Multimedia Theatre
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A workshop with Ashley Kelly Tata and Eamonn Farrell, exploring how multimedia theatre is uniquely positioned to bridge the in-person and digital experiences of live performance.
About the workshop
This workshop introduces students to basic theories and practices of making multimedia performances and how to transfer that to an online or digital space. Using technologies available to us in our day-to-day lives we learn to create performances that are theatrical, yet grounded in technology as their “stage.”
Students develop skills in dramaturgical analysis, and apply traditional theatre, film, and performance making skills to both online and in-person multi-media productions.
We explore the possibility for multimedia in the creation of new work and in re-imagining classic plays. The primary focus of the class is on your individual interest in creating—as writer, director, designer, or performer—and introduces you to analytical and creative processes that cross perceived boundaries of what is “live” as well as creating engaging work with people who you may never meet.
About the artists
makes multimedia works of theatre, contemporary opera, performance, cyberformance, live music and immersive experiences. They are currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater & Performance and Artistic Producer of Theater & Performance at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson.
Her work has found critical acclaim and Tata’s production of Kate Soper’s Ipsa Dixit was named a notable production of the decade by Alex Ross in The New Yorker.
Their works have been presented in venues and festivals throughout the US and internationally including at Theatre for a New Audience, Ars Nova, PS21, LA Opera, Austin Opera, The Miller Theater, National Sawdust, EMPAC, BPAC, The Crossing the Line Festival, the Holland Festival, The Prelude Festival, The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, and the Fisher Center’s Summerscape Festival at Bard.
During the pandemic-induced theatrical shut down Tata worked consistently, creating a wide range of digital and hybrid performance formats, including a live cyberformance of Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest which transferred from Bard College’s Fisher Center, Off-Broadway to TFANA, a Zoom-based production of performance band Sky-Pony’s work entitled The (Virtual) Wildness at Ars Nova, a Zoom-accessed Virtual Nightclub and dance party called The Boot with Beth Morrison Projects. Many of these performances were made in collaboration with Eamonn Farrell.
is a video designer focused on investigating how innovative technologies can support and elevate the work of live performers. With his company, Anonymous Ensemble, he has created dozens of original, media-infused shows, installations, and live webcasts in New York City and around the world.
For two decades, Eamonn collaborated closely with the late Lee Breuer of Mabou Mines. Other design credits include: Sarah Michelson, Big Dance Theater, TFANA, B3 Dance (Bessie Nomination), The LA Phil, Parsons Dance, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Portland Center Stage, Palacio de Bellas Artes, and Megaron Musiki. Eamonn has taught projections design at Princeton, City College of New York, JMU and UVA.
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