Artspeak Radio with Ernie Nolan, Patrick Alexander, & Carlos Chamon

Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org

Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Artistic Director Unicorn Theater Ernie Nolan, Charlotte Street Programming and Residency Manager Patrick Alexander, and comic/performer Carlos Chamon.

ERNIE NOLAN, Artistic Director Unicorn Theater- Ernie Nolan is an award-winning playwright, director, and choreographer. He received the Illinois Theatre Association’s 2014 award for Excellence in Theatre for Young Audiences. As former Artistic Director of Emerald City Theatre, he helped create The Little Theatre, the nation’s first performance space dedicated exclusively to interactive and immersive theatrical experiences for early theatre goers ages five and under. Nolan’s work as a playwright has been featured both nationally and internationally. He has adapted and directed such storybook favorites as If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, If You Take a Mouse to School, Mo Willems’ Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, and The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle. His work at The Broadway Playhouse includes A Charlie Brown Christmas, Fancy Nancy The Musical, Pinkalicious, The Cat in the Hat, Cinderella, Charlotte’s Web, and the world premiere of Hansel and Gretel: A Wickedly Delicious Musical Treat, written in collaboration with GRAMMY nominated recording artist Justin Roberts.

As resident artist of The Coterie Theatre in Kansas City, MO, Nolan has directed and choreographed world premieres by such Tony-nominated artists as Willy and Rob Reale, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, and Bill Russell and Henry Krieger. For Chicago Playworks he has directed The BFG, The Giver, The Witches, A Wrinkle in Time, Number the Stars, The Day John Henry Came to School, Peter Pan and Wendy, and The Kid Who Ran for President.

In March 2012, Ernie made his Off-Broadway debut as a choreographer with Lucky Duck at the New Victory Theatre. Nolan is currently the International Representative for TYA USA to ASSITEJ, a global theatre for young audiences service organization. With his appointment at NCT, he departed his position as Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at The Theatre School. He is a proud graduate of both the University of Michigan Musical Theatre Program (BFA Musical Theatre) and The Theatre School at DePaul University (MFA Directing).

Unicorn Theater is located at 3828 Main St. KCMO
www.unicorntheater.org

PATRICK ALEXANDER, Programming and Residency Manager- Negativeland, will perform as the headliner band at this year’s OUTER REACHES Music Fest at the Record Bar on SAT. Sept 21st.
The following day, SUN. Sept.22nd 2pm the documentary, STAND BY FOR FAILURE will be screened as part of the The Kansas City Underground Film Fest (KCUFF) finale at Charlotte Street. The director, Ryan Worsley, and the band members will be in attendance for a pre meet and greet and Q+A after the screening.
https://kcuff2024.eventive.org/…/66be01f15958c4006c495bd7

• NEGATIVLAND BIO:
Since 1980, the multimedia collective known as Negativland have been creating records, CDs, video, fine art, books, radio and live performance using appropriated sounds, images, objects, and text. Mixing original materials and original music with things taken from corporately owned mass culture and the world around them, Negativland rearrange these found bits and pieces to make them say and suggest things that they never intended to. In doing this kind of cultural archaeology and “culture jamming” (a term they coined way back in 1984),
Negativland have been sued twice for copyright infringement. Their art and media interventions pose both serious and silly questions about the nature of sound, media, technology, control, ownership, propaganda, power, and perception in the United States of America. Their work is now referenced and taught in many college courses in the US, has been written about and cited in over 150 books and legal journals, and they sometimes lecture about their work in the USA and in Europe.
Negativland website: www.negativland.com
IG: @negativlandland
facebook.com/Negativlandland

Synopsis
Whatever people want is true even if it isn’t.
In 1978 David “The Weatherman” Wills, Richard Lyons and Mark Hosler formed Negativland, which quickly became an absurd and noisy multimedia world without boundaries, ownership or privacy. Negativland’s complex chaos of plunderphonics poses both serious and silly questions about the nature of sound, media, technology, control, propaganda, power and perception in the global village. Negativland continue to be pioneers of art in the electric age, and the medium reveals that any message is all in our heads.
STAND BY FOR FAILURE film screening http://pool-food.com/failure/
http://pool-food.com/failure/videos_list.html

About “Stand By For Failure: A Documentary About Negativland” by director Ryan Worsley:
“If you want to be inspired by individuals who dare to bust down the doors of art’s gatekeepers, then Stand By For Failure is the way to go.” —Film Threat Film summary: In 1978 David “The Weatherman” Wills, Richard Lyons and Mark Hosler formed Negativland, which quickly became an absurd and noisy multimedia world without boundaries, ownership or privacy. Negativland’s complex chaos of plunderphonics poses both serious and silly questions about the nature of sound, media, technology, control, propaganda, power and perception in the global village. Negativland continue to be pioneers of art in the electric age, and the medium reveals that any message is all in our heads.
http://standbyforfailure.com
Stand By trailer –

About Negativland and the live show: Legendary sound collage group Negativland and “real-time cinema” visual artist SUE-C collaborate to bring you their latest audio-visual performance about our minds, our realities, and the evolving forms of media and technology that orchestrate our perceptions as we head into our next election: WE CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE WE’RE HERE. Negativland performs with video designed and produced by SUE-C, who appears virtually.

CARLOS CHAMON- Fountain City Comedy Festival is a celebration of Kansas City’s local comedy scene. With 20+ shows featuring 60+ nationally touring acts feature, Beth Stelling, Steph Tolev, AJ Wilkerson, Matthew Broussard, Katherine Blanford, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson. This independent festival highlights the best parts of Kansas City!
Fountain City Comedy Festival 2024 will take place September 12-14th. Fountain City Comedy Festival takes place at various venues in Kansas City that have been selected to showcase various neighborhoods of our wonderful city. All passes and tickets will be available on our website www.fountaincitycomedyfest.com

Festival seating is general admission. People will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Space at some shows may be limited, and some may be standing room only after seats fill. Please get to your desired show early for the best seat selection.

Q: Is there an age requirement for festival shows?
A: This really depends on the venue or the act. Most shows will be 18+, but some may be 21+. Those will be noted on the FCCF website listing for the particular shows. But keep in mind that some of the material might not be suitable for young ears.
Q: Will there be food and drinks for sale at the shows?
A: Drinks, yes. Food will be available at some venues.
Q: How long do the shows last?
A: This will vary depending on the show, but typically they will last around 75 minutes total.


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