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Please join us at the closing net working reception on Saturday, 19 January 2019 canadacouncil.ca
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Le Petit2 Théâtre de Sherbrooke: A Letter for Elena(Pho to : Jean-Charles Verchère) Dear Delegates, Guests, Showcasing Artists, and IPAY members,
On behalf of the staff and the Board of Directors of IPAY, we welcome you to Showcase 2019. “We are delighted to be returning for our second consecutive year in Philadelphia, IPAY’s new hometown, and the traditional land of the Lenape Delaware First Nations people.
Showcase is a gathering place—a place for our global community to share our work, our stories, and our perspectives. Showcase is a place to be inspired and a place to learn; it’s a place to listen, watch, and participate. We are honored that you have all joined us here as we continue to serve and support the professional field of performing arts for young people.
Throughout this year, “impact” has been our touchstone. What parts of Showcase are most impactful to delegates? How do the different elements impact different niches of our sector? How do the productions we see at Showcase impact young people in communities across the world? How can we measure the impact that we, as an organization, have upon the sector?
While you are on your journey throughout the week, we hope that you are inspired and influenced by what you see. We hope that you take home new insights, ideas, practices and connections, and that by gathering with your colleagues, you are rejuvenated and return home ready to create and present impactful work for your audiences.
In the spirit of our KINDLING focus on IMPACT, we invite you to share your impact stories with us and your global colleagues.
Thank you for gathering with us once again.
Jeremy “Boomer” Stacey IPAY Executive Director
Terina-Jasmine “TJ” Alladin IPAY Managing Director
1 On behalf of IPAY’s Board of Directors, it is my pleasure to welcome you to IPAY Showcase 2019!
Since November of 2016, I have been even more grateful for this international network of artists, presenters, agents, and audiences for their courage to persevere in the face of growing nationalism sweeping across the globe. IPAY is a community where we recognize the value of inclusion, diversity, and the free exchange of ideas. We recognize that aesthetic values differ from region to region, but we all share an appreciation for a good story that’s well told and for thoughtful design that’s well executed.
When you’re immersed in the IPAY community, you’re a participant in a complex ecosystem that works to connect young people around the world with vibrant experiences that activate empathy and cultivate creativity. Over the next few days, we will bear witness to the transformative potential that the performing arts can have in the lives of young people, and in our own. We will grapple with challenging content and delight in whimsy. We will share meals and walks from venue to venue together. We will disagree and yet still celebrate. We will exhaust ourselves and yet be renewed.
I invite those who are longtime members to seek out the new faces in the crowd and welcome them. Be a resource and a companion. For those who are new to the IPAY community, I invite you to engage fully. Your voice is important and we value what you have to contribute to the conversation, no matter where you are in your journey.
My heartfelt thanks to our diligent and talented IPAY staff, our board members who volunteer countless hours of their time in service to the cause, and our community partners in Philadelphia and beyond. I also offer thanks to each and every delegate who is here with us this week. You are the pollinators who will carry your experiences from this week into the larger universe, and for that, I am ever grateful.
Have an extraordinary Showcase 2019!
Wendy Bable President, IPAY Board of Directors
2 IPAY SPARK PRE-CONFERENCE
Tuesday, January 15
IPAY’s SPARK Pre-Conference program is a full-day of conversation and idea sharing prior to the full Showcase. SPARK has been designed to provide a smaller-scale meeting place for regional, national and international artists, presenters, educators and practitioners in the field of young audiences. The program is intended to create space for a concentrated investigation of new ideas, challenges, and innovation in the field.
SPARK 2019 kicked off this year’s KINDLING focus by diving into what IMPACT means to us as professionals working to create, present and support performing arts from an artistic and educational perspective. How do we remove barriers and borders to work more collaboratively to impart true impact on our audiences, through our art, education and community engagement? What does impact look like and how do we tell when it has been achieved?
Participants engaged with colleagues from the United States, Canada and around the world through a mix of keynote and panel presentation, open dialogue and roundtable discussion, and hands-on workshop. After a collective opening gathering, attendees had the option to choose from multiple SPARK sessions, including artistic and education focused workshops.
This year, we welcomed SPARK attendees from all over the world, as well as our hometown community of Philadelphia. SPARK Pre-Conference isn’t just for Showcase Delegates! Anyone interested in professional performing arts for youth is invited to register and share in the conversation.
We hope you’ll join us next year for IPAY SPARK Pre-Conference. We want your voice at the table!
Marmalade by Claire Parsons Co (Sweden) Sense Activated Learning with Sisters Hope (Denmark)
Workshop for Amanda Pintore’s Dot (United States) Amanda Pintore performing WonderWander
3 Partners and support
Foundation and Government Support
Showcase 2019 Sponsors
Embassy of Australia Washington, D.C.
Thanks to our Philadelphia Venue Partners!
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Plays & Players Theater Philadelphia Film Society The University of the Arts Philadelphia Theatre Company
4 table of contents
Welcome from IPAY Executive Director & Managing Director 1
Welcome from President of the IPAY Board of Directors 2
IPAY SPARK Pre-Conference 3
Partners and Support 4
Venue Map 7
Schedule 8
Territory Welcome 9
Showcase App 11
Selection Process 12
Selection Committee 13
Showcase Photo and Video Policy 14
Showcase Artists 17
SHOW & TELL Spotlight Artists 33
Cultural Spotlights 43
Sponsored Stages 47
OFF-IPAY Independent Showcases 49
Kindling 55
Colleen Porter Artist Development Award 62
Jim Rye Fellowship 63
Awards 66
Exhibit Hall Map 68
Exhibitors by Booth Number 69
Exhibitors by Alphabetical Order 70
IPAY Mission, Vision & Board 74
IPAY Staff & Showcase 2019 Team 75
5 6 Venue map
City Hall
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Rittenhouse Walnut St Square S 15th St
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S 19th St Pine St 6 S 13th St S 18th St 7
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Lombard St S 12th St South St Washington Bainbridge St 8 Square West
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1 Plays & Players Theater 5 UArts – Solmssen Court 1714 Delancey Place 320 South Broad Street
2 Philadelphia Film Center 6 UArts – Levitt Auditorium 1412 Chestnut Street 401 South Broad Street 3rd Floor DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel 3 7 Suzanne Roberts Theatre Philadelphia Center City 480 South Broad Street 237 South Broad Street 4 Kimmel Center – Perelman Theatre 8 UArts – Arts Bank Theater 300 South Broad Street 601 South Broad Street
7 schedule
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15
8am–8pm Registration DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Overture
9:30am–6:30pm SPARK: IPAY Pre-Conference DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Various
6:30pm-8pm Ambassador Training DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Concerto A
8pm–9pm Rye & Porter Fellowship Meeting – Meet & Greet DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Assembly C
8:30pm–Close Showcase Lounge DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Standing O
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16
7am–6pm Registration DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Overture
9am–9:30am IPAY Showcase & Territory Welcome Suzanne Roberts Theatre
9:30am–10:30am IPAY Showcase: Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke and La [Parenthèse] – Suzanne Roberts Theatre Christophe Garcia – A Letter for Elena (Canada and France)
11am–11:45am IPAY Showcase Group A: Teatro Telaio – Abbracci (HUGS) (Italy) UArts – Arts Bank Theater
11am–11:45am IPAY Showcase Group B: Cahoots NI, Birmingham Repertory Theatre Plays & Players Theater and Prime Theatre – Penguins (Northern Ireland and UK)
12:15pm–2:30pm Membership Lunch with Sponsored Stages and Kindling Keynote: UArts – Levitt Auditorium Planning for Impact in Artistic Contexts (all delegates welcome)
3pm–3:45pm IPAY Showcase Group B: Teatro Telaio – Abbracci (HUGS) (Italy) UArts – Arts Bank Theater
3pm–3:45pm IPAY Showcase Group A: Cahoots NI, Birmingham Repertory Theatre Plays & Players Theater and Prime Theatre – Penguins (Northern Ireland and UK)
4pm–8pm Exhibit Hall Set-Up (Exhibitors only) DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel –Aria, Overture, and Symphony Ballroom
4:15pm–5:15pm Cultural Spotlight: “Beyond Tulips, Windmills, and Wooden Shoes” Suzanne Roberts Theatre
5:15pm–6pm Opening Night Toast sponsored by Dutch Performing Arts Suzanne Roberts Theatre
6pm–7:30pm Dinner & Off-IPAY Independent Showcases Various Locations
7:45pm–8:55pm IPAY Showcase: Manual Cinema – The Magic City (USA) Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater
9pm–10:30pm Off-IPAY Independent Showcases Various Locations
10:30pm–Close Showcase Lounge sponsored by Imaginate and Creative Scotland DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel– Standing O
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
7:30am–1pm Exhibit Hall Set Up (Exhibitors only) DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel –Aria, Overture, and Symphony Ballroom
8am–6pm Registration DoubleTree Hotel – Overture
8:45am–10am SHOW & TELL Spotlights Philadelphia Film Center
10:15am–10:45am Cultural Spotlight: CHILE Philadelphia Film Center
11:15am–12:15pm IPAY Showcase Group A: Sandglass Theater – Babylon: journeys of UArts – Arts Bank Theater refugees (USA)
IPAY Showcase Group B: Théâtre du Phare – OH BOY! (France) Plays & Players Theater
12:30pm–1:30pm Lunch on your own
1:45pm–3:45pm Exhibit Hall with Wine & Cheese sponsored by Québec Government DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel –Aria, Office in New York Overture, and Symphony Ballroom
1:45pm-5:15pm Rye & Porter Fellowship Meeting – Scanning the Landscape DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Chamber Board Room
4pm–4:30pm Kindling Keynote: Capturing Impact DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Ormandy East
8 4:30pm–5pm Kindling Keynote: Wow! Whoops! Whee! Me?: Impact in Contemporary DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Ormandy Circus East
5:30pm–6:30pm IPAY Showcase Group B: Sandglass Theater – Babylon: journeys of UArts – Arts Bank Theater refugees (USA)
5:30pm–6:30pm IPAY Showcase Group A: Théâtre du Phare – OH BOY! (France) Plays & Players Theater
6:45pm–8:30pm Dinner & OFF-IPAY Independent Showcases Various Locations
8:45pm–9:30pm IPAY Showcase: Gina Chavez (USA) Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater
