spectacular weekend of performances on October 5 & 6, 2024! We invite you to join us for rehearsals to learn Soundpainting and participate in the show!
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
Monday, Sept 30 - Friday, Oct 4
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Group 1 - Monday / Wednesday / Friday Dress Rehearsal
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Group 2 - Tues / Thurs / Friday Dress Rehearsal
Community Meal 6 - 7 PM, Rehearsal 7 - 9 PM
SHOW SCHEDULE
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Saturday, Oct 5 @ 7 PM
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Sunday, Oct 6 @ 3 PM
*All rehearsals and performances will be held at Chandler Center for the Arts, 71 N Main St, Randolph, VT 05060.
Participants must commit to BOTH performances.
Tune on a Distant Hill is no ordinary show; it's a collage of sight and sound, a kaleidoscope of dance, music, and monologues. Weaving together colorful tales of the Green Mountain Mermaid and the fabled "Pig Man" with the personal narratives of hardworking farmers, restless youth, wealthy transplants, and undervalued migrant workers, Tune on a Distant Hill paints a vivid and poignant portrait of Vermont life.
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Strike Anywhere and Chandler Center for the Arts invite you to experience Tune on a Distant Hill and immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Central Vermont! The show will be Soundpainted - a unique live-composing sign language that allows a composer/conductor to create spontaneous compositions with improvisers in real time. Strike Anywhere is the preeminent Soundpainting ensemble in the U.S.
Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble Residency
Tune on a Distant Hill
In 2023 Chandler received a grant from an anonymous family foundation to create a play exploring themes and issues of social justice through the stories of residents in our central Vermont community. We hope you’ll join and be a part of this collaborative project. There will be two week-long residencies with company artists, with workshops August 19-25, 2024, followed by the final production September 30-October 6.
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About Strike Anywhere
Established in 1997, the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble is an interdisciplinary collective of world-class improvisers. The company creates provocative performances and innovative education programs that promote empathy, creativity and civic discourse. Strike Anywhere’s work is guided by the words of Bertolt Brecht, "Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it." SA performances always feature live music, physical theater and dance. Strike Anywhere is the preeminent theater company in the United States practicing Soundpainting, a universal sign-language developed by composer Walter Thompson for live composition with improvisers. Strike Anywhere has performed and taught in over 200 venues in 16 states and eight countries.
