Play after Play: August 2007

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

The 2007 - 08 Season Begins!

PLAY after PLAY®
interactive theater for kids

Presents

THE BOATMAN'S FLUTE
A STORY FROM VIETNAM

Saturdays @ 10:00AM September 8, 15, & 22
Sundays @ 2:00PM September 9, 16 & 23
At The Brooklyn Bay, 1825 SE Franklin, Bay K

First the Play
The mandarin’s daughter is beautiful beyond words. Her father keeps her confined to the palace and she longs for a fuller life. A young boatman’s heartfelt flute playing enchants the mandarin’s daughter. She soon learns that he is not what what she first envisioned and that love matters more than beauty. Filled with traditional music, this touching story will captivate children and adults alike. Most appropriate for ages 2-9 years old.

Then the “Play”
After the performance, the children are invited to play with the performers! Known as “Original Play”, this is an opportunity to the kids to interact with the performers one on one. The kids are invited to come onto the mats and crawl, roll and tumble on, under and all around the performers. See website www.originalplay.org for more info.

THE BOATMAN'S FLUTE
At The Brooklyn Bay, 1825 SE Franklin, Bay K (see directions at www.brooklynbay.org)
Admission only $6 /ticket or $20 / families of 4 or more
Doors open half an hour before each show
Reservations strongly encouraged
call 503-772-4005

email melanyahelene@mac.com

Directions to the Brooklyn Bay

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The Brooklyn Bay is located at 1825 SE Franklin Street.
We are in Bay K on the North side of the building overlooking Powell Blvd.

Please park on the street, not in front of the Bay.

driving directions

from powell boulevard HEADING EAST:

turn right onto se 20th avenue
right onto se pershing street (1 blk)
right onto se 19th avenue and park
walk towards powell boulevard and turn left. we're in the last bay (k)

from powell boulevard HEADING WEST:

turn left onto se 21st avenue.
right onto se lafayette street (1st right)
right onto se 20th avenue
left onto se pershing street (last left before powell)
right onto se 19th avenue and park
walk towards powell boulevard and turn left. we're in the last bay (k)

OR

park anywhere north of powell boulevard on se 21st avenue
cross powell boulevard to the south side of street
at powell & se 20th there is a walkway (sidewalk)
stroll west along sidewalk and you'll see a series of white bay warehouses on your left. we're in the last bay (k)

ride your bike

the sidewalk on the south side of powell boulevard and se 20th avenue goes right by the bay
lock your bike to the metal sidewalk railing
we're in the last bay (k)

take the bus

take the 9 to the se 21st avenue stop
walk west on the south side of powell boulevard for 2 blocks
we're in the last bay (k)

Comments from Past Attendees

"Thank you for one of the most wonderful performances I have ever seen. I expected to have a good time, but did not expect to be so moved and delighted and enchanted."

"Thank you for creating this theater and doing this play that reaches these young ones where they are. You are so wonderful to watch! Nothing wasted - clean, crisp, fabulous. No gimicks or gunk, just your ever expanding selves. Each time my daughter and I come, I get to see what new place she is in, as she takes each next step, of sitting by herself on the mat, of going out to play with you. In her own time as we allow. So beautiful. Where is there to rush to anyways?"

"Their work is phenomenal. Certainly groundbreaking when it comes to children's theatre -- they are not the typical totally-goofy kiddo fare, they are educational, FUN and still hold meaning."

"Their [the children's] imaginations are completely engaged in sharp contrast to shows that are all fanfare and noise. Thank you again and expect to see a lot of us in the future!"

"Your work/play--or is it play/work--is so attentive to real human needs (physical, emotional, spiritual). The rules of Original Play are rules to live by off the mat as well as on. And the work of play is perhaps the most important work we humans can do. I am writing, really, to tell you how valuable--and deeply beautiful--your work is."

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

The 2007 - 08 Season Begins!

First the Play

Then we Play

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Directions to the Brooklyn Bay

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