9:45pm–10:30pm IPAY Showcase: Video Phase – Lumens (Canada) Suzanne Roberts Theatre
10:30pm–Close Showcase Lounge sponsored by Australia Council for the Arts and the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Standing O Australian Embassy
Friday, JANUARY 18
8am–6pm Registration DoubleTree Hotel – Overture
9am–10:30am SHOW & TELL Spotlights Philadelphia Film Center
10:45am–11:15am Cultural Spotlights: “Spotlight on Scotland” Philadelphia Film Center
11:30am–1:30pm Exhibit Hall DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel –Aria, Overture, and Symphony Ballroom
11:30am–1:00pm Rye & Porter Fellowship Meeting – Conversation With Professionals DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Assembly C In The Field
1:30pm–2:30pm Lunch on your own
3pm–3:45pm IPAY Showcase: Second Hand Dance – Getting Dressed (UK) Suzanne Roberts Theatre
4:15pm–6pm Kindling: How to Create a KulturCrew/Cultural Crew in the School DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Concerto A
4:15pm–6pm Kindling: Unpacking “The ‘Black Card’ Project” DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Orchestra
4:15pm–6pm Kindling Kitchen Tables: On IMPACT DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Ormandy
6:15pm–8:15pm Dinner & OFF-IPAY Independent Showcases Various Locations
8:45pm–9:45pm IPAY Showcase: Gravity & Other Myths – A Simple Space (Australia) Suzanne Roberts Theatre
9:45pm–Close Showcase Lounge sponsored by Green Thumb Theatre DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Standing O
Saturday, JANUARY 19
8am–6pm Registration DoubleTree Hotel – Overture
9am–10am IPAY Showcase Group A: Polyglot Theatre and Papermoon Puppet UArts – Arts Bank Theater Theatre – Cerita Anak (Child’s Story) (Australia and Indonesia)
9am–10am IPAY Showcase Group B: Andy Cannon and Red Bridge Arts – Is This a Plays & Players Theater Dagger? The Story of Macbeth (Scotland)
10:30am–12pm SHOW & TELL Spotlights Philadelphia Film Center
12:15pm–1:45pm Lunch on your own
2pm–3pm IPAY Showcase Group B: Polyglot Theatre and Papermoon Puppet UArts – Arts Bank Theater Theatre – Cerita Anak (Child’s Story) (Australia and Indonesia)
2pm–3pm IPAY Showcase Group A: Andy Cannon and Red Bridge Arts – Is This a Plays & Players Theater Dagger? The Story of Macbeth (Scotland)
3:15pm–5:15pm Exhibit Hall with Wine & Cheese sponsored by CHILE DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel –Aria, Overture, and Symphony Ballroom
3:15pm-4:15pm Rye & Porter Fellowship Meeting- Reflections & Evaluation DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Assembly C
5:45pm–6:30pm IPAY Showcase: Inlet Dance Theatre – What Do You Do With An Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater Idea? (USA)
7pm–8pm IPAY Showcase: One Fell Swoop Circus – By a Thread (Australia) Suzanne Roberts Theatre
8:30pm–Late Closing Night Reception sponsored by Canada Council UArts- Solmssen Court
9 Territory Welcome
Every community owes its existence and vitality to generations from around the world who contributed their hopes, dreams, and energy to making the history that led to this moment. Some were brought here against their will, some were drawn to leave their distant homes in hope of a better life, and some have lived on this land for more generations than can be counted. Truth and acknowledgement are critical to building mutual respect and connection across all barriers of heritage and difference. We begin this effort to acknowledge what has been buried by honoring the truth. We are standing on the ancestral lands of the Lenape Delaware People. We pay respects to their elders, past and present. Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration, and settlement that bring us together here today.
Thank you to the US Department of Arts and Culture for their leadership in creating and sharing “Honor Native Land: A Guide and Call to Acknowledgement.” Please visit https://usdac.us/nativeland to download your free copy to learn how you can and why you should begin this practice at any and all public events.
One of the biggest TYA-events in the world 100 companies and 200 shows Register & get your Delegate Package at: www.info.aprilfestival.dk March 31st-April 7th 2019
10 Teatercentrum (TC) is a competence center for distribution and dissemination of theatre for young audiences in Denmark. TC is a self-governing institution under the Danish Ministry of Culture Get the Showcase Mobile App!
IPAY has launched an interactive Mobile App for Showcase 2019 using Attendify.
Thank you to our generous Mobile App Sponsors: Shaw Entertainment and Slingsby
HOW DO I GET THE APP?
1. Download the Attendify Mobile App from your smartphone’s App Store. 2. In Attendify App, search for Showcase 2019. 3. Join our secure event community with the Showcase 2019 Attendee Code: IPAY41 4. Once you create a profile and log in, your attendee profile will be automatically activated if your individual email address was used to Register for Showcase.* 5. Add your geographical location to your profile and start connecting!
*If you were registered as part of a group with a generic email address, you will not have pre-existing profile. Don’t worry! You can still make an account and populate the content fields yourself.
WHAT CAN THE APP DO?
With IPAY’s Showcase 2019 Mobile App, you’ll have access to interactive content including a Mobile Attendee List, Showcase Map, Conference Schedule, Artist Information, Exhibit Booth listings, Event Sponsors, information on Kindling Sessions and Cultural Spotlight, and more!
The Mobile App provides another way to network with other conference attendees by posting photos and comments on a shared Activity Stream, as well as sending direct messages to other delegates.
During Showcase, IPAY will be posting daily to the Activity Stream. You’ll find helpful information, such as links to the Victor Award ballots, schedule updates and reminders, and conference highlights.
11 Selection Process
Showcases: The selection process developed by IPAY, while subjective, is founded on a desire to create an equitable balance for the showcasing and presentation of professional programming for young audiences that reflects the needs of presenters, agents, artists, and educators.
Through an extensive process, the IPAY selection committee—comprising leaders in the field of family programming—meet for a three-day face-to-face review of the applications. Their goal is to create programming balanced with international arts disciplines, reflecting diversity in age range, performing arts genres, trends, and audience appeal—with a common denominator of high artistic standards. They provide a forum for the range of national and international work that is being created at the time, focusing on quality work that is appropriate for a variety of venues and markets.
When making final selections, the committee has agreed upon the following criteria* for quality: • The work reflects an intrinsic artistic integrity. • The work demonstrates an overall artistic rationale with regard to form, direction, music, choreography, design, technical aspects, and casting. • The work is created and performed by professionals. • The work is fresh, innovative, relevant, and appropriate for youth, young adult, and family audiences.
* Adapted from the “Keynotes on the Seven Criteria for Quality” developed by the Danish Association of Theatre for Children.
Spotlights: Spotlights provide additional opportunities for artists to have their work seen at Showcase, and are curated as part of the Selection Committee’s review of all applications.
Spotlights include a mixture of 20-minute live SHOW Spotlights (low-tech excerpts) and 5-8-minute TELL Spotlights (descriptions of work). All Spotlighting artists must have representation in the Exhibit Hall.
Sponsored Stages: Sponsored Stages present their work as a benefit of a lottery-based Sponsorship. The work Sponsored Stages present has not been reviewed or selected by the Showcase Selection Committee.
Showcase 2020 Artist Selection Timeline (subject to change) February 2019 - Call for Applications April 2019 - Application Early Bird Deadline May 2019 - Application Deadline June 2019 - Selection Committee Review July 2019 - Invitations Issued to Showcasing Companies August 2019 - Public Release of Showcasing Artists January 22-25, 2020 - IPAY Showcase 2020 in Philadelphia
12 Showcase 2019 Selection Committee
Rebecca M. Podsednik, Chair Josee Hussaarts Assistant Director, Programming Artistic Director Lincoln Center Education Theatergroep Kwatta New York, New York, United States Nijmegen, Netherlands
James Packard, Co-Chair Linda Jackson Theater Manager Director, Arts-in-Medicine Long Island Children's Museum The MetroHealth System Garden City, New York, United States Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Wendy Bable Patrick McDonald Freelance Director & Creative Artistic Director Consultant Green Thumb Theatre Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Liesbeth Coltof Jim Morrow Artistic Director Artistic Director De Toneelmakerij Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia Amsterdam, Netherlands Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ray Gargano Hakan Silahsizoglu Grants & Cultural Programs Coordinator Festival Director Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Council Atta Festival (Istanbul) Sacramento, California, United States London, England, United Kingdom
Lauren Hood Jeremy "Boomer" Stacey* Artistic Programming Manager Executive Director The New Victory Theater International Performing Arts for Youth New York, New York, United States (Philadelphia) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Indicates a non-voting committee member.
13 Showcase Photo and Video Policy
IPAY Photography and Video Agreement This is a reminder that at the time of registration for IPAY Showcase 2019, you agreed to our Photography and Video Agreement, which states:
I understand that IPAY will be taking photographs and shooting video throughout the Showcase Event for archival and publicity purposes. I understand and hereby grant permission that my image may be used for these purposes.
IPAY may be live-streaming some professional development sessions and other events at Showcase 2019. By attending any IPAY Showcase 2019 events you are consenting to potentially being shown in a live-stream video.
Performance Videography and Photography Policy No photography or videography of any kind is allowed at any performance during IPAY Showcase 2019. Out of respect for the companies that have been selected to Showcase and Spotlight, we expect that all delegates will refrain from taking photos or recording any portion of the performances. It is a distraction for the other audience members and the artists on stage, violating IPAY’s values of respect and community. In many cases, it also contravenes labor agreements under which some of these artists work. No matter the intended use of the images, photography and videography are not permitted.
While we recognize the desire to capture even just a few minutes of ‘live footage,’ we ask instead that you go and speak with the artist, agent or manager. In most cases, they will have video and/or photos of their work available upon request. It is a wonderful way to connect and network.
We encourage you to post photos and videos from other IPAY Showcase 2019 sessions and events that don’t include live performance, on social media and our Mobile Conference App Activity Stream.
If you have any questions or comments about this policy, please speak with Managing Director, TJ Alladin, during the conference.
