Debris Upon the Forest Floor

Event Details

Time: May 29, 2012 from 8pm to 11pm
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Street: 17 New South Street
City/Town: Northampton, MA
Website or Map: http://www.nohoarts.org
Phone: 413.584.7327
Event Type: performance
Organized By: Northampton Center for the Arts
Latest Activity: Apr 24, 2012

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Event Description

Tickets: $8-$12 at the door

Announcing! The new collaboration between members of The Missoula Oblongata and Polka Dot Dot Dot. DEBRIS UPON THE FOREST FLOOR is a play written by Madeline ffitch with music by Jordan O'Jorden and design by weaver and textile artist ElspethVance.

In 1959, a hockey goaltender finally got tired of the brutality of his position. He took the stairs to the fifth floor. He asked his friend and neighbor, a prosthetist, to construct a mask. He wore that mask out onto the ice. It would be fourteen years before wearing a hockey mask was anything more than a personal choice.

During those years of turmoil, an archivist became electrified by a mountain lion, and neighbors became friends. They strove to regain lost human skill, to invent a secret phrase, to put their hands into the mycelium, all while evading the sinister third party.

Our set is a lush and intricately constructed world of oak, seaweed, wool, perfume, and plaster of paris. Our story fits inside a book, is encased in a cupboard, and expands to the ceiling. We ask you to become our allies, to remember a time when we could run as fast as horses, when our powers of memorization were uncanny, and when we could take photographs with our eyes.

DEBRIS UPON THE FOREST FLOOR will tour the last two weeks of May, 2012, with stops throughout the east, including the Nelsonville Music Festival in Appalachian Ohio, and Puppet Uprising in Philadelphia.