Viva la degustacione!
The 2009 Capfringe hit is back – this time with 10 “courses” for vegetarians at the Big Bear Cafe! Featuring tasty new treats for the senses, captivating visuals and choreography, this synaesthetic experience inspired by the Futurist will be bound to change the way you feed your senses!
The “Menu”
Course 1: Meowinetti Mix
Course 2: Prelude to Flavors
Course 3: The Excited Bear
Course 4: Milk
Course 5: Perfected Pizza
Course 6: Carrot+Cucumber=Professor
Course 7: Mystery Meatball Machine
Course 8: Touch/Taste
Course 9: Rations
Course 10: Battaglia
Thanks to the Farms that Grew our Food
Garner’s Produce of Warsaw, VA
The Farm at Sunnyside
Reid’s Orchards & Winery of Orrtanna, PA
Artistic Collaborators
Carmen C. Wong – Producer/Director/Concept
Niell DuVal – Producer/Technical Director/Props
Susanna Oenterodottir – Stage Manager
Wanchun Wu – Production Assistant
Ayodamola Okunseinde – Videographer/New Media Artist
Samantha Vick-McGill – Head Chef & Costume Assistance
Josh Chambers - Chef
Mark DeCelles – Sous Chef
Meiyu Tsung – Marketing Assistance & Press Contact
Amy Cesal - Graphic Designer
Joseph Price – Webmaster & Box-Office Manager
Glynnis Vance – Costume Consultant
Karol Urban – Sound Design for Video & “Milk Croon” Music (voice by Kay DuVal)
Chebonne Littlefield – “Meowinetti Mix” Music
6: “Mystery in the Kitchen” Music
Performers
Stephanie Davio - Costume Assistance & Head Servertron
Ken Hays - Marinetti
Melissa Krodman – Choreography & Servertron
Carrie Monger – Choreography & Servertron
Otis Ramsey-Zöe – Dramaturgy Assistance & Servertron
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors & Supporters
Big Bear Cafe
Timor Bodega at 200 Rhode Island Ave.
Anna Blasco
Stacey Carlberg
Craig Huzway
Laura Kellner
Sarah Lengyel
Alex Padro
Rick Pelasara
Robin Shuster
Kathleen & Marty DuVal-Smith
Venue |
| TACTILE DINNER @ Big Bear Cafe 1700 1st St NW DC (map) |
Times & Tickets |
| Thu, 5/13 @ 8:00pm Fri, 5/14 @ 7:30pm Sat, 5/15 @ 7:00pm & 9:30pm $25 plus $5 suggested gratuity |
Press & Program |
| Press Release
Program “This daringly interactive, philosophically pungent, meal-like extravaganza is designed to spatula audiences out of their comfort zones — theatrical and gustatory — and instill a new appreciation of sensory experience.” “It manages the rare trick in avant-garde performance of not taking itself too seriously, of embracing the audience rather than intentionally alienating it: think Top Chef hosted by Stephen Colbert.” “As experiential theater goes, this effort, by the D.C.-based banished? productions and artistic director Carmen C. Wong makes for a giddy little refreshment.” “This is no show, it is an experience, and one I exhort you not to miss.” “A “once-in-a-lifetime” kind of show… that reawakens the senses of its audience. |