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17 A Letter for Elena
Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke and La [Parenthèse] - Christophe Garcia Canada and France
On a summer morning, Frank, Lucy and Age Range: 9+ Aïcha are playing outside. They come across Running Time: 50 minutes a multitude of objects and letters left there Audience Size: 300 to 600 just for them. There are messages from Artist Website: www.petittheatre.qc.ca Artist Website: www.la-parenthese.com everyone—except Elena, their best friend and the fourth of the gang. There has to Contact: be a letter from her, and the children need Nadine Asswad, Booking Agent to find it. Their search reveals, step by step, Nadine Asswad Agency the words of a whole town saying goodbye. 1-514-663-4884 At the crossroads of theater and dance, A [email protected] Letter for Elena unfolds itself like a treasure hunt, where the path of mourning is slowly Booth: 47 drawn, word by word.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 9:30am – 10:30am Suzanne Roberts Theatre
18 Abbracci (HUGS)
Teatro Telaio Italy
Two pandas meet. They take a liking to Age Range: 3 to 10 each other, but don’t have the courage Running Time: 43 minutes to express their feelings. So they go to a Audience Size: 100 to 500 school of hugs. A hug is a simple gesture Artist Website: www.teatrotelaio.it with a profound power to communicate. We Contact: are born from a hug. We hug when we are Gessica Carbone and Maria Rauzi, Tour Managers upset, when we meet someone again after Teatro Telaio a long time, or to express uncontainable joy. +39 030 46535 Children naturally seek out and give hugs, +39 3284268036 but hugs must be learned anew with each [email protected] meeting. Teatro Telaio’s Hugs is a wordless exploration of emotions, and how difficult it Booth: 8 can be sometimes to express them.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 11am – 11:45am (Group A) 3pm – 3:45pm (Group B) UArts – Arts Bank Theater
19 Penguins
Cahoots NI, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and Prime Theatre Northern Ireland and United Kingdom
Just like the other bonded animals at New Age Range: 3+ York’s Central Park Zoo, these two male Running Time: 45 minutes penguins walk, play, swim, and dance Audience Size: 100 to 1,500 together. When the duo try to hatch a rock, Artist Website: www.cahootsni.com the zookeeper gives them an egg instead, Contact: and they find themselves on an adventure, Spring Karlo raising a chick for real! Holden & Arts Associates 1-512-477-1859 Penguins is a unique and engaging show [email protected] about love and the ever-evolving meaning www.holdenarts.org of family. Inspired by the true story reported by the New York Times that touched hearts Booth: 40 & 49 worldwide, this new non-verbal theater and dance production comes to life with delightful music and incredible movement and choreography.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 11am – 11:45am (Group B) 3pm – 3:45pm (Group A) Plays & Players Theater
20 The Magic City
Manual Cinema United States
Nine-year-old Philomena’s inner world Age Range: 6+ materializes as a pint-size metropolis of Running Time: 70 minutes found objects in this magical retelling of Audience Size: 100 to 850 Edith Nesbit’s 1910 fantasy novel. With Artist Website: www.manualcinema.com the help of toy theater, shadow puppetry, Contact: live music, and live actors in silhouette, she Laura Colby, Director copes with the loss of her parents and the Elsie Management challenges of her newly blended family, 1-718-797-4577 eventually finding a way to reconcile her [email protected] Magic City with the reality of the world www.elsieman.org outside it. Booth: 57
Wednesday, January 16 7:45pm – 8:55pm Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater
21 Babylon.. journeys of refugees
Sandglass Theater United States
Babylon looks at the relationship of Age Range: 14+ refugees to their homelands and the Running Time: 60 minutes conflicts within American communities Audience Size: 100 to 400 to which they have fled. Using life-like Artist Website: www.sandglasstheater.org puppets, moving panoramic scrolls, and Contact: original four-part choral songs, the show Eric Bass, Co-Artistic Director evokes the stories of seven refugees— Sandglass Theater people from Syria, Afghanistan, El Salvador, 1-802-387-4051 Burundi… and a caterpillar, and a ghost [email protected] from a past war—at a metaphorical asylum hearing. Working with the Vermont Refugee Booth: 4 Resettlement Program, Sandglass Theater interviewed nine “new residents,” and combined their firsthand testimony with fictional characters to explore how we respond to the enormity of this crisis and how it impacts our lives.
Thursday, January 17 11:15am – 12:15pm (Group A) 5:30pm – 6:30pm (Group B) UArts – Arts Bank Theater
22 OH BOY!
Théâtre du Phare France
Simeon: 14, awkward, a brainiac. Morgan: Age Range: 9+ eight, also awkward, also a brainiac. Venice: Running Time: 60 minutes five, adorable. Orphaned and alone in Audience Size: 300 to 500 the world, they make a vow to never be Artist Website: www.theatreduphare.fr separated. Enter Bart: 26, handsome, gay, Contact: and the kids’ older, immature half-brother Chantal Cimon, General Manager they never knew they had. He’s also their PLA’C’ART only hope for staying together. But is Bart 1-418-802-7037 ready to give up his irresponsible ways [email protected] to become their guardian? OH BOY! is a www.placart.ca one-man tour de force exploring what it means to be a family, and the importance of Booth: 45 pulling together when faced with some of life’s most devastating moments.
Thursday, January 17 11:15am – 12:15pm (Group B) 5:30pm – 6:30pm (Group A) Plays & Players Theater
23 Gina Chavez
Gina Chavez United States
Gina Chavez’ bilingual, pan-Latin sound Age Range: 3 to 99 embodies the true meaning of “America.” Running Time: 90 to 100 minutes Her high-energy concerts take audiences Audience Size: 100 to 2,000 on a melodic journey tracing her Latin roots Artist Website: www.ginachavez.com from Austin to Argentina, El Salvador to Contact: Venezuela and beyond, blending the sounds Larry Kosson, Founder/President and rhythms of the region with tension Kosson Talent and grace. Backed by a talented four-piece 1-717-227-0060 band, she performs a passionate collection [email protected] of songs traversing cumbia, bossa nova, www.kossontalent.com vintage pop, reggaeton, and folk. Gina tours internationally as a cultural ambassador Booth: 6 with the U.S. State Department’s American Music Abroad program, and runs Niñas Arriba, a college scholarship fund for young women in gang-dominated El Salvador.
Thursday, January 17 8:45pm – 9:30pm Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater
24 Lumens
Video Phase Canada
Lumens is a show you need to hear with Age Range: 10 to 17 your very own eyes! The show explores the Running Time: 45 to 60 minutes link between virtual and reality by creating Audience Size: 100 to 500 a 3D multi-screen environment projected in Artist Website: www.videophase.net front of and around the audience. The two Contact: performers give life to music and image Tara Bailey in real time, like an interactive musical Bailiwick Booking Agency video game. Fusing music and light into 1-416-540-4152 a single entity, Lumens is an immersive [email protected] multimedia performance featuring aquatic www.bailiwick.biz/shows/video-phase and electronic percussion, a virtual choir, invented instruments, laser frames, motion Booth: 22 capture, and more!
Thursday, January 17 9:45pm – 10:30pm Suzanne Roberts Theatre
25 Getting Dressed
Second Hand Dance United Kingdom
Getting dressed by yourself is a Age Range: 4+ huge milestone as a child; it shows Running Time: 45 minutes independence, technical capability, and the Audience Size: 200+ identity we choose to present to the world. Artist Website: www.secondhanddance.co.uk Getting Dressed dives into the movement Contact: and humor of clothes: how you put them Claire Summerfield, Producer on, take them off, share them, and use them Tandem Works to express your identity, your gender… and +44 7976 371124 get stuck in them. The performance subtly [email protected] challenges peer pressure and popular www.tandemworks.uk culture influences that children encounter from an early age. Audiences are invited Booth: 16 after the show to ‘stay and play’ with the company and costumes—to dress up just a little bit differently.
Friday, January 18 3pm – 3:45pm Suzanne Roberts Theatre
26 A Simple Space
Gravity & Other Myths Australia
The seven audacious acrobats of Gravity Age Range: all ages & Other Myths like to keep things simple. Running Time: 55 to 65 minutes Who needs circus rigging, sparkly costumes, Audience Size: 150 to 1,000 or even shoes when you’ve got each other? Artist Website: www.gravityandothermyths.com.au A Simple Space is a down-to-earth and Contact: downright delightful display of human Jim Weiner, Managing Director strength, breathtaking skill and cheeky, Boat Rocker Entertainment good-natured one-upmanship. Created by 1-646-220-6730 the award-winning Australian acrobatics [email protected] ensemble, Gravity & Other Myths, the www.boatrockerentertainment.com show features seven extraordinary circus performers and a live solo musician playing Booth: 1 all-original music. Balancing, climbing, and swinging on one another’s heads, hands, and shoulders, this talented, tight-knit troupe sets audiences alight with non-stop feats of unbelievable acrobatics and exhilarating physicality.
Friday, January 18 8:45pm – 9:45pm Suzanne Roberts Theatre
27 Cerita Anak (Child’s Story)
Polyglot Theatre and Papermoon Puppet Theatre Australia and Indonesia
In Cerita Anak (Child’s Story), children and Age Range: children aged 2 to 7 and their adults their adults climb aboard a boat and Running Time: 60 minutes become passengers and storytellers— Audience Size: 40 in the boat, with up to 200 rocking and rolling across a strange ocean, seated externally Artist Website: www.polyglot.org.au diving to the bottom of the sea, hearing stories on the wind and in the ocean North American Contact: currents, and facing great danger before Laura Colby, Director returning safely to harbor. Inspired by the Elsie Management seafaring history of Java, this production by 1-718-797-4577 Australia’s Polyglot Theatre and Indonesia’s [email protected] Papermoon Puppet Theatre was developed www.elsieman.org with local children from a fishing village north of Java. With puppetry, song, shadow International Contact: Viv Rosman, Executive Director imagery, and sound, this immersive Polyglot Theatre experience bustles with all the life of the +61 417 450 848 ocean. [email protected]
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Saturday, January 19 9am – 10am (Group A) 2pm – 3pm (Group B) UArts – Arts Bank Theater
28 Is This a Dagger? The Story of Macbeth
Andy Cannon and Red Bridge Arts Scotland
By the pricking of my thumbs, something Age Range: 8+ wicked this way comes… In Is This a Dagger? Running Time: 70 minutes The Story of Macbeth, Andy Cannon takes Audience Size: 100 to 400 audiences on a journey from fact to fiction Artist Website: www.redbridgearts.co.uk in this one-man telling of Shakespeare’s Contact: bloody and darkly wonderful tale. Andy Alice McGrath, Producer weaves Shakespeare’s language with Red Bridge Arts his own inimitable style, creating a +44 7780 607665 performance where teachers and parents [email protected] are as captivated and intrigued as the children sitting next to them. ‘A tale of sound Booth: 5 and fury, signifying first class theatre for everyone over eight’ (Herald). The show is the perfect introduction for newcomers and a fresh take for Shakespeare aficionados.
