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Synesthesia

Bootleg Theater
2220 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles

The first artist was asked to select a fortune cookie. They have two weeks to create a piece inspired by the fortune. The next artist will then see that creation and will have two weeks to design his own piece inspired by the artist before him (never having seen the fortune). The next artist in the series will interpret that piece and then has two weeks to create a piece of his own. The next artist will interpret THAT piece and in two weeks will create his work from there. Then another artist interprets the preceding piece and the process will continue for 4 months involving a total of 8 performing artists. This game of "creative telephone" will culminate in an evening of their work performed live, in-sequence. The transitions will consist of a video montage of moments in response to the artist who just performed and glimpses into the initial impulses that sparked the inspiration of the next piece to come.

Presented by Athena Theatre In Association with Bootleg Theater

Thru - Jun 11, 2012

Mondays: 7:30pm



Price: $10

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 213-389-3856

www.bootlegtheater.com



  Review Round-Up

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

"...The performance piece (actually, eight performance pieces in one) is a multi-medium event with such a clever concept that one would suspect the outcome would pale compared to the idea, but in its west coast premiere now playing at the Bootleg, Synesthesia is as fun, quirky and inventive as its notion."
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Tony Frankel


Examiner - Recommended

"...And, despite my unsubtle reservations, it was actually a kind of fun evening."
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Cynthia Citron


The Tolucan Times - Recommended

"...Director Cate Caplin keeps all the plates spinning in the lean production, editing together the various acts around the video interviews. Gabrieal Griego does a fine job defining each performance with a wide variety of lighting."
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Mary Mallory


Total Theater - Recommended

"...The big credit for the success of Synesthesia, though, must go to Cate Caplin, who has directed tricky material with a deft, sure hand."
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Willard Manus


Cultural Weekly - Not Recommended

"In spite of the best efforts of the performing artists involved, Synesthesia (currently at LA’s Bootleg Theater) turns out to be something of an insipid and confused variety show. I left Synesthesia with same question I had when I entered – “why is this show being done?”"
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Campbell Britton



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