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Occidental Children's Theater 1001 Arabian Nights of the Living Dead
A company of six actors create and perform theater pieces under the direction of Jamie Angell and movement training of Nick Erickson.
performances on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 10:00 A.M. July 9 through August 22, 2009 Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for children Group rates are available, call 323-259-2771 for more information. The critically acclaimed Occidental Children’s Theater will celebrate it’s 14th year with a brand new story and three adventurous adaptations of traditional folktales for a seven-week outdoor run in the Remsen Bird Hillside Theater on the Occidental campus. Our stories this year are The Terrible Leak from Japan, Daughter and Stepdaughter from Russia, Anansi and the Hungry Turtle from the Ashanti Tribe in Africa, and of course 1001 Arabian Nights of the Living Dead from Eagle Rock, California. In about an hour, a cast of six, including current Occidental students and recent alumni, will perform four energetic and funny stories without props, sets or special costumes, relying only on their acting and acrobatic skills. "OCCIDENTAL Children's Theater's rambunctious charm hasn't faded a whit. Now in its 12th summer, the company is still one of L.A.'s little gems, an acrobatic outdoor theater romp presented with imagination and whiz-bang physicality." Lynne Heffley, Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2007. The scripts and the action for the tales are company-created and the result of weeks of improvisation and revision. The three traditional stories are the troupe’s versions of existing folk tales from around the world, while the title story was developed by actors and Jamie Angell, the theater’s founding artistic director. “We work in the round, so the audience is right on top of the action,” Angell said. “The unconventional material and the absence of props or costumes force both the actors and the audience to rely on their imaginations. It’s remarkably different from most anything else you see in children’s theater today.”
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