Saturday, January 19 9am – 10am (Group B) 2pm – 3pm (Group A) Plays & Players Theater
29 What Do You Do With An Idea?
Inlet Dance Theatre United States
Inlet’s What Do You Do With An Idea? is a Age Range: 3+ dance theater adaptation of the New York Running Time: 45 minutes Times best-selling children’s book by Kobi Audience Size: 300+ Yamada—the story of one brilliant idea Artist Website: www.inletdance.org and the child who helps to bring it into Contact: the world. As the child’s confidence grows, Holden & Arts Associates so does the idea itself. Then, one day, 1-512-477-1859 something amazing happens. It’s a story [email protected] for anyone, at any age, who’s ever had an www.holdenarts.org idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, or too difficult. Choreographed by Bill Wade Booth: 40 & 49 in collaboration with the cast, the show was commissioned and co-produced by Playhouse Square (Cleveland).
Saturday, January 19 5:45pm – 6:30pm Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater
30 By a Thread
One Fell Swoop Circus Australia
By a Thread is an ensemble circus creation Age Range: 9+ that explores the relationship between Running Time: 45 to 55 minutes trust and play. On an innovative aerial Audience Size: 200 to 600 apparatus, long spools of rope wrap around Artist Website: www.onefellswoopcircus.com bodies to create breathtaking tableaux. Contact: As the performers hoist and swing each Nic Clark, Director other, the actions of each acrobat affect Nicholas Clark Management the movements of the others in a precise +61 422 863 692 negotiation of cause and effect. The [email protected] inventive aerial acrobatics explode the www.nicholasclarkmanagement.com traditional boundaries of circus to bring audiences close to the danger, trust, and joy Booth: 19 of the everyday relationships that make up human interaction: moments of discord and harmony, fear and friendship, isolation and inclusion.
Saturday, January 19 7pm – 8pm Suzanne Roberts Theatre
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33 Thursday, January 17 8:45am – 10am Philadelphia Film Center
show Wilde Creatures Tall Stories United Kingdom
Age Range: 5+ Running Time: 65 minutes Audience Size: 300+ Artist Website: www.tallstories.org.uk
Contact: Holden & Arts Associates A motley crew of storytelling musicians bring 1-512-477-1859 Oscar Wilde’s classic fairy tales to life in Tall [email protected] Stories’ magical new show. Hauntingly beautiful www.holdenarts.org tales for everyone aged 5 to 105 told with original live music and a generous dash of Booth: 40 & 49 comedy. “Richly entertaining and heartening” (The Times)
tell NA PISTA Companhia Urbana de Dança/ Sonia Destri Lie Brazil
Age Range: 7 to 16 Running Time: 30 to 56 minutes Audience Size: 400 to 3,000 Artist Website: www.companhiaurbanadedanca.com.br
Pulling from the favelas of Rio de Janero where Contact: many company members grew up, Companhia Bebê de Soares, Arts Manager Urbana de Dança aims to transcend cultural Amazonas Network boundaries, while showcasing eclectic skill sets. +56 99 8714443 [email protected] NA PISTA brings its dancers’ identities, www.amazonasnetwork.com testimonials, and attitudes to the stage, with Booth: 25 an Afro-Brazilian accent, which is nevertheless universal.
34 show Spaghetti The Batida Theatre Company Denmark
Age Range: 3 to 8 Running Time: 40 minutes Audience Size: 300 to 500 Artist Website: www.batida.dk
Contact: Bebê de Soares, Arts Manager The two long ones cook spaghetti like nothing Amazonas Network else. Their neighbor, who does not reach to any +56 99 8714443 great height, but is a short, rotund, red-head, [email protected] would like to join in the feast... www.amazonasnetwork.com
Spaghetti is a charming, heart-warming story Booth: 25 about irreconcilable opposites, which manage to come together despite their differences.
tell Small Voices Louder Maybe Together Australia
Age Range: Part 1: 7 to 12. Part 2: Adults Running Time: 30 to 45 minutes Audience Size: Part 1 capacity: 16 children per show We do 6 shows per day, 96 children per day. Artist Website: www.maybetogether.com.au
Contact: We believe that sometimes children are exactly Jim Weiner, Managing Director what the world needs to hear. Small Voices Louder Boat Rocker Entertainment is a two-part work. Part 1 is a magical thinking 1-646-220-6730 installation capturing children’s musings on [email protected] some of life’s bigger questions. Part 2 collages www.boatrockerentertainment.com their answers into soundtracks to be played for Booth: 1 adult ears.
35 tell Emil and The Detectives Slingsby Australia
Age Range: 8+ Running Time: 70 to 90 minutes Audience Size: 100 to 300 Artist Website: www.slingsby.net.au
Contact: Holden & Arts Associates When young Emil falls victim to a robbery, a 1-512-477-1859 group of quick-thinking, resourceful children rally [email protected] around him to uncover and outsmart the thief. www.holdenarts.org Adapted from Erich Kästner’s beloved novella, Emil and The Detectives is told by two skilled Booth: 40 & 49 actors immersed in smoke and mirrors, miniature worlds, and a cinematic score.
2019-2020 R OSTER Wilde Creatures* Emil and the Detectives* Tall Stories Slingsby of London, England The Snowy Day of Adelaide, Australia and Other Stories Childsplay of Tempe, Arizona Diary of a Wombat Morgan’s Journey Monkey Baa Theatre Robert Morgan of Sydney, Australia Penguins* of Toronto, Canada Cahoots NI of Belfast, Northern Ireland Miss Nelson Has Call of the Wild: a Field Day Illustrated Edition Dallas Children’s Theatre The Boy Who Could Theatre Heroes of Dallas, Texas Sing Pictures* of Austin, Texas David Gonzalez of New York, New York Beep Maddi’s Fridge Windmill Theatre Co. Childsplay of Adelaide, Australia What Do You Do of Tempe, Arizona With An Idea?* Inlet Dance Theatre of Cleveland, Ohio Infinite Monster Yao Yao Terrapin Puppet Theatre BRUSH Theatre of Tasmania, Australia Showcasing at IPAY 2019! of Seoul, South Korea www.holdenarts.or* g | 512.477.1859 36 Friday, January 18 9am – 10:30am Philadelphia Film Center
show The Boy Who Could Sing Pictures David Gonzalez United States
Age Range: 7 to 11 Running Time: 50 minutes Audience Size: 100 to 1,000 Artist Website: www.davidgonzalez.com
Contact: The hero in this multimedia show is young Holden & Arts Associates Luca, whose singing conjures up spectacular, 1-512-477-1859 truth-revealing pictures in the sky. After a royal [email protected] command performance and a fateful encounter www.holdenarts.org with some corrupt ministers with evil intentions, Luca learns to trust his talents as he saves the Booth: 40 & 49 day and the kingdom too!
tell What if Romeo & Juliet... DynamO Théâtre Canada
Age Range: 8+ Running Time: 55 to 60 minutes Audience Size: 350 max Artist Website: www.dynamotheatre.qc.ca
Contact: Chloé Besner, Touring and Market Development What if Romeo & Juliet… revisits Shakespeare’s DynamO Théâtre timeless tragedy of the consequences of 1-514-274-7644 forbidden love. Could there be another ending to [email protected] this story? Using Theater of Acrobatic Movement as its language, DynamO Théâtre reinterprets Booth: 29 the play using the bodies’ poetry, the beauty of Shakespeare’s words, and atmospheric soundscape and lighting.
37 show Jekyll on Ice Paolo Nani Denmark
Age Range: 6+ Running Time: 50 to 60 minutes Audience Size: 100+ Artist Website: www.paolonani.com
Contact: Malco Oliveros, Manager Jekyll is a funny, round, lovable ice cream Paolo Nani Teater salesman with his very own way of doing +45 61605053 business. The ice cream might melt and the [email protected] balloons deflate unexpectedly, but there are still lots of surprises and laughter in store. The Booth: 41 wordless, theatrical play between Jekyll and the audience is pure magic!
tell SIGNAL Claire Parsons Co. Sweden
Age Range: 5+ and families Running Time: 50 to 60 minutes Audience Size: 60 Artist Website: www.claireparsons.com
Contact: Lina Dahlgren, Producer and/or SIGNAL is a poetic and immersive performance Claire Parsons, Artistic Director/Choreographer that invites us into a world of communication Claire Parsons Co. through dance, soft circus, polyphonic sound, +46 70 8274180 images, fantasy and meetings. We create a [email protected] performance together, where we are in front of [email protected] or behind, in the middle and at the periphery, Booth: 37 sending, receiving, moving, and doing.
38 show Ow! Plan-d (Andreas Denk) Netherlands
Age Range: 5+ Running Time: 50 to 57 minutes Audience Size: 250 to 350 Artist Website: www.plan-d.nl
Contact: Bebê de Soares, Arts Manager A blend of dance, slapstick, live music, and poetry, Amazonas Network Ow! is a moving and playful performance about +56 99 8714443 pain—both suffering it and causing it. It shows [email protected] that whether from a scraped knee, a cruel remark, www.amazonasnetwork.com or a broken heart, pain can make you stronger once you learn how to handle it. Booth: 25
What is a Resource Parent?
Resource parents provide a safe, loving and nurturing temporary home for children in foster care.
As a resource parent, you will become part of a team that is working to assure the well being of the child.
39 Saturday, January 19 10:30am–12pm Philadelphia Film Center
show Songs of Freedom Robbi K & Friends United States
Age Range: 8 to 14 Running Time: 60 to 90 minutes Audience Size: 50 to 2,500 Artist Website: www.balidaliproductions.com/ robbi-k-s-songs-of-freedom
Contact: Songs of Freedom is an a cappella tribute concert Robbi Kumalo, Artistic Director of American folk music for the entire family! In BaliDali Productions, Inc. a powerful and improvisational voice, Robbi K & 1-631-978-6087 Friends sing through important times in African [email protected] American history. Feel the stories the songs tell, and sing along with these songs of freedom. Booth: 3
tell Bedtime Stories Upswing United Kingdom
Age Range: 3+ with families or school groups grades K to 3 Running Time: 50 to 60 minutes Audience Size: 150 to 300 Artist Website: www.upswing.org.uk
Contact: In Bedtime Stories, the audience enters the Jenni Taylor Swain, Founder world of a child’s bedroom to watch the Potluck Arts familiar nighttime rituals and tribulations of 1-479-841-7426 a young girl, her imaginary friend, and busy [email protected] mum. This immersive installation production www.potluckarts.org combines circus, theater, dance, and projections Booth: 15 in a celebration of family and the power of imagination.
40 show The Mayhem Poets United States
Age Range: 6+ Running Time: 60 minutes Audience Size: 300+ Artist Website: www.mayhempoets.com
Contact: Keith Ghion, President Geodesic Management With words, humor, and extreme hip-hop energy, 1-646-415-9234 The Mayhem Poets take the audience on a wild [email protected] ride, riffing on everything from Dr. Seuss to racial www.geodesicmanagement.com profiling. These bold beat-boxing bards keep the rapid-fire rhythms flying in a clever concert of Booth: 42 words that will inspire students with the power of poetry.
tell Bedtime Stories Whoosh! Upswing Sensorium Theatre United Kingdom Australia
Age Range: 3+ with families or Age Range: 5 to 12 school groups grades K to 3 Running Time: 60 minutes Running Time: 50 to 60 minutes Audience Size: 14 to 28 Audience Size: 150 to 300 (14 children and caregivers) Artist Website: www.upswing.org.uk Artist Website: www.sensoriumtheatre.com.au
Contact: Contact: Jenni Taylor Swain, Founder Whoosh! is an interactive, multi-sensory Rachael Whitworth, Producer Potluck Arts adventure for children with profound and Performing Lines WA 1-479-841-7426 multiple disabilities. Kids board a spaceship, +61 892 006 213 [email protected] take up their own stations, taste real space [email protected] www.potluckarts.org food, propel through hyperdrive, crash-land, www.performinglines.org.au and explore a strange planet. Characters and Booth: 15 Booth: 17 & 18 audience work as a team to repair the ship and return to Earth.
41 ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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43 Beyond Tulips, Windmills and Wooden Shoes
Wednesday, January 16 4:15pm–5:15pm Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Indulge in a sampling of Dutch theatre and dance for young audiences, brought to you by Dutch Performing Arts, the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York and ASSITEJ Netherlands. Three theatre and dance companies from the Netherlands will each give a 10-minute presentation about one of their shows for young audiences and families. The presentations are interwoven with a talk by Hans Thissen, actor and artistic director of company MaxTak. Thissen will discuss the characteristics of Dutch TYA, the infrastructure for TYA in the Netherlands, and opportunities for presentation, collaboration and exchange. You are warmly invited to this insightful dive into Dutch TYA, and the Dutch Performing Arts Toast (with drinks) immediately following this program.
Pitches by: Het Nationale Theater / NTjong – ‘Robot XS’ Theater Terra – ‘The Little Mermaid’ Meneer Monster – ‘The Robbers’
The Cultural Spotlight is part of Never Grow Up!, a program dedicated to the promotion of Dutch film, literature and performing arts for young audiences in the US. Powered by Dutch Performing Arts, the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York, Eye International, Netherlands Film Fund, Cinekid, Dutch Foundation for Literature, and DutchCulture.
44 Chile
Thursday, January 17 10:15am–10:45am Philadelphia Film Center
Thanks to the support and coordination of the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Te Veo-ASSITEJ Chile, a Delegation from Chile is present at IPAY for the first time!
The delegation is made up of professionals who represent Chilean companies, spaces, festivals and marketplaces that focus on youth and family performances. They are eager to generate contacts and networks aiming towards future collaborations.
Our Cultural Spotlight will introduce you to the diversity of artistic expression within the performing arts in Chile. It will also present collaborative opportunities and available funds to support international exchange. As a country, our participation in IPAY confirms Chile’s commitment to the development of arts and cultures for children and youth.
Spotlight on Scotland
Friday, January 18 10:45am-11:15am Philadelphia Film Center
Scotland is proud of its international reputation for producing artistically exciting and emotionally engaging theater and dance for young audiences. As Imaginate celebrates 30 years of the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, we are delighted to be working in partnership with Creative Scotland to present this Spotlight on Scotland, and to bring 19 artists, producers, and company representatives to Showcase 2019. Our Cultural Spotlight focuses on some of the leading work in Scotland today, and will introduce you to new artists as well as reacquaint you with some familiar faces. We hope it will help create new connections and—most importantly—facilitate opportunities to bring the very best theater to young audiences throughout the world.
45 NEW VICTORY LabWorks fosters the creation of new work for young audiences and champions innovative, adventurous performing arts for audiences of all ages.
THE 2018-19 NEW VICTORY LABWORKS ARTISTS ARE:
BRETON FOLLIES PREETI HOW TO BREAK VASUDEVAN’S THRESH
BLUELACES FAYE CHIAO & THEATER COMPANY ANTON DUDLEY
HIT THE LIGHTS! THEATER CO.
VALERIE CLAYMAN PYE & SPELLBOUND THEATRE
MOLLY POWERS MAX DARWIN & GALLAGHER NAMBI E. KELLEY ALEXANDER DINELARIS, JR.
LabWorks alumni AchesonWalsh Studios; Kate Douglas; Kaneza Schaal and Christopher Myers all continue development of their work in the 2018-19 season.
Applications for 2019-20 are open to NYC-based artists, due February 1, 2019. Visit NewVictory.org/LabWorks for more info and to apply.
THE NEW VICTORY THEATER New York’s Theater for Kids & Families A PROJECT OF THE NEW 42ND 46STREET Sponsored Stages
47 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 12:15pm–2:30pm UArts - Levitt Auditorium Membership Lunch with Sponsored Stages
Jeff Boyer’s Big Bubble Bonanza Jeff Boyer Productions United States
Age Range: Customized for Pre-K through 6th grade, family audiences, and special needs audiences Running Time: 45 or 55 minutes (depending on format) Audience Size: 600 to 1,800 (family or school) Bubble rainbows with people inside, gigantic 100 to 500 (sensory friendly) bubbles blowing their own bubbles, audience Artist Website: www.jeffboyer.com members on stage making volcano bubbles? It’s the newest, funniest international STEAM Contact: spectacular from, Guinness World Record holding, Lea Cullen Boyer, Artist Manager master bubble wrangler Jeff Boyer. Jeff Boyer Productions 1-518-678-1114 This one-man extravaganza is presented as a [email protected] School, Family, or Sensory Friendly Show. We Booth: 7 specialize in supporting presenters through launching sensory friendly performance.
The REMIX SOLE Defined United States
Age Range: Grade 1 to 12 Running Time: 50 minutes & 10 min Q&A Audience Size: 100+ Artist Website: www.soledefined.com
Contact: Quynn Johnson, Director of Arts Education The R.E.M.I.X is an interactive rhythmic 1-202-688-5827 rollercoaster exploring SOLE Defined’s five [email protected] elements of percussive dance fused with the history and movement of tap dance and Booth: 54 body percussion, leaving students dancing in their seats! Tour highlights include The World Children’s Festival, The John F. Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian, and DancEncore Festival.
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49 Wednesday, January 16 9:15pm Suzanne Roberts Theatre 480 S Broad Street
Jabberbabble Theatergroep Kwatta Netherlands
Age Range: 6+ Running Time: 50 minutes Artist Website: www.kwatta.info/english
Booth: 30 & 39
Reservation Contact: Jabberbabble is a performance about four birds Simon Shaw and one nest. Nobody understands their jibber Shaw Entertainment Group jabber lingo. But what if we don’t speak the same 917-392-6739 language, but still manage to understand each [email protected] other? Maybe, before long, we won’t be strangers anymore. To reserve tickets, RSVP to Shaw Entertainment Group. Jabberbabble is entirely sung, as it should be with birds.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 9:15pm UArts – Caplan Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theatre Terra Hall, 211 S Broad Street 16th Floor
Thumbelina L’Illusion, Théâtre de marionnettes Canada
Age Range: 4+ Running Time: 35 minutes Artist Website: www.illusiontheatre.com
Booth: 48
Reservation Contact: Freely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s Sabrina Baran Thumbelina, L’Illusion’s most recent production L’Illusion, Théâtre de marionnettes combines puppetry, dance and music on stage. 514-523-1303 The performance takes the audiences into an [email protected] organic world that changes before their very eyes. Twigs, corollas and leaves come to life and To reserve tickets, RSVP to L’Illusion, Théâtre de marionnettes. emphasize Thumbelina’s quest for freedom.
50 Thursday, January 17 6:45pm UArts – Caplan Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theatre Terra Hall, 211 S. Broad Street, 16th Floor
Playing Hooky PPS Danse/Pierre-Paul Savoie Canada
Age Range: 5+ Running Time: 50 minutes Artist Website: www.ppsdanse.com
Booth: 28 & 29
Reservation Contact: The bell rings, class begins, and from math to Anne-Valérie Côté recreation, from reciting to recitals, it’s a jam- PPS Danse packed day for four pupils! Class ends and noise Office : 514-272-1198 explodes: skipping, playing ball, celebrating Mobile: 514 -371-5309 their world of imagination. Playing Hooky is a [email protected] celebration of children’s games, dance, music, In partnership with Québec Government Office poetry, creativity, perseverance, and camaraderie. in New York. A meal will be served to all participants. RSVP to PPS Danse before January 15.
Thursday, January 17 7pm UArts – Levitt Auditorium Gershman Hall, 401 S. Broad Street 3rd Floor
EGG-tion HERO Maas Theater & Dance Netherlands
Age Range: 3+ Running Time: 35 minutes Artist Website: www.maastd.nl
Booth: 30 & 39
Reservation Contact: Just imagine: an egg, in a museum, that no one Rosa Brinks is allowed to touch. A boring egg guarded by two Maas Theater & Dance ultra-boring attendants. And just when it gets so +31 10 7070438 boring that you begin to fall asleep, you end up [email protected] in a chase scene. A play for toddlers by two mime players. To reserve tickets, RSVP to Maas Theater & Dance
Presented with Company Simone de Jong’s Hermit 51 Thursday, January 17 7pm UArts – Levitt Auditorium Gershman Hall, 401 S. Broad Street 3rd Floor”
Hermit Company Simone de Jong Netherlands
Age Range: 2 to 6 Running Time: 35 minutes Artist Website: www.hethoofd.nl
Booth: 30 & 39
Reservation Contact: We see a square… Could it be a house? Saskia Postma We hear sounds… What’s happening? Vanaf2 We see a lid opening… Could there be something inside? +31 0206366860 What’s inside? Who’s inside? [email protected]
Hermit is an original, visual, funny, and moving To reserve tickets, RSVP to Saskia Postma. performance about being alone and coming home. “A lovely theatrical treasure for all ages” Presented with Maas Theater & Dance’s (Theaterkrant) EGG-tion HERO
Friday, January 18 6:45pm Plays and Players Theater 1714 Delancey Place
Pokon: An unstoppable game of growth De Dansers Netherlands
Age Range: 4+ Running Time: 45 to 50 minutes Artist Website: www.dedansers.com
Booth: 30 & 39
Like children raging over the playground, the Reservation Contact: three performers storm the stage. What follows Miriam Gilissen is a whirling, twirling, hiccuping, tumbling, De Dansers rumbling, and singing stream of playful necessity. +31 6 11224484 Even though we are sometimes a little stuck – in [email protected] a table, a ladder or those persistent rules – Pokon is unstoppable. To reserve, please contact [email protected] with name, organization, phone number, and email. 52 Friday, January 18 7pm UArts – Caplan Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theatre Terra Hall, 211 S. Broad Street, 16th Floor
Hermit Wilde Creatures Company Simone de Jong Tall Stories Netherlands United Kingdom
Age Range: 2 to 6 Age Range: 5+ Running Time: 35 minutes Running Time: 65 minutes Artist Website: www.hethoofd.nl Artist Website: www.tallstories.org.uk
Booth: 30 & 39 Booth: 40 & 49
Reservation Contact: Reservation Contact: Saskia Postma A motley crew of storytelling musicians brings Spring Karlo Vanaf2 Oscar Wilde’s classic fairy tales to life in Tall Holden & Arts Associates +31 0206366860 Stories’ magical new show. Hauntingly beautiful 512-477-1859 [email protected] tales for everyone aged 5 to 105 told with [email protected] original live music and a generous dash of To reserve tickets, RSVP to Saskia Postma. comedy. “Richly entertaining and heartening” Food & Drink will be provided to those who RSVP. As seating availability is limited, please (The Times) Presented with Maas Theater & Dance’s note that priority will be given to presenters. EGG-tion HERO Please contact Spring Karlo – [email protected] to confirm your attendance.
