THEATER IN ASYLUM
<h3><em><strong>THEATER IN ASYLUM<br /></strong></em><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="position: relative;">Suspend beliefs, believe again</span></em></h3> <div class="paragraph editable-text" style="margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="position: relative;"> </span></div> <div class="paragraph editable-text" style="margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>MISSION</strong><br />THEATER IN ASYLUM suspends beliefs and moralities through visceral, emotional, and thrilling dance-theater to rigorously investigate our world and to believe again more wholly.<br /><br /><strong>VISION</strong><br />A world where theater experience is accessible, supported, and instrumental as a vibrant medium to explore and promote empathy.<br /><br /><strong>VALUES</strong> <ul style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 25px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"> <ul style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 25px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"><li "mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:="" style="margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Empathy – We believe art has a unique ability to innovate morality and provoke understanding.<li "mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:="" style="margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Challenge – We believe in the constant reexamination of our world’s judgments, binaries and preconceptions.<li "mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:="" style="margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Integrity – We believe in a strong commitment to – and respect for – our art, our audiences, our predecessors and ourselves.<li "mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:="" style="margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Availability – We believe new audiences should be constantly welcomed and cultivated, while seasoned audiences constantly surprised.<li "mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:="" style="margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Artistry – We believe that quality art takes care, craft and magic.</ul> </ul> <br /><br /><strong>FOUNDING ARTSTS</strong><br /><br />Paul Bedard (Artistic Director) is a theater artist hailing from Hartford, CT and is a recent graduate of NYU's Tisch with a focus in theater directing. Past directing work includes NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER and an adaptation of WOYZECK. Past design work includes ALLIGATOR SUMMER in the 2010 NYC Fringe Festival. <a title="" href="http://www.paulhbedard.com/" target="_blank">www.paulhbedard.com</a><br /><br />Katie Palmer (Artistic Director) originally from San Diego, California, graduated from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama. She began dancing at age three and never stopped, eventually supplementing her love of dance with theater training as an actor, singer/musician, director, designer, and ultimately a choreographer. She has choreographed full-scale musicals, original musicals, original ballets, solo modern dance theater pieces, and concert dance pieces as well as consulted on movement-based theater projects. She also has performed as an actor and dancer in regional productions, musical and non, throughout the country and is also passionate about educational theater.</div>