One Theatre World 2007: Rattling Cages
May 30-June 2, 2007
St. Paul, Minnesota

Produced by TYA/USA in association with the Flint Hills International Children’s Festival, and Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
A time to explore theatre for young audiences in new, vibrant and exciting ways.

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OTW Events

Here’s what happens in three and a half short days!

• New Plays
• Interactive Workshops for Artists, Managers, Educators, Producers, Arts Advocates and University Students
• Connections with Colleagues and Productions from the Twin Cities, the US and Around the World
• Practical Professional Development
• Playwright’s Slam
• Post-Show Conversations
• “Big Idea” Discussion Roundtables and Professional Development Tracks
• Networking Opportunities, which include food, refreshment and even some art-making

More information will be coming soon, but festival attendees will see five shows from the Flint Hills International Children's Festival, attend a pre-conference event at The Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, see a performance and a workshop by guest artist and speaker Will Power and much, much more.

Pre-Conference Event
One Theatre World 2007 will begin with an evening at The Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis.  Participants may attend a performance of Seussical, followed by an opening night reception at CTC.  An extra charge will apply for this performance.  For more information, click here. (http://www.childrenstheatre.org/2007/seussical.html)

The Flint Hills 2007 International Children’s Festival

Presented by Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

The Flint Hills International Children's Festival brings the best of the performing arts from around the world to downtown Saint Paul. Throughout the six days of this popular annual event, thousands of school children come to Saint Paul to not only watch amazing performances, but also to participate in hands on workshops conducted by amazing local artists.

This year’s festival will feature Theatre for Young Audiences productions from the United States and around the World, including:

          DO JUMP! – “At Such a Dizzying Height…”

DO JUMP! introduces a world without space or time, in which paintings come to life with the stage as the canvas. This visually stunning work of aerial dance, circus arts, video, and live music draws inspiration from the paintings of Marc Chagall, taking the audience on a playful journey celebrating life, love, color, shape and spirit.

          Axis Theatre – The Number 14

The bus keeps on rolling! Six performers strut, swing, sing and talk their way in and out of adventures aboard Vancouver 's #14 bus in a theater piece that is certain to delight any audience. Full of recognizable characters and unforgettable moments, the Number 14 showcases physical comedy in a series of vignettes that seek to show a slice of urban life aboard a city bus.

          Grupo 55 – Historias con Ruidito (Noisy Stories)

Having lunch in a park, going to the movies, or getting ready for bed are situations of daily life that generally pass us by unnoticed, but in Noisy Stories they become incredible adventures. Consisting of seven short stories without dialogue, Noisy Stories uses mime and physical comedy in a hilarious play in which music and sounds are what determine the rhythm and action.

          Vélo Théâtre – Enveloppes et Deballages (Envelopes  

                   and Packages)

Pop! Bang! Packages under this postman’s care explode- carrying us to miniature, magical worlds hidden inside. Envelopes and packages will draw you into landscapes and imaginary places in a way you’ve never experienced before. Join our uncommon postman on his journey.

          M’oud Swing – Moroccan World Beat Jazz

World music at its best... fusing Moroccan sounds with US jazz rhythms. Like nothing you've ever heard. Innovative, imaginative and inspiring performance.

For more information on the festival and its lineup, visit: http://www.ordway.org/festival/2007

Keynote Speaker: Stephen Schwartz

Stephen Schwartz has contributed music and/or lyrics to GODSPELL, PIPPIN , THE MAGIC SHOW, THE BAKER’S WIFE, WORKING (which he also adapted and directed), PERSONALS, RAGS, CHILDREN OF EDEN and the current Broadway hit, WICKED. Most recently, he has contributed songs to MIT EVENTYR, a musical about Hans Christian Andersen currently playing in Denmark. He collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s MASS and wrote the title song for the play and movie BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE. For children, he has written a one-act musical, CAPTAIN LOUIE. For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for the Disney animated features POCAHONTAS and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature THE PRINCE OF EGYPT. He provided music and lyrics for the original television musical, GEPPETTO, from which the production GEPPETTO & SON was created and premiered at the Coterie Theatre. In addition, Schwartz has released two CDs of new songs entitled RELUCTANT PILGRIM and UNCHARTED TERRITORY. Under the auspices of the ASCAP Foundation, he runs musical theatre workshops in New York and Los Angeles, and is also a member of the Council of the Dramatists’ Guild. Mr. Schwartz is the recipient of three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and a tiny handful of tennis trophies. www.stephenschwartz.com

Featured Performer & Speaker:
Will Power

On Friday night, festival attendees will attend a performance and workshop by Will Power.

Will Power is an award–winning actor, rapper, playwright and educator. Viewed as a pioneer in the genre of Hip Hop Theater, Power has created his own style of theatrical communication, fusing original music, rhymed language and dynamic choreography to produce compelling evenings of work.  Produced by New York Theatre Workshop and the NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival, Will Power’s solo show FLOW has been described as “astounding” (CurtainUP) and “theatre with the refreshing aroma of originality” (The New York Times).

In 2001, he was commissioned to write and compose The Seven, a Hip Hop theater adaptation of the Greek tragedy Seven Against Thebes.  The Seven was a hit at the 3^rd Annual NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival and won three Bay Area Critics Circle Awards, including Best Book/Lyrics by Will Power.

Will Power received the Peter Zeisler Memorial Award at the 2006 TCG conference.  His varied skills, high-energy performances and lyrics are matched only by his remarkable teaching ability, providing communities across the globe with tools of self-expression.

For more information on Will Power, click here. (http://www.willpower.tv/index.html)

Hotel Information

About Saint Paul, MN: Airports, maps, more
Special thanks to the Visitor Center for this great site about your visit to Saint Paul:

www.visitsaintpaul.com/go.cfm/assitejusa

Registration

To register, download the Registration form (PDF) here.

Bring the family – there will be special price packages for the whole gang to explore!  The Children’s Museum and Science Museum are in easy walking distance of the conference hotel.  The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is on a lovely park that will be filled with arts booths, street performers and the ARTMOVES parade on Saturday, May 2^nd.  Fun for the whole family!

For more information on One Theatre World, contact us at register@TYA/USA.org