Pokon: An unstoppable game of growth De Dansers Netherlands
Age Range: 4+ Running Time: 45 to 50 minutes Artist Website: www.dedansers.com
Booth: 30 & 39
Reservation Contact: Miriam Gilissen De Dansers +31 6 11224484 [email protected]
To reserve, please contact [email protected] with name, organization, phone number, and email. 53
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55 Kindling 2019:IMPACT
2019 marks the seventh season of Kindling at IPAY Showcase. Launched at Showcase 2013 in Philadelphia with a focus on Creative Catalysts, Kindling celebrates antd explores individuals and organizations who are pushing the boundaries of performing arts for young audiences. Kindling continues to be a platform for open discussion and dialogue—a place to spark, question, and share ideas and dreams for the development of our entire sector.
This year we turn our focus to IMPACT. We all strive to create impact in the experiences we produce or present. Exactly what kind of impact are we are looking for, and how will we know when it happens? As connection points within a larger creative ecosystem, how do we work together to realize our full potential for making meaningful, lasting impact?
Wednesday, January 16
1:40 – 2:10pm Kindling Keynote: Planning for Impact in Artistic UArts – Levitt Auditorium (during Membership Contexts Lunch)
Kindling Keynote: Planning for Impact in Artistic Contexts Yvette Hardie (South Africa) – President, ASSITEJ International/Director, ASSITEJ South Africa
Bertrand Russell said “real life is a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible…” This is also true of artistic projects. How does one design impact into a project plan and then ensure that the impact is delivered and measured? Yvette Hardie will draw on experiences of hosting the first ASSITEJ World Congress in Africa, as well as other ASSITEJ and theatre-related projects, to share key strategies, opportunities, and pitfalls.
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Thursday, January 17
4:00 – 4:30pm Kindling Keynote: Capturing Impact DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Ormandy East
4:30 – 5:00pm Kindling Keynote: Wow! Whoops! Whee! Me?: Impact DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Contemporary Circus – Ormandy East
Kindling Keynote: Capturing Impact Lindsey Buller Maliekel (USA) – Director of Education/Public Engagement, The New Victory Theater
Based on Intrinsic Impact research pioneered at WolfBrown (2012), The New Victory Theater, their teaching artists, and the WolfBrown researchers collaborated to develop a comprehensive approach that tracks young people’s immediate experience of the performances and the potential impact of theatrical experiences on their socio-emotional growth. This is a deliberate departure from past research, which often links theater learning to attendance, literacy, or rising test scores. The study also created theatrically-inspired approaches to collecting data, in addition to using basic research tools (1,500 measurement booklets and 5,000 post-show surveys). In this session, find out how complex, rich, and diverse performances change the way young audiences feel, relate, and create, and how your productions are probably doing it, too!
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Kindling Keynote: Wow! Whoops! Whee! Me?: Impact in Contemporary Circus Ruth Juliet Wikler (Canada) – Artistic Programming & Partnership Development, TOHU/Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival; Curator & Producer, BOOM Arts (Portland)
Circus, of all the performing arts, is the gold standard when it comes to audience engagement. From medieval street performances to PT Barnum’s sideshows, from menageries to one- and three-ring touring circuses of yore, circus has broken through the fourth wall to amaze, thrill, worry, delight, and captivate audiences of all ages. Learn how the artists, producers, and presenters working at the forefront of the dynamic and emergent art form of contemporary circus (and allied disciplines like outdoor arts) are continuing to harness circus’ unique capacity for audience impact, through performance works, community engagement, creative placemaking projects, and social circus, which empowers young people with agency, skills mastery, self- expression, and physical strength.
Friday, January 18
4:15 – 6:00pm Kindling: How to Create a KulturCrew/Cultural Crew DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in the School – Concerto A
4:15 – 6:00pm Kindling: Unpacking “The ‘Black Card’ Project” DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Orchestra
4:15 – 6:00pm KINDLING Kitchen Tables: On IMPACT DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel –Ormandy East & West
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Kindling: How to Create a KulturCrew/Cultural Crew in the School Pernille Welent Sørensen (Denmark) – Culture packages, Network & Audience Development, TeaterCentrum
Since 2009 we have had crews of students working with implementing cultural activities in schools. These activities are now taking place in more than 100 schools in Denmark. Based on the experience from the Danish model of “KulturCrew” we will talk about what it takes to make a cultural crew in the US.
We will go through the principles of the crew and the different stages of creating a new crew: What kinds of resources are necessary? What is needed from the teachers? How do we select the students for the program? How is the crew trained? What are the activities of the crew?
In this workshop we will work with some of the methods from the “KulturCrew Education”. It is our plan, in cooperation with IPAY, to create cultural crews in Philadelphia that will be a part of IPAY Showcase in the future.
Kindling: Unpacking “The ‘Black Card’ Project” Dominic Moore-Dunson (USA) – Inlet Dance Theatre
Using his dance theatre production, “The ‘Black Card’ Project,” which explores the African American ideal of the “black card” and the narrow definition of blackness, Inlet Dance Theatre’s Dominic Moore-Dunson (2016 Porter Fellow) will lead a Kindling workshop focusing on using the collaborative creative process to create conversation with minority middle school and high school students about cultural identity as it relates to their future economic capacities.
The workshop uses dance performance, structured improvisation, and feedback as tools to explore the physical meaning of community, leadership, expectations, and the realities of a being a minority in America.
59 Kindling 2019:IMPACT
Kindling Kitchen Tables: On ImPACT IPAY’s Kindling Kitchen Table sessions are part Long Table (developed by Louis Weaver, USA) and partly informed by Open Space thinking. They are an opportunity to engage in open dialogue and hear a range of different perspectives. At least three Kitchen Tables will run concurrently, with different facilitators at each Table. Feel free to move between the tables and find the conversation that most engages you. Have a seat at the table when you have something you’d like to share.
The tables will start with a focus on Impact. How do you use your own power and privilege to provide impactful opportunities? How do you collaborate within your community to maximize potential impact? How can IPAY more effectively impact artistic or market development outside of Showcase? What are your impact questions and what impact stories do you have to share?
Kitchen Table facilitators include: • Wendy Bable (USA) – IPAY Board President • Jennifer Hartmann Luck (USA) – Education & Outreach Director, Paramount Theatre • Mélissa Smith and Danica Rosengren (USA) – 2018 and 2019 Colleen Porter Resident Artists • Mike Payette (Canada) – Artistic Director, Geordie Theatre • 2019 Jim Rye Fellows
60 Book some FAMILY FUN!
A quarter million people around the world LOVE Jeff Boyer’s exciting, interactive shows. Sensory Friendly Performance Dynamic Curriculum Guides Turn-Key Marketing Tools
Catch Jeff’s Showcases at: APAP Trianon Ballroom (or visit Booth 123) Sunday, January 6, 2019 from 6:30 - 6:50 PM IPAY Sponsored Showcases (or visit Booth 7) Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Lunchtime JEFFJEFF BOYERBOYER PRODUCTIONSPRODUCTIONS
VISIT www.JeffBoyer.com • TO BOOK, CALL LEA 518.678.1114 61 The Colleen Porter Artist Development Award
Honoring the life and work of an innovative, influential, and generous member of the IPAY community, the Colleen Porter Artist Residency provides an incomparable professional development experience for emerging artists in the field of performing arts for young audiences. Linked to themes of the annual Showcase Kindling events, this juried award provides a year-long residency under the mentorship of an international professional from our field, along with opportunities to share ideas and connect with presenters, artists, and others. Through this distinguished honor, Colleen’s innovative, generous and nurturing spirit lives on in the artists of the future.
Since 2014, IPAY has given seven emerging artists in the field of performing arts for youth a remarkable opportunity to immerse themselves in the international exchange of ideas that comes with the Showcase experience. This year, we are delighted to welcome 2019-2020 Colleen Porter Resident Danica Rosengren.
Congratulations to the 2019 Resident Artists!
Danica Rosengren Mélissa Smith 2019/2020 2018/2019
COLLEEN PORTER RESIDENCY RAFFLE.. A NEW WAY TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF OUR FIELD
The Colleen Porter Artist Development Award is supported by individual donors and fundraising efforts, which means that our community makes it all possible. At Showcase 2019, we are introducing a new way for you to support the program: a fundraising raffle!
IPAY has collected an assortment of entertainment tickets, hotel packages, theater memberships, books, puppets, jewelry, unique experiences, themed baskets, and more! Delegates can purchase raffle tickets from Showcase Registration for a chance to win the items they love! The raffle allows everyone to participate without having to outbid their colleagues.
By participating in our raffle, your contribution directly supports IPAY’s Artist Residency in 2019-2020, honoring Colleen Toohey Porter.
Colleen Porter residency raffle will open Wednesday, January 16 in the Overture room. Winning tickets will be drawn on Saturday, January 19 at 5pm.
