October 6th and 8th at 8pm and
October 9th at 3pm -The Carpetbag Theatre, Inc. Presents: 11 Reflections on September Eleven Reflections on September is a poetry/spoken word-based, multi-media performance on Arab American experience, Wars on/of Terror, and “the constant, quiet rain of death amidst beauty” that each autumn brings in a
post-9/11 world. This production is based on the series of poems Andrea Assaf has been writing since 2001, spanning the fall of the towers, the on-going wars, and the current revolutions sweeping through the Arab world. Aesthetically, the poems explore the disintegration of language in the face of violence, prejudice, and unspeakable horror; as such, they progress from lyrical to abstract and broken. The annual witnessing of autumn leaves becomes a metaphor for the fallen--the fighters and the innocent.
Written, Directed & Performed by Andrea Assaf
Video Design by Pramila Vasudevan
Music by
Salah Fattah, Tim O'Keefe, & Aida Shahghasemi
Lighting Design by Kat Lovell
Sound Design by Owen Henry & Keegan Fraley
Carpetbag Theatre Black Box Performance Space
100 S. Gay St., Suite 114
Knoxville, Tennessee
August and Sepetember 2011- The Carpetbag Theater is presenting the 2011 Home Grown at the Garden Series. The Presentations Starting on August 18, 2010 will consist of touring works, local artists, and original works of The Carpetbag Theatre. Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum
2743 Wimpole Avenue*Knoxville, TN 37914*865-862-8717
Home Grown at the Garden
The Hungry HeartAugust 18, 21
funded in part by the East Tennessee Foundation and Alternate Roots
The Cooking Show con Karimi & ComradesAugust 25, 28
Theater of War September 8, 2011 (Two performances 3p.m. and 7p.m, FREE!)
Made possible by the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in collaboration with the USO.
Readings from Speed Killed My Cousin September 11, 2011
Café Noir in the Garden September 18, 2011
Time: All shows Start at 7:00 pm.
Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 students and seniors, $5 children under 12
(Theater of War Performance is free to the public)
The Cooking Show ticket price is $20
Go To: KnoxTix.com to purchase tickets
For more information on the shows. Download the press release.
February 2011- Black Box Radio (Online) Launch will be broadcast live from Cafe Noir, February 4, 2011. This event is a free live concert being broadcast worldwide Featuring 7 Urban Recording Artists starting at 7:00 p.m.. Please join us there or tune in at blackboxradio.us.
November 2010- An Interview with 3 members of the 1981 choreopoem "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuff" which was performed at The University of Tennessee Knoxville. The ladies talk about their roles in the choreopoem, and their feelings about the release of the new Tyler Perry movie "For Colored Girls" on Nov. 5th
April 2010 - In December of 2009 Executive and Artistic Director Linda Parris-Bailey traveled to Mumbai, India to participate in the International Women's Playwright's Conference. This video created by a member of the Canadian delegation shares our collective experience in Mumbai. Carpetbag's original song "I've Got It" is featured as part of the evaluation session. Linda is now a member of the WPI Management Committee, planning the 2012 Conference.
February 2010- Carpetbag Theatre, the first theater to perform at Tennessee Shines live from the Bijou, February 24, 2010. The company performed excerpts from "Between a Ballad and a Blues".
The Carpetbag Theatre, Inc. | 100 South Gay Street | Suites 106 and 114 | Knoxville, TN 37902 | Phone: 865-544-0447
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