Come laugh, reminisce, confirm and connect with others by telling seemingly impossible yet amazing true tales about your family histories. In Gas & Electric Arts' intimate "Generating" story circles, you'll tell and hear inspiring stories while being reminded of the power of your own. The theme of each story circle in this series will be un/told family secrets. Gas & Electric Arts offers Generating, a FREE story circle series, this summer/fall at two locations:
•InFusion Coffee & Tea Gallery - 7133 Germantown Ave in Mt. Airy
Dates: Sept 15 & 22, October 5 & 19 at 6pm
•Mugshots Coffee House & Cafe - 2100 Fairmount Avenue in Center City
Dates: Tuesdays: August 11, September 8 & October 13 at 7pm
Leading up to our world-premiere of CABINET OF WONDERS, AN IMPOSSIBLE HISTORY--a play about the untold family stories that reside underneath the one we regularly tell and what unravels when truth surfaces --Artistic Director Lisa Jo Epstein will lead this series of story circles in Mt Airy and Center City. Generating is a revival of a real life storytelling series that Gas & Electric Arts curated and hosted in 2007-08 with guest storytellers at the Tin Angel. For 2009, the series has been revised for intimate coffee house settings and will be open to anyone ready with a 10-minute story around the theme of un/told family secrets.
"We are each our own cabinet of wonders, with incredible stories inside us," Says Lisa Jo Epstein who will lead each story circle. "Some are hidden so deep within us that we're not sure they are still real, others are tales that surface more easily and which we recount regularly, constantly weaving in new elements with each retelling."
TO PARTICIPATE IN A GENERATING STORY CIRCLE:
Sign up online at www.GasAndElectricArts
Call 215.407.0556
or come a half hour to the coffee shop on the designated night and get on the list.
Gas & Electric Arts is a Mt. Airy-based, multi-faceted organization that creates stage performances, educational programs and community events that respond to the currents of our time.
Cabinet of Wonders, An Impossible History, the first commission for Gas & Electric Arts, the now four-year old physical theatre specialists. Written by Kira Obolensky and directed by Lisa Jo Epstein, the play will have its World Premiere September 29-October 24, 2009 at Underground Arts at the Wolf, 340 N. 12 St. The show opens October 1. Tickets are available at 215-407-0556 or at www.gasandelectricarts.org. Tickets: Previews: $18 / Tues - Thurs: $22, Fri-Sun, $25
