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Theater Top 5: June 2020

by Kevin Greene | May 27, 2020

by Kevin Greene
May 27, 2020July 2, 2020Filed under:
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Karen Janes Woditsch and Craig Spidle in TimeLine Theatre Company’s 2010 production of “To Master the Art”/Photo: Lara Goetsch

1
Pivot Arts Festival
Now in its eighth edition, the celebrated multidisciplinary performance festival pivots its presentation to online in the ongoing performing arts shakeup.
June 5-30

2
To Master the Art
(TimeLine Theatre Company)
The adventure and romance of the journey of discovery in Paris by Julia and Paul Child during the 1950s streams into your home with the online revival of this celebrated production.
Through June 7

3
Crucial Connections
(Collaboraction)
A highly interactive online show that is “hyperlocal thinking global,” radically inclusive yet entertaining while reflecting on life in a post-coronavirus world and the reshaping of the human experience.
Thursdays, 8pm through June 11 

4
My Bodies Image, Delayed
(Theatre Y)
A meditation on introspection, self-interrogation and refracted identity, this weekly retrospective of András Visky texts will be performed by ensemble members and feature experiments with text and mirrors.
Fridays, 7pm, through July 24 

5
Pride in Place
(Pride Films & Plays)
Live online readings of LGBTQ-themed plays allows the organization to continue its mission for patrons from their own home.
Ongoing

Tagged:
  • András Visky
  • Collaboraction
  • Julia Child
  • Pivot Arts
  • Pivot Arts Festival
  • Pride Films and Plays
  • Theatre Y
  • TimeLine Theatre Company

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