Événement

Wayfinders

Doors at 7pm, show at 7:30pm.

Join us for the Portland theatrical premiere of Wayfinders! Following up on the in-progress music concert last Fall at Alberta Rose Theater, Holcombe Waller presents the fully staged theatrical premiere at Imago Theater - in advance of his November tour to MCA Chicago and Brooklyn Academy of Music!

Come see and support the evolution of Wayfinders, Waller's newest evening length music theater project.

From tidal patterns and ancient ocean voyages, to errand-running and GPS devices, navigation past and present propels this theatrical song cycle. Backed by a chamber ensemble, Waller performs these orchestrated musings on physical and spiritual wayfinding combined with orchestrations of light, sound, and video, resulting in a mesmerizing meditation on the historical importance of finding, and maintaining, one's bearings.

This exploration takes us to a distant future, on a ship deep in space, where our profound cultural interconnection with technology provides the entire frontier with which our impulses to discover, to travel, and to evolve are satiated.

Written and directed by Holcombe Waller
Musical direction by Benjamin Landsverk
Video design by Pablo N. Molina
Sound design by Casi Pacillio
Lighting design by Christopher Kuhl and Katelan Braymer
Scenic design by Erik Flatmo
Costume design by Camille Benda

Wayfinders was created with with a grant from The MAP Fund, a division of Creative Capital - generously supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; With a grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council; With commissioning support from On the Boards, Miami Light Project, Legion Arts and MCA Chicago with support from the National Performance Network; With a generous commission from the wonderful Tammara and Paul Webber; With angel support from Marilyn Epstein, and commission-level supporter Ronni Lacroute; With producer support from Giacomo DiGrigoli, Ben Archibald, Leslie Barber, Dona Tversky, Leslie Durst, and Benjamin Walsh Mclean; And, with the generous support of 308 wonderful RocketHub crowd-funders. Thank you all for supporting this project!