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2018 Rye Fellow Taiwo Afolabi at Showcase 2018 in Philadelphia 2018 Jim Rye Fellows at Showcase 2018 in Philadelphia
The Jim Rye Fellowship offers an outstanding opportunity for graduate students in the fields of TYA directing, management, curating, and education to be involved with the inner workings of a major performing arts for young audiences conference. After a competitive application and review process, Jim Rye fellows are provided with a year-long membership to IPAY as well as registration for the Showcase conference, where they actively participate in the Kindling workshops and panel conversations. Mentors with experience in each student’s area of interest help the scholar navigate the conference and facilitate networking with other professionals in the field. In return, the Fellows provide valuable assistance to conference organizers by serving as reporters or recorders for professional development sessions, as well as performing general administrative tasks. IPAY believes that it is important to support the development of the Rye Fellows as we all work toward building the field of performing arts for young audiences.
The 2019 Jim Rye Fellows
Blake Edwards Malena Dayen MFA Theatre for Young MFA Performance and Audiences Interactive Media Arts Arizona State University CUNY Brooklyn College
Young Nae Choi MFA Theatre for Young Rebekah Geiselman Audiences Master of Arts Management Arizona State University Carnegie Mellon University
Jenna Nilson Viktoria Lange MFA Theatre for Young MFA Devised Performance Audiences University of the Arts / Arizona State University Pig Iron School
Marisol Rosa-Shapiro I-Chia Chiu Performer, Director, Teaching MFA Theatre for Young Artist Audiences Graduate of Princeton University of Texas University
63 Manual Cinema’s The Magic City “… a brilliant way of awakening interest in theatre, puppetry, and storytelling for the next generation.” — Broadway World on Wed, Jan 16, at 7:45-9pm at the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center DON’T MISS Polyglot Theatre’s (AUS) and Papermoon Theatre (INDONESIA) Cerita Anak (Child’s Story) “…a brilliant and powerful show, filled with fun surprises for the little ones.” — KidTown Melbourne on Sat, Jan 19, at 9-10am & 2-3pm at UArts, Arts Bank Theater
Laura Colby, President IPAY BOOTH #57 Anna Amadei, Vice President TEL: (718)797-4577 64 www.elsieman.org Available for Spring 2020
A world premiere Kennedy Center commission Arts Summit 2019 based on the Pigeon books by Mo Willems The Human Journey: Creating the Story of US For more information: Visit Simon at Shaw Entertainment Group April 29, 2019 in the Exhibit Hall! shawentertainment.com Kennedy-Center.org/ArtsSummit
Major support for Arts Summit is provided by Bank of America is the Presenting Sponsor of Performances for Young Audiences 65 and the National Sponsor of Theater for Young Audiences on Tour. Awards
2018 Mickey Miners Award Winner Sherri Leathers
Mickey Miners Award Lifetime Achievement
The Mickey Miners Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of performing arts for youth over an extended period of time. The winner—whether a presenter, agent, artist, producer, administrator, or teaching artist—exemplifies the energy, vision, experience, wisdom, and dedication to positively impacting the lives of young people with live performances that entertain and enlighten.
For a list of past recipients, please visit www.ipayweb.org
Victor Award
The People’s Choice Victor Award is given to the Best Showcase Performance, as voted on by the audience. The award honors the memory of Victor Podagrosi, founding director of Child’s Play Touring Theatre of Chicago, who played an integral part in the movement that eventually became IPAY.
Don’t forget to vote for the 2019 Victor Award Winner! Voting is easy—just follow the links posted on www.ipayweb.org at the end of every day. Voting links will also be posted on the Showcase Conference Mobile App.
Though we encourage everyone to vote online, we will have a supply of paper ballots available at Showcase Registration during the exhibit hall and after the final Showcase at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre.
Compagnia Baccalà accepts the 2018 Victor Award for Pss Pss. Pss Pss by Compagnia Baccalà
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67 Exhibit Hall Map
Aria, Overture, and Symphony Ballroom
Booth Set Up Wednesday, January 16 – 4pm to 8pm Thursday, January 17 – 7:30am to 1pm
Exhibit Hall Hours Thursday, January 17 – 1:45pm to 3:45pm Friday, January 18 – 11:30am to 1:30pm Saturday, January 19 – 3:15pm to 5:15pm
Booth Take Down Saturday, January 19 – 5:15pm to 8pm
68 Exhibitors by booth number
1 Boat Rocker Entertainment 31 BRUSH Theatre LLC 2 Kattam Tam Productions 32 Axis Theatre Company 3 BaliDali Productions, Inc. 33 Spellbound Theatre 4 Sandglass Theater 34 Loyd Artists 5 Spotlight On Scotland 35 GreatWorks Theatre 6 Kosson Talent 36 Robin Klinger Entertainment LLC 7 Jeff Boyer Productions 37 Claire Parsons Co. 8 Teatro Telaio 38 Siegel Artist Management, LLC 9 Virginia Rep on Tour 40 & 49 Holden & Arts Associates 10 Little Big Eye 41 Paolo Nani Teater 11 Terrance Simien & The Zydeco 42 Geodesic Management Experience - Creole for Kidz! 43 Samajam 12 Shadow Play Theatre KAKASHIZA 44 KidzLoveMusic 13 The Train Theater 45 French Cultural Services/Théâtre 14 Shaw Entertainment Group du Phare 15 Potluck Arts + Upswing 46 Compass Creative Dramatics 16 Second Hand Dance 47 Nadine Asswad Agency 17 & 18 Australia Council for the Arts 48 L’Illusion, Théâtre de marionnettes 19 Nicholas Clark Management 50 PLA’C’ART 20 Geordie Theatre 51 Green Thumb Theatre 21 C Squared Entertainment 52 LA Choreographers & Dancers/ louise Reichlin & Dancers 22 Bailiwick Booking Agency 53 Gardner Arts Network, Inc. 23 Dandelion Artists 54 SOLE Defined 24 Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage of Chile 55 National Players 25 Amazonas Network 56 Théâtre des Confettis 26 Masil Theater 57 Elsie Management 27 Salzburg Marionette Theater 58 Theatre de l’Oeil Inc. 29 CINARS/Québec on Stage 59 Agence Station bleue 30 & 39 Dutch Performing Arts
* IPAY member
69 exhibitors in alphabetical order
Agence Station bleue Boat Rocker Entertainment Booth 59 Booth 1 Patrice St Pierre James Weiner [email protected] [email protected] 1-514-523-1108 1-646-220-6730 stationbleue.com boatrockerentertainment.com CANADA UNITED STATES Additional Registrants: Maybe Together, Gravity & Other Myths Amazonas Network Booth 25 Bebê de Soares BRUSH Theatre LLC [email protected] Booth 31 56 99 8714443 Wheeyeon Kim amazonasnetwork.com [email protected] GERMANY 82 264068324 Additional Registrants: Companhia Urbana de Dança, The brushtheatre.com Batida Theatre Company, plan d- SOUTH KOREA Additional Registrants: Seungeun Lee
Australia Council for the Arts Booth 17 & 18 C Squared Entertainment Norman Armour Booth 21 [email protected] Christine Cox 1-604-728-3019 [email protected] australiacouncil.gov.au 1-212-496-2147 AUSTRALIA csquaredentertainment.com Additional Registrants: Drop Bear Theatre, Gravity & Other UNITED STATES Myths, Maybe Together, One Fell Swoop Circus, Performing Lines WA, Polyglot Theatre, Sensorium Theatre, Slingsby CINARS/Québec on Stage Booth 29 Axis Theatre Company Pierre-Paul Savoie Booth 32 [email protected] Daune Campbell 1-514-842-5866 [email protected] cinars.org 1-604-669-0631 CANADA axistheatre.com Additional Registrants: Amélie Dumont- Ombres Folles, CANADA Amélie Gauthier- Bouge de là, Chloé Besner- DynamO Théâtre, Marie-France Bruyère- Théâtre Motus, Yaëlle Azoulay- Résonances, Agence de spectacles inc. Bailiwick Booking Agency Booth 22 Claire Parsons Co. Tara Bailey Booth 37 [email protected] Lina Dahlgren 1-416-540-4152 [email protected] bailiwick.biz 46 72 0435844 CANADA claireparsons.com Additional Registrants: Video Phase SWEDEN
BaliDali Productions, Inc. Compass Creative Dramatics Booth 3 Booth 46 Robbi Kumalo Cassandra Quinn [email protected] [email protected] 1-631-978-6087 1-773-893-0535 balidaliproductions.com ccdramatics.com UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
70 Dandelion Artists GreatWorks Theatre Booth 23 Booth 35 Sarah McCarthy Matt O’Brien [email protected] [email protected] 1-818-533-1655 1-888-588-7850 dandelionartists.com www.greatworkstheatre.com UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
Dutch Performing Arts Green Thumb Theatre Booth 30 & 39 Booth 51 Anja Krans Breanne Harmon [email protected] [email protected] 31 70 707 27 00 1-604-254-4055 dutchperformingarts.nl greenthumb.bc.ca NETHERLANDS CANADA Additional Registrants: plan d-, Maas Theater & Dance, Additional Registrants: Patrick McDonald- Artistic Director, Theatergroep Kwatta, Company Simone de Jong, De Dansers, Bronwyn Carradine- Education & Outreach Coordinator De Krakeling, Vanaf2 Agency, Meneer Monster, NTjong, Dutch Culture USA, Hans Thissen- MaxTak Holden & Arts Associates Booth 40 & 49 Elsie Management Spring Karlo Booth 57 [email protected] Laura Colby 1-512-477-1859 [email protected] holdenarts.org 1-718-797-4577 UNITED STATES elsieman.org Additional Registrants: Stacy Meshbane- Co-Director, Sarah UNITED STATES Saltwick- Co-Director, Michael Holden- Co-Founder, Theresa Additional Registrants: Polyglot Theatre, Manual Cinema Holden- Co-Founder, Tall Stories, Slingsby, David Gonzalez, Inlet Dance Theatre, Cahoots NI
French Cultural Services / Théâtre du Phare Booth 45 Jeff Boyer Productions Nicole Birmann Bloom Booth 7 [email protected] Lea Boyer [email protected] [email protected] 1-917-685-1436 1-518-678-1114 frenchculture.org jeffboyer.com UNITED STATES Additional Registrants: Jeff Boyer Gardner Arts Network, Inc. Booth 53 Kattam Tam Productions Jeannette Gardner Booth 2 [email protected] Kattam Laraki-Côté 1-212-496-9121 [email protected] gardnerartsnetwork.com 1-514-677-5288 UNITED STATES kattam.ca CANADA
Geodesic Management Booth 42 KidzLoveMusic Keith Ghion Booth 44 [email protected] Stephanie Rothschild 1-646-415-9234 [email protected] geodesicmanagement.com 1-212-421-0592 UNITED STATES kidzlovemusic.com Additional Registrants: The Mayhem Poets UNITED STATES
Geordie Theatre Kosson Talent Booth 20 Booth 6 Kathryn Westoll Larry Kosson [email protected] [email protected] 1-514-845-9810 1-717-227-0060 geordie.ca kossontalent.com CANADA UNITED STATES Additional Registrants: Mike Payette- Artistic Director Additional Registrants: Gina Chavez
71 L’Illusion, Théâtre de marionnettes National Players Booth 48 Booth 55 Sabrina Baran Rebecca Dzida [email protected] [email protected] 1-514-523-1303 1-240-722-6016 illusiontheatre.com nationalplayers.org CANADA UNITED STATES
Nicholas Clark Management LA Choreographers & Dancers/ Louise Reichlin & Dancers Booth 19 Booth 52 Nicholas Clark Louise Reichlin [email protected] [email protected] 61 422 863 692 1-213-385-1171 nicholasclarkmanagement.com lachoreographersanddancers.org AUSTRALIA UNITED STATES Additional Registrants: One Fell Swoop Circus
Little Big Eye Paolo Nani Teater Booth 10 Booth 41 Kathleen Doyle Malco Oliveros [email protected] [email protected] 1-617-596-1900 45 61605053 kathleendoyledesign.com paolonani.com htyweb.org DENMARK UNITED STATES Additional Registrants: Paolo Nani Additional Registrants: Honolulu Theatre For Youth PLA’C’ART Booth 50 Loyd Artists Chantal Cimon Booth 34 [email protected] Susan Lounsbury 1-418-780-3699 [email protected] placart.ca/en 1-518-647-5916 CANADA loydartists.com Additional Registrants: Théâtre du Phare UNITED STATES Potluck Arts + Upswing Booth 15 Masil Theater Jenni Taylor Swain Booth 26 [email protected] Hyejung Son 1-479-841-7426 [email protected] potluckarts.org 1-949-677-7640 UNITED STATES & GREAT BRITAIN UNITED STATES Additional Registrants: Upswing
Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage of Chile Robin Klinger Entertainment LLC Booth 24 Booth 36 Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage of Chile Robin Klinger [email protected] [email protected] 56 226189212 1-516-472-7130 cultura.gob.cl robinklingerentertainment.com CHILE UNITED STATES Additional Registrants: Association TeVeo Assitej Chile
Nadine Asswad Agency Salzburg Marionette Theater Booth 47 Booth 27 Nadine Asswad Jahel De Quesada [email protected] [email protected] 1-514-663-4884 1-786-449-2746 nadineasswad.com marionetten.at CANADA AUSTRIA Additional Registrants: Erika Tremblay-Roy- Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke, Christophe Garcia- La Parenthèse, Isabelle Payant- Théâtre des Petites Âmes
72 Samajam Spellbound Theatre Booth 43 Booth 33 Samuel Gendron Lauren Jost [email protected] [email protected] 1-514-598-1554 34 74648542 samajam.world spellboundtheatre.com CANADA UNITED STATES
Sandglass Theater Booth 4 Spotlight On Scotland Kei Ching Booth 5 [email protected] Paul Fitzpatrick 1-808-729-4750 [email protected] sandglasstheater.org 44 7957 154 615 UNITED STATES imaginate.org.uk Additional Registrants: Eric Bass, Shoshana Bass, Kalob SCOTLAND Martinez Additional Registrants: Colin Bradie- Creative Scotland, Rebecca Monks- Creative Scotland, Noel Jordan- Imaginate, Second Hand Dance Alice McGrath- Red Bridge Arts Booth 16 Rosie Heafford [email protected] Teatro Telaio 00 44 (0) 7900 986148 Booth 8 secondhanddance.co.uk Maria Rauzi ENGLAND [email protected] Additional Registrants: Claire Summerfield- Tandem Works 39 3284268036 teatrotelaio.it Shadow Play Theatre KAKASHIZA ITALY Booth 12 Additional Registrants: Angelo Facchetti Kei Goto [email protected] Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience - Creole for Kidz! 81 455928111 Booth 11 kakashiza.co.jp/en Cynthia Simien JAPAN [email protected] Additional Registrants: Tsubasa Kamei, Technical Director 1-337-322-6091 terrancesimien.com UNITED STATES Shaw Entertainment Group Booth 14 The Train Theater Simon Shaw Booth 13 [email protected] Natalia Amelia Saied 1-917-392-6739 [email protected] shawentertainment.com 972 5 47604065 UNITED STATES traintheater.co.il/en Additional Registrants: Sherri Leathers- Agent, Director of ISRAEL Special Projects Theatre de l’Oeil Inc. Booth 58 Siegel Artist Management, LLC Véronique Grondines Booth 38 [email protected] Jennifer Morris 1-514-278-9188 [email protected] theatredeloeil.qc.ca 1-570-824-2266 CANADA siegelartist.com UNITED STATES Théâtre des Confettis Booth 56 SOLE Defined Sylvain Perron Booth 54 [email protected] Ryan Johnson 1-418 648-6448 [email protected] theatredesconfettis.ca 1-810-423-4672 CANADA soledefined.com UNITED STATES Virginia Rep on Tour Additional Registrants: Quynn Johnson Booth 9 Eric Williams [email protected] 1-800-235-8687 va-rep.org UNITED STATES
73 IPAY
IPAY’s Mission To create professional and educational opportunities for key stakeholders in North America (artists, agents and presenters) to engage around support of meaningful performing arts experiences for young audiences.
IPAY’s Vision A world in which artistic excellence and innovation in performing arts for young audiences are nurtured, supported and expanded.
Wendy Bable President
IPAY Board of Directors Executive Committee Board Members At Large President Nadine Asswad Wendy Bable Nadine Asswad Agency Freelance Director & Creative Consultant Montréal, Québec, Canada Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Bebê de Soares Vice President Amazonas Network James Weiner Santiago, Chile Boat Rocker Entertainment Hastings on Hudson, New York, United Craig Harrison States Gravity & Other Myths Mile End, Australia Vice President, Committees Jennifer Hartmann Luck Josee Hussaarts Paramount & Stateside Theatres Theatregroep Kwatta Austin, Texas, United States Nijmegen, Netherlands
Secretary Laura A. Maness Rosa Hyde Popejoy Hall New Jersey Performing Arts Center Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States Newark, New Jersey, United States William Massolia Treasurer Griffin Theatre Company Carolyn Elliott Chicago, Illinois, United States The Broad Stage Santa Monica, California, United States Jairo Ontiveros Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Chair, Selection Committee Arts of Miami-Dade County Rebecca M. Podsednik Miami, Florida, United States Lincoln Center Education New York, New York, United States James Packard Long Island Children’s Museum Past President Garden City, New York, United States Ray Gargano Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Council Andy Packer Sacramento, California, United States Slingsby Theatre Company Adelaide, Australia
Eric Williams Virginia Rep on Tour Richmond, Virginia, United States
74 Staff & Contact
IPAY staff Executive Director Conference & Management Associate Jeremy “Boomer” Stacey Anne Ketcham [email protected] [email protected]
Managing Director Web & IT Administrator Terina-Jasmine “TJ” Alladin Gabriel Bloomfield [email protected] IPAY Bookkeeper Engagement Manager Kristin Wynn Sam Tower [email protected] IPAY Showcase team Production Manager Rye Fellowship Coordinators Kyle Grant Erwin Maas Amanda Pintore Assistant Production Manager Gracie Dod Colleen Porter Award Coordinator Tony Reekie Registration Managers Thomas Choinacky Showcase Photographer Jenna Horton Kate Raines
UArts House Manager Documentation Manager Sol Madariaga Brittany Parker
Plays & Players House Manager Showcase Documentation Tezarah Wilkins Nia Benjamin Tess Kunik Spotlight Stage Manager Andrew Simon Jamel Baker Conference Logistics Intern Spotlight Assistant Stage Manager Taylor Jane Cooper Eleanor Safer Programming Intern Volunteer & Audience Coordinator Anna South Julius Stone
Special Thanks: Lian Farrer, Program Booklet Editing Support; Olga Maystruk, Program Booklet Design; Kimmel Center Education Department, School Performance Support; all our Showcase 2019 Volunteers in Philadelphia, and the families and schools who are attending performances this year!
Contact: International Performing Arts for Youth C/O CultureWorks 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 320 Philadelphia, PA 19107 1-267-690-1325
75 76 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16th SUZANNE ROBERTS THEATRE QUÉBEC 2019
9:30 AM ARTISTS AT IPAY Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke: INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING A letter for Elena ARTS FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES Theater Dance Booth 47
THE CAPLAN THEATER, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS IN THEIR BOOTHS Agence Station Bleue 9:15 PM Jamie Adkins: A Fool Errand Booth 59 L’Illusion, Théâtre Bouge de là de Marionnettes: The 26 Letter Dance Booths 28-29 Thumbelina CINARS Puppet Theater International Exchange Booth 48 for the Performing Arts Booths 28-29 Le Caroussel A Moon Between Two Houses THURSDAY, JANUARY 17th Contact: Fanny Oberti THE CAPLAN THEATER, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS Geordie Productions Instant Booth 20 Kattam Tam Productions 6:45 PM Kattam and his Tam-Tams Booth 02 PPS Danse: Nadine Asswad Agency Playing Hooky Dance Cas Public: 9 Booth 28-29 Théâtre des Petites Âmes: OGO Théâtre Le Clou: Goldilocks Goes Bear Hunting Booth 47 Ombres Folles SUZANNE ROBERTS THEATRE Off the Beaten Path Booth 28-29 PLA’C’ART Agency 9:45 PM Theater, Puppetry, Circus Booth 50 Video Phase: Résonnance Agence de spectacles Lumens Game Bourask: Bossbottes Booth 28-29 Music/Digital Art Samajam Booth 22 Samajam Kids Show Booth 43 Théâtre de l’Oeil The Star Keeper Booth 58 Le Théâtre des Confettis FRIDAY, JANUARY 18th Waves, all that Glows Sees Booth 56 PHILADELPHIA FILM CENTER Théâtre Motus Echoing Crest Booths 28-29
9:00 AM Québec Government Office DynamO Théâtre: One Rockefeller Plaza, 26th Floor What if New York, NY 10020-2102 0 Romeo & Juliet… Phone: 212.843.0987 Acrobatic Theater www.quebec-newyork.org Booth 28-29
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