The Taming
By Lauren Gunderson
Direction by Edith Weiss
At The Dairy Arts Center
September 16 – October 8, 2016
Featuring Sara McPherson Horle, Laura Lounge, and Missy Moore
An aide to a Republican senator, a liberal blogger, and a beauty queen walk into a bar…The Catamounts are thrilled to open the Dairy’s newly renovated Carsen Theater with the regional premiere of The Taming by Lauren Gundersen. A hilarious, zeitgeist-y, equal opportunity-offending look at our Red State/Blue State divide, The Taming is your antidote to this bonkers election season!
FEED: Darkness
Theatrical Direction by Jason Maxwell
Theatrical Curation by Amanda Berg Wilson and Jason Maxwell
At Still Cellars, Longmont
January 27 – January 29, 2017
Event Direction by Lauren Shepard
Production by Sara McPherson Horle
Music Direction by Ben Berg Wilson
Spirit Artistry by Jason R. Houston and Sadye Rose W. of Still Cellars
Culinary Magic by Le Frigo
Featuring Laura Lounge, Jason Maxwell, Peter Trinh and a special guest performance by Patrick Mueller of Control Group
In four courses, FEED: DARKNESS will examine why we need darkness in order to see the light. Each course is a drink, a dish, and a short performance piece, and live music weaves the whole night together. This event will be hosted by the delightful Still Cellars, a distillery and arthouse., where The Catamounts will pair performance with their brilliant cocktails, made from all-organic, small-batch spirits. LE FRIGO will round out the evening with four courses of small plates complementing the cocktails and performance.
Beowulf, A Thousand Years of Baggage
Book & Lyrics by Jason Craig
Music by Dave Malloy
Direction by Meridith Grundei
At the Dairy Arts Center, Boulder
February 24 – March 10, 2017
Assistant Direction by Laura Lounge
Artistic Direction by Amanda Berg Wilson
Music Direction by Gary Grundei
Set Design by M. Curtis Grittner
Costume Design by Annabel Reader
Costume Design Assistant Alison Alter
Lighting Design by Sean Mallary
Stage Management by Hayat Dominguez
Production by McPherson Horle
Scott Rodeheaver, Audio Engineer
Lauren Shepard, Community Meal Director
Featuring
Cast: Amanda Berg Wilson (Warrior 1), Joan Bruemmer – Holden (Academic 2/Grendel’s Mother), Allison Caw (Warrior 2), Gary Grundei (Hrothgar), Ben Hilzer (Academic 1/Grendel), Kate Moore (Academic 3/Dragon), Joe Von Bokern (Beowulf)
Musicians:
Todd Bilsborough (Percussion), Mark Jennings (Clarinet), Julie Royster (Bass), Jon Stubbs (Trombone),
The Catamounts will turn the Dairy’s Carsen theater into a Scandinavian mead hall with the regional premiere of Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage. A blood pumping, gypsy-punk musical based on the ninth-century epic poem, Beowulf raucously examines the legacy of violence and otherness in Western culture, and backed by a live band playing an original score by Dave Malloy, composer of Natasha, Pierre, And The Great Comet of 1812, now on Broadway with Josh Groban.
Tickets to performances on February 25, March 11, and March 18 include a pre-show, show-inspired cocktail and post show community meal featuring a special-release beer from Wild Woods Brewery, created especially for the production, and a show-inspired menu from Knock on Wood Smokehouse.
FEED: Simple
Theatrical Direction by Joan Bruemmer-Holden
At Lone Hawk Farm, Longmont
June 10 and 11, 2017
Event Direction by Lauren Shepard Wilkinson
Music Direction by Ben Berg Wilson with Kevin Packard
Featuring Betty Hart, Sara McPherson Horle, and Chris Kendall
Against the backdrop of a summer’s evening light on the breathtaking Lone Hawk Farm, FEED: Simple will examine the question: Why do we often complicate what should be simple.
Each of the four courses will feature a dish, drink, and piece of performance, and live music will weave the whole evening together. Food by The Kitchen Bistro