No theater company in the country is quite like Buntport. This group of five local creatives Brian Colonna, Hannah Duggan, Erin Rollman, Erik Edborg and SamAnTha Schmitz stages entirely original productions. The troupe s members create those productions through discussions, improvisation and eventually writing scripts. Each of the five writes, directs, produces and worries about business matters, though Schmitz prefers not to appear on stage.
Buntport has been in the same converted warehouse on Lipan Street from its beginning in the ’90s. At the time, the cavernous space was so cold that audiences, usually pathetically sparse, were forced to either shiver through a winter evening or strain to hear the dialogue because the available heating was so loud and cranky. In recent pre-COVID years, faithful followers thronged Buntport openings and found the place comfortable and configured in new, different and interesting ways for every show.
Buntport To Release Filmed Version Of CABARET DE PROFUNDUS OR HOW TO SING WHILE UGLY CRYING
Cabaret De Profundis or How To Sing While Ugly Crying a filmed stage production will release on Vimeo on January 15th.by BWW News Desk
Buntport Theater Company is set to release a filmed version of their still unseen production Cabaret De Profundis or How To Sing While Ugly Crying. March 13th, 2020 was the day that Buntport s 49th full-length original play was set to debut. It is also the day that Buntport shut its doors to the public. For months, an unused set has been collecting dust, awaiting the time they can safely re-open. In October, they decided to put the set to use. After adapting portions of the script to acknowledge the change in medium, they filmed the performance (with the tech folks distanced and masked, of course). Currently in its final stages of editing and getting closed captioned, the filmed stage show is nearly ready to be released.