An experiment: Attending a CounterPulse show, first online, then in person
What distinct qualities would I get out of each separate medium, and what experiences would hold true across both?
Lily Janiak April 27, 2021Updated: April 27, 2021, 6:59 pm
Agnes Palotas looks at “Human/ID” by artist StratoFyzika at CounterPulse in San Francisco. Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle
In July, the dance and performance art presenter CounterPulse asked its audiences what their attendance desires and safety preferences were, thinking it might be able to safely host indoor events again at its Tenderloin venue by fall.
“This survey told us we should pump the brakes in reopening,” recalls Justin Ebrahemi, the company’s director of communications and advancement. “A lot of people were not comfortable being in a full house again or waiting in line to purchase a ticket.”
ARTS
42nd Street Moon
The musical theater company presents Jason Graae in Perfect Hermany: A Musical Tribute to Jerry Herman, Also Featuring: Jacqueline De Muro, Kelley Dorney, Lauren Louise, and Lauren McGraw; thru May 2. https://42ndstmoon.org/moonbeams/
A.C.T. Out Loud
Arms and the Man (on-demand thru April 18); Thornton Wilder s
The Matchmaker April 26, 6pm (on-demand thru May 2). $5-$50. https://www.act-sf.org/
Ballet22
PointeA2B, and the company s Spring Gala April 23-25. $20-$250. https://www.ballet22.com/events
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison s audio drama is performed by Aurora Theatre company; adaptation by playwright Lydia R. Diamond. Thru May 21. https://auroratheatre.org/
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Creatives in Place
Online storytelling listening project and virtual gallery for a variety of Bay Area artists and activists participating in mid-pandemic work. creativesinplace.org
Different Stars
Musical show with a current theme: How do these emotions collide during time spent alone in quarantine? When James opens a box of artifacts from his first breakup, after months of self-isolation during COVID-19, he reckons with memories that haunt him of a first queer love gone awry; starring James Jackson, Jr., Victoria Huston-Elem, Danielle Buonaiuto, and Karl Saint Lucy. https://www.differentstars.live/
The Flats
Produced by the Aurora Theatre Company; three episodes of a collaboration between top Bay Area playwrights Lauren Gunderson, Cleavon Smith and Jonathan Spector. A single ticket covers all three segments, which focus on the diverse residents of a Berkeley triplex who find themselves sheltering-in-place due to a mysterious threat. $20. www.aur
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