Residency at The Celebration Barn Sept 27- Oct 7 2011

Strong Coffee Stage had an amazing and inspiring week and a half residency at The Celebration Barn in South Paris Maine! It was a great experience to be nestled in the country side of Maine and creating a brand new solo show! The Celebration Barn gave us good energy to dive into our work and dig deep into our souls!

We were able to take this lovely residency due mostly to the fact that I received a grant from The Arts Endowment of The Vermont Community Foundation to begin work on a solo show! YAY!

Thank You Vermont Community Foundation!

While in Maine not only did we take time for hikes and walks in the luscious woods and fields but we also visited the small town of South paris where we often had to take time for a mocha or a latte at Cafe Nomad! I highly recommend them! They have awesome food and they sell wine and beer too! You gotta go early though because they close at 4pm sharp!

We also got the opportunity to work with Davis Robinson Professor of the Theatre Dept at Bowdoin College and Artistic Director of Beau Jest Moving Theatre, an innovative and inspiring Physical Theatre Company based in Boston Mass.

We taught a Clown and Partner Acrobatics class at Bowdoin College to the students in the theatre dept. It was a wonderful experience to share our skills with these very willing and capable students.

I have included some fun photos of our trip to Maine and our residency at The Barn! Thanks so much! We will be back next year or sooner!

Fools Fury Festival and our travels cross country!

Hi!

Strong Coffee Stage travels cross country all the way from Brattleboro VT to San Francisco California and the Bay area!

We had an awesome trip! So many crazy, fun, scary, annoying, blissful stories to tell! Stay tuned!

Best of all was just seeing this amazing countryside! WOW! There were many times I was just speechless and in awe looking at the beauty of this country we call the USA!

This is sad to say but we also became more aware of the many small communities in this country that are underprivileged and depressed. Save the small towns!

Creative Capital Retreat May 20-22 in NYC

I'm super excited about this amazing experience! I'm attending the Creative Capital Retreat in NYC this weekend. This is an amazing opportunity offered to me and Strong Coffee Stage by The Field. I'm one of 24 other artists who was invited to this great weekend of learning and networking!

Thank You to The Field and Creative Capital for this invaluable experience!

Creative Capital is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in five disciplines: Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Innovative Literature, and Performing and Visual Arts. Working in long-term partnership with artists, Creative Capital’s pioneering approach to support combines funding, counsel and career development services to enable a project’s success and foster sustainable practices for its grantees. In its first decade, Creative Capital has committed more than $20 million in financial and advisory support to 325 projects representing 406 artists, and has reached an additional 3,500 artists through its Professional Development Program.

Here is a list of the other artists attending!

Alexis Clements

Caroline Woolard

Alissa Mello

Faye Driscoll

Jacqueline Wade

Katie Workum

Jason Schuler

Philippa Kaye

Kahilil Almustafa

Pontus Lidberg

Karina Casiano

Rebecca Davis

Kathryn Jones

Roman Baca

Kevin Doyle

Sarah Dahnke

Kyle decamp

Stephanie Sleeper

Laura Marie Thompson

Tara Burns

Lisa Hogan

Samuel Topiary

Susan Oetgen

It has been really amazing to meet them all!

----Bronwyn

Upcoming Events! June 2011 ANTIGONE at foolsFURY's Fury Factory 2011 Festival of Ensemble Theatre

FURY Factory 2011 Presents: Strong Coffee Stage
Joe Goode Annex
San Francisco, CA

ANTIGONE, a production of Strong Coffee Stage is a new and original two-actor performance of the classic Greek tragedy. Inspired by the writings of Sophocles, Jean Anouilh, Bertolt Brecht, Anne Carson, Jocelyn Clarke, Seamus Heaney and Charles Mee, the story of the headstrong young daughter of Oedipus comes to life amidst an imaginative and startlingly playful landscape.

Antigone performs Tuesday, June 21 at 8:00pm,Wednesday June 22, at 8:00pm and ThursdayJune 23 at 8:00pm

http://foolsfury.org/

http://foolsfury.org/fury/FURYFactory/#

Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/170517

ANTIGONE at foolsFURY's Fury Factory 2011

FURY FACTORY 2011 June 7 – 26, 2011 The Jewish Theater, NOH Space, Theater Artaud & Joe Goode Annex San Francisco, CA Mission District.

June 7 – June 26 Celebrate the ensemble spirit as over 30 visiting and local ensemble theater companies join for three weeks of collaboration, inspiration & performance. Tickets on sale now! Student, senior and group discounts available! For the three weeks in June 2011 the many theater spaces in the Project Artaud building in San Francisco’s Mission district will become home to an outpouring of performance, artistic exchange and cross pollination, panel discussions, and training events open to everyone. This year, 31 innovative theater companies from all over the country will converge in San Francisco from June 7-26 for FoolsFURY’s acclaimed biennial theater festival, co-hosted by Z Space and Theatre of Yugen. http://foolsfury.org/ http://foolsfury.org/fury/FURYFactory/# Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/170517 FURY Factory 2011 Presents: Strong Coffee Joe Goode Annex San Francisco, CA ANTIGONE, a production of Strong Coffee Stage is a new and original two-actor performance of the classic Greek tragedy. Inspired by the writings of Sophocles, Jean Anouilh, Bertolt Brecht, Anne Carson, Jocelyn Clarke, Seamus Heaney and Charles Mee, the story of the headstrong young daughter of Oedipus comes to life amidst an imaginative and startlingly playful landscape. Minimum Age: 14 Dog Friendly: No Non-Smoking: Yes! Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! Contact Who: Allison Moon - Producer Phone: 415-685-3665 Email: allisonm@foolsfury.org Web: http://www.foolsfury.org/fury/training For Press Inquiries Liam Passmore 415-865-0860 liam (at) shaveandahaircut (dot) biz

Highlights of Strong Coffee's first season

We had a great first year. In January, we staged New York Stories, a series of one acts about NYC, at the Hooker-Dunham Theater in Brattleboro Vermont. This was well received by the local community. Eric Davis taught a bouffon workshop and performed his "Red Bastard" solo show in May. In August we collaborated with the Hooker-Dunham Theater to produce a 24 hour play festival. Playwright Jeffrey Sweet took part in this festival, and retuned in the fall to teach a playwrighting workshop. And....founders Patrick Donnelly and Bronwyn Sims performed a 2 person adaptation of Antigone at Marlboro College, and also taught clown to incoming students as part of the Marlboro College orientation.

We are looking forward to more exciting projects in the coming year!

Upcoming events

Strong Coffee Stage Company's resident clown troupe 3.5 Heads perform at the NYC Clown Theater Festival 9/25/08 at the Brick Theater, Brooklyn NY at 10:30. Tickets at: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/122

And a 9/27/08 at 10:00.

This festival & the style of clowning involved were the subject of a recent article in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/theater/12clow.html?scp=1&sq=NY%20CLOWN%20THEATER%20FESTIVAL&st=cse