Mouthpiece Quote Unquote Collective in Association with Why Not Theatre

Friday and Saturday, March 22 –23, 2019, 8pm Sunday, March 24, 2019, 3pm Zellerbach Playhouse Mouthpiece Quote Unquote Collective in aSSociation with why not theatre

created and Performed by amy nostbakken and norah Sadava Directed by amy nostbakken Movement and Dramaturgy by orian Michaeli Lighting Design by andré du toit Sound Design by James Bunton composed by amy nostbakken associate Lighting Design, and Stage and Production Management by rebecca Vandevelde

Mouthpiece will be performed without an intermission and will last approximately 60 minutes.

Cal Performances’ 2018 –19 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

outhpiece is a heart-wrenching and Norah Sadava (creator, performer ) is an award- humorous journey into the female winning director, writer, and performer, and Mpsyche. the performance is a vir - co-artistic director of Quote Unquote col lec - tu osic display of physical ingenuity and vocal tive. She has created and performed numerous orchestration. productions, including Mouthpiece (coach Mouth piece follows one woman, for one day, house Press), which she co-wrote and has per - as she tries to find her voice in the wake of formed internationally for the last four years. her mother’s death. interweaving a cappella Now You See Her , which Sadava co-wrote, harmony, dissonance, text, and physicality, two directed, and performs, recently premiered performers express the inner conflict that exists in toronto and is being published by coach within one modern woman’s head. house Press. She is currently working on QUc’s ranging from tender to merciless, with un - next production, Universal Child Care, set to compromising precision, Mouthpiece magnifies premiere in 2020. a graduate of the Dell’arte a daughter’s contemplation of her mother, and international School of Physical ea tre in becomes a rigorous investigation of woman - california, Sadava teaches theater to both adults hood itself. and young people. She lives in toronto.

Orian Michaeli (choreographer, dramaturge ). CREATIVE TEAM eater credits include: choreographer/dancer for To the Past (israeli reality Festival Jerusa lem, Amy Nostbakken (creator, director, performer ) acco eatre, and tmuna eatre tel-aviv) and is an award-winning director, writer, performer, Talented Like a Demon (Jewish Sum mer Festival and composer. She is co-artistic director of Budapest, red Shell Festival tel-aviv, and acco the theater company Quote Unquote collective eatre), dancer/deviser for Lady Dog (tmuna in toronto and a core member of eatre ad eatre and Suzan Dala eatre tel-aviv), ac - infinitum in the UK. nostbakken has created tress/dancer/acrobat for e Observatory (israel and composed numerous productions, includ - Festival and tbilisi international eatre Festi - ing e Big Smoke (2011) Ballad Of the Burning val), actress in Treasures in the Wall , actress/ Star (2013), Bucket List (2016), and Mouth piece choreographer in e Tired Hero , actress/ (2015)—which she directed, co-wrote, com - deviser for Waiting for Zoro (Klipa eatre tel- posed, and performs. Mouthpiece was published aviv), and choreographer/deviser for Ballad of by coach house Press and oberon UK and has the Burning Star (eatre ad infinitum). Films been adapted into a feature film directed by include Goose Pumps , It’s Not All at Simple, Patricia rozema. ese performances mark and Fairy on the Roof . winner of the Keren the final chance to see this innovative work per - Sharet Foundation Scholarship and the Loha- formed live by nostbakken and Sadava, who mei hagetaot Museum award, Michaeli most will retire Mouthpiece from the company’s ac - recently worked with out of Joint eatre in tive repertoire aer the Berkeley run. Now You London as choreographer of Pitcairn and is See Her , which nostbakken co-wrote, directed, Might Hurt a Bit . She is the movement director composed, and performed, recently premiered for Quote Unquote’s Mouthpiece and Now You in toronto to critical acclaim and is being pub - See Her in toronto, and is currently creating lished by coach house Press. nostbakken is Demo Demonstration , a solo dance piece ex - currently working on QUc’s next production, ploring the territory of protest, in collaboration Universal Child Care, set to premiere in 2020. a with toronto-based dancer Daniel Szamosi. graduate of the École inter nationale de éâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, she teaches theater to André du Toit (lighting designer ) is a two-time both adults and young people. nostbakken lives Dora award-winning lighting designer based in toronto. in toronto. Selected theater credits include: e 39 Steps (Soulpepper eatre), Take Me Back to

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Jeﬀerson , e Assholes (eatre Smith-Gil - (rickshaw Productions). recent credits include mour); e Double , Paolozzapedia (Bad new audio production on works by Donovan woods, Days); Bakelite Masterpiece (tarragon eatre), evening hymns, For esmé, Blimp rock, Shawn Watching Glory Die (canadian rep eatre); william clarke, Light Fires, Vivek Shraya, and Ralph + Lina (edge of the woods); Mouth - on the Friends in Bellwoods and SLow Vol - piece and Now You See Her (Quote Unquote); umes compilations. SPENT (eatre Smith-Gilmour, why not eatre, eatrerUn); Florence (e Deitrich Rebecca Vandevelde (associate lighting designer, Group); and Jackie Burroughs is Dead (Danielle stage and production manager ) is a lighting/ Baskerville). video designer, technician, and anything- mana ger who creates interactive installations James Bunton (sound designer ) is an inde - like Flip the Table and Blanket Fort with art is pendent producer/composer/Dora award- hard. She is a freelance production manager winning sound designer who has performed and does design and production work with across north america, europe, asia, and in many i ndependent theater companies and fes - the UK in projects including Ohbijou , Evening tivals. Vandevelde holds a Ba in drama, history, Hymns , Light Fires , and Forest City Lovers . and French (speaking… sometimes!) from works include sound design and composition Glen don college at york University. recently for Scott Free Productions, Quote Unquote she has been the production manager for the collective, Susie Burpee, Sylvie Bouchard, Fringe and next Stage theater festivals, and anandam Dance eatre, Forcier Stage works, she has also been touring internationally with Philip McKee, Departures entertainment inc. Quote Un quote collective and why not ea - (outdoor Life network), Stuart Mcintyre & tre’s Mouth piece . Upcoming: lighting design for Paul Mathew (consul Media), and richie Mehta Pandemic ea tre’s Take d Milk, Nah?

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