Erik Van Beuzekom, Artistic/Technical Director
Pattie
Miles Van Beuzekom Artistic/Education Director
The Paradise Theatre School
presents
THE MONKEYS OF PLANGON HILL
A new play by Erik Van Beuzekom
Adapted
from a short story by Leo Berenstain
May 23 - June
14 at 8:00 pm
Pay What You Can Performance (no reservations) Thursday, May
29 at 8:00pm
Matinee Saturday June 14 @ 2:00pm
Tickets $10
Purchase
tickets at
brownpapertickets.com or The Port Townsend Coop
Set in contemporary Indonesia, THE MONKEYS OF PLANGON HILL,
tells the story of Janet ( Pattie Miles Van Beuzekom) a British travel writer,
intent on discovering an attraction never before included in a guidebook. Janet
becomes unwilling to move on after witnessing a strange rite at a holy
gravesite inhabited by monkeys. This supernatural ceremony, partly due to her
presence, turns life threatening and spins this thriller out of control.
Director
Erik Van Beuzekom, is part Indonesian and was drawn
to the story on many levels. He
says, “I chose this piece because it represented a unique story where Eastern
mysticism meets the West. It is an ancient brooding dream of enchantment. As a
director, I wanted to challenge myself to work outside of realistic
representation on stage.”
THE MONKEYS OF PLANGON HILL
combines intense mask work with
Craig Jacobrown of The Maskery in Indianola, Wa, dance and monkey movement
directed by local performance artist Camille Hildebrant, and consultation from
primate expert and actor, Denise Fleener.
Van Beuzekom states,
“Craig, with the mask work, has opened
up a tremendous opportunity for actors to expand their repertoire. Camille has brought
a tremendous amount
of confidence to the ensemble as well as a lifetime of movement
capability. Denise has combined
her unique skill as an actor and a primate expert to help the actors playing
monkeys inhabit the day to day life of the characters communicative skills.”
Along with Van Beuzekom the design team includes scenic
painter Michelle Stay, hair and make- up designer Angela Agnew, lighting and
sound designer Steve Arbuckle, and stage manager Susan Latham.
The
ensemble of actors playing the monkeys is Consuelo
Aduviso, Kristina Whipple, Daniel Nidzgorski, Gabe Van Lelyveld, and Camille
Hildebrant. The cast also includes
the talents of Terry Campbell and Craig Jacobrown.
This performance is
rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images.
The Paradise Theatre School is located in the old country
chapel with the red roof at 161 Center Road just south of the Beaver Valley and
Center crossroads.
You
can contact The Paradise Theatre School with questions
at theparadise@earthlink.net or
360.643.3493. The Paradise no
longer takes reservations over the phone.
161 Center Road
Chimacum, WA. 98325
360.643.3493
theparadise@earthlink.net
home.earthlink.net/~theparadise
The Paradise Theatre School is a leading educational and cultural force in Jefferson County, Washington. Encouraging discipline
and theatrical risk - taking in our students, producing new plays and adaptations of the highest quality, and addressing the
problems and possibilities of our time.
We are committed to the development and support of classes and presentations of experimental and contemporary performance
for the educational benefit of the residents of rural Jefferson County and its visitors.
The Paradise is dedicated to the notion that our presentations
can be events which create community. Inspired by the Olympic Music Festival, we hope to focus our energy on bringing about
a cultural identity to the unincorporated communities of Jefferson County.
Along with a variety of workshops and seminars (see Spring schedule below) we offer Classes of Specialized Instruction in
Contemporary Performance.
These are presentations of new plays or adaptations. Before the
presentation, we give the audience engaging facts about the playwright, the production history, and the script's contemporary
theatre influences.
At that time, we also give the audience some provocative questions to think about while watching the performance. These questions
concern the relevance of the choices and processes of the playwright, director, designer, and actor. After the presentation,
all artistic contributors host a question and answer session for the audience.
These events help to educate and build a new and discerning audience who will learn to relish the experience of live performance.
At The Paradise, our ambition is to create an educational experience so astonishing, thought provoking, and of such high quality,
that the uninitiated student is moved to attend local arts events, and then moved again, to be an expressive artist in their
own right.
The Paradise Theatre School practices a non-discrimination policy of dignity and independence which prohibits discrimination
and harassment and protects the right to be free of hate activity, based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, political affiliation, or veteran
status.
DIRECTIONS
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The Paradise Theatre School is located in the old country chapel with the red roof at 161 Center
Road in Chimacum, 500 feet south of the Beaver Valley and Center crossroads.
If you are coming from out of town here are the directions from Seattle:
Take Interstate 5 North and take Edmonds/Kingston Ferry Exit
Remain in right lane for about 10 miles and follow ferry signs.
Give yourself 1/2 hour to get to ferry. Arrive 1/2 before ferry departure.
Once you depart from the ferry remain in the right lane and go about 4 miles.
Follow signs to Port Gamble by turning right at the Chevron gas station.
Drive through Port Gamble to the Hood Canal Bridge.
Cross the Hood Canal Bridge to Port Townsend; Port Ludlow.
Take a right onto Hwy 19 - Chimacum, Port Townsend.
Drive about 15 minutes to first 4 - Way stop light.
Take a left at light onto Center Road.
We are the only chapel on the left hand side.
The whole trip should take you less than two hours.
If you need a place to stay overnight, we can recommend anything from camp sites to B &; B accommodations. Contact us
ASAP if you need this information.
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