After a dreamy run of Vainglorious, we Mechanicians are setting off on some glorious adventures of our own for the summer.
John is making a new culinary cabaret with Mary Martello and Dito Van Reigersberg. He is also performing at Bastille Day with his company, The Bearded Ladies.
Kristen is making a piece involving the harp, Butoh, and food for the SoLow Festival in June. In August, she’s heading to Montreal.
Becky is teaching at the New England Literature Program in New Hampshire and attending LaMaMa’s International Directors Symposium in Umbria.
Bayla is stage managing Spring Awakening at Theatre Horizon, and Adrienne Mackey’s production of The Tempest for Shakespeare in Clark Park.
Maria is traveling to Colorado to work on 17 Border Crossings with Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental, is in development for Joe Hill with Swim Pony Performing Arts and continuing web design work here in Philly.
Jess is learning Spanish, teaching Science Fiction, and writing about James Baldwin and Samuel Delaney for her dissertation.
Thomas, leaving the US for the first time ever, is going to an artist residency in Estonia (!!) and then another at Elsewhere in Greensboro, NC.
Mary is performing in Spring Awakening at Theatre Horizon, and then traveling to the north of Italy where she will read lots of books by a lake.