InterAct Theatre Company: Outside The Frame: Voices From The Other America

InterAct has searched far and wide to bring together this first-time festival of presented works that illuminate the richness and complexity of our contemporary world. The Festival will showcase an exciting array of acclaimed and engaging first person narratives that celebrate and challenge our American identity.

PLEASE NOTE: Subscribers receive tickets to two festival events and will be contacted for their two event selections once the festival line-up and schedule are finalized.

Festival Line-Up

Sculpture & photo by
Kevin Kelly

VALIANT

Adapted by Lanna Joffrey

Directed by Tamilla Woodard

Featuring Lanna Joffrey, Tami Dixon & Phyllis Johnson

VALIANT tells the true stories of 13 women who have fought in, suffered through and survived war. Conceived and adapted for the stage by Lanna Joffrey from the book of verbatim interviews, Valiant Women in War and Exile by Sally Hayton-Keeva, VALIANT explores the perspective of these 13 women and details how war has shaped their lives and subsequently our own.

Tuesday, March 27 @ 7:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Wednesday, March 28 @ 7:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Thursday, March 29 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

For more information visit VALIANT's Official Website

Presented by InterAct Theatre & Philadelphia Young Playwrights

2012 YOUNG VOICES

Each year, InterAct Theatre joins forces with Philadelphia Young Playwrights to produce the Young Voices Monologue Festival, a competitive program that invites high school students from all over the Philadelphia area to write and submit monologues that address issues important to students today. The top monologues are selected to be developed by professional directors, dramaturgs, and actors, and then presented in a series of showcase performances.

Thursday, March 29 @ 7:00 p.m. - In the SkyBox

Saturday, March 31 @ 2:00 p.m. - In the SkyBox

For more information visit the PYP's Young Voices Blog

Artwork by Rio Yanez

YOU’RE GONNA CRY

Written & performed by Paul S. Flores

Directed by Brian Freeman

Set in San Francisco’s Mission District, YOU’RE GONNA CRY shows numerous characters including Latino bohemians, techies, and immigrants, all confronting the issue of gentrification and its effect on local communities.

Friday, March 30 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Saturday, March 31 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Sunday, April 1 @ 2:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Watch a Preview Video of YOU'RE GONNA CRY

Photo by Terrence Cobbs

unFRAMED

Written & performed by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo

Directed by Brent Buell

unFRAMED invites the audience into the studio of the artist where poetry and painting ignite. Using canvas, paint, poetry, prose and song, Iyaba Ibo Mandingo tells a story of his transformation - from “Mommy Me No Wanna Go Merrica” - a prophetic piece that hints at the many trials he will face in a new land - to his powerful political poetry that that would lead to his arrest and attempted deportation in post 9/11 America. Throughout this one man play about life as an immigrant in America, Iyaba shares his rage, his determination, and his hope while he paints his self portrait and successfully struggles to redefine his humanity, rediscover his smile, and truly accept himself for the first time.

Presented in association with Double Play Connections and Doing Life Productions, Jane Dubin, Executive Producer

Friday, March 30 @ 8:00 p.m. - In the SkyBox

Saturday, March 31 @ 8:00 p.m. - In the SkyBox

Sunday, April 1 @ 2:00 p.m. - In the SkyBox

For more information visit unFRAMED's Official Website

Photo by Joseph Moran

DRAW THE CIRCLE

Written & performed by Deen

Directed by Chay Yew

As Deen struggles to come to terms with being a transgender man, those who love him most find themselves struggling as well in this unique, hilarious and moving solo show, told entirely from the from the point of view of Deen’s family, friends and partner, yet performed by Deen himself. Laid bare is one family's struggle with a child who continuously defies their most basic expectations of what it means to have a daughter... and one woman's commitment to unconditional love.

Wednesday, April 4 @ 7:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Thursday, April 5 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Friday, April 6 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Saturday, April 7 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Sunday, April 8 @ 2:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

For more information visit Deen's Official Website

LAY OF THE LAND

Written & performed by Tim Miller

As the newest of Tim Miller's internationally acclaimed solo performances, LAY OF THE LAND is a saucy, sharp-knifed look at the State of the Queer Union during a time of trial. Careening from his sexy misadventures performing in 45 States, to Marriage Equality street protests, to the electoral assaults on gay folks all over the country, to his life as a grade-school flag monitor, to choking on cheap meat caught in his 10 year old throat, LAY OF THE LAND friskily gets at that feeling of gay folks being perpetually on trial, on the ballot, and on the menu.

Thursday, April 12 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Friday, April 13 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Saturday, April 14 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Sunday, April 15 @ 7:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

For more information visit Tim Miller's Official Website

Led by Tim Miller

The goal of this week-long performance workshop is to share a variety of strategies to create original performances from the tremendous energies and stories that are present in our lives. Using personal memories and myths as a jumping off point, participants will see where a deep sense of personal history creates performances that leap out from the body onto the stage or the page.

The workshop culminates in an original performance piece created as a collaboration between Miller and the participants.

Workshop Week: $195 per person

(includes reservation for public performance on Sunday, April 15)

Please note: Participants must be available to attend ALL workshop sessions:

Day 1: Monday, April 9 @ 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Day 2: Tuesday, April 10 @ 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Day 3: Wednesday, April 11 @ 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Day 4: Friday, April 13 @ 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Day 5: Saturday, April 14 @ 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Day 6: Sunday, April 15 @ 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Performance: Sunday, April 15 @ 5:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

For more information visit Tim Miller's Official Website

Still have questions? Email MillerTale@aol.com

Photo by Sturgis Warner

PALESTINE

Written & performed by Najla Said

Direction and dramaturgy by Sturgis Warner

A unique and humorous story of a self-described politically agnostic Upper West Side Palestinian American princess who travels to the occupied territories and discovers her deeper identity as an Arab American woman.

Tuesday, April 17 @ 7:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Wednesday, April 18 @ 7:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Thursday, April 19 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Click for PALESTINE's Official Website

Excerpt from Hapa Soap Opera #5 by Laura Kina

TRAVELS WITH WHITEY AND OTHER STORIES

Conceived, written & performed by Robert Farid Karimi

Dramaturgy by Shawn Taylor

Join the seriously funny performance artist Robert Farid Karimi for TRAVELS WITH WHITEY AND OTHER STORIES, his choose-your-own-adventure travelogue about a failed trip to Iran scheduled for September 13, 2001. From the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe to the flea markets of Paris, to Auschwitz and Vienna, Karimi recounts the post-9/11 world with tales of heartbreak, dangerous border crossings, dot com refugees and the power of white people to save anyone who doesn't look like the typical American.

Friday, April 20 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Saturday, April 21 @ 8:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Sunday, April 22 @ 2:00 p.m. - On the Mainstage

Watch Robert Farid Karimi on Def Poetry Jam

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