A Charlottesville Wunderkammer/Zelda and Lucia’s Loony Bin Tragedy
PEP along with The Zen Monkey Project and The Lunatic Carnival produced A Charlottesville Wunderkammer, an arts carnival extravaganza, and our original play Zelda and Lucia’s Loony Bin Tragedy was the carnival’s anchor performances. The carnival ran for three weeks in the Frank IX building, a building that has gone on to host every form of art and party the community can muster. This project received raves reviews and sell out crowds.
A wunderkammer or “wonder cabinet” holds every treasure one owns, without concern for whether the treasures have anything particular in com- mon. It is the owner’s love for the contents of a wunderkammer in its en- tirety that gives the collection its coherence.
Our wunderkammer was a tribute to the performing arts and artists that have grown and flourished in Charlottesville and to the community that has nourished them.
The Circus Isn’t Coming to Town; It’s Been Here All Along…
Performers Exchange Project • Zen Monkey Project • Lunatic Carnival
Present
A CHARLOTTESVILLE WUNDERKAMMER
ARTS CARNIVAL EXTRAVAGANZA
July 20 – August 6, 2006
THURSDAY-SUNDAY
8pm
The Frank Ix Building
Monticello Ave & 2nd St
Charlottesville VA
Zelda and Lucia’s Loony Bin Tragedy!
Monkeys That Dance with FIRE!!
Maestro Wunderkammer
and the Wunderkammer Philharmonic!!!
International Flamenco dancer Ana Maria Cristina!
Every Friday and Saturday Dance party fun
with American Dumpster, The Falsies,
Jim Waive, Las Gitanes, Three Dollar Date,
and DJ Wunderkammer!
Sideshows! Wandering Minstrels!
Beer Garden! Installation art!
Burlesque show nightly! Danger!! Excitement!!!
For mature audiences only….
video by Monkey Claus
video by Kara McLane Burke
A CHARLOTTESVILLE WUNDERKAMMER
conceived and organized by The family wunderkammer
Martha Mendenhall (The Baroness Wunderkammer) Producer
Zap McConnell (Schotze Wunderkammer) Artistic & Technical Director
Jude Silveira (The Admiral Frederic Hoopenwoooffer Wunderkammer) Strategy & Logistics
Christian Breeden (The Maestro Wunderkammer) Musical Director
Kelly East (Tiere Wunderkammer) Talent Wrangler
Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell (Pepin-Schmetterling Wunderkammer) Fundraising & Publicity
Sian Richards (Cookie Wunderkammer) Concessionaire
Kara McLane Burke (Greta Wunderkammer) Marketing & Web Mistress & Documentarian
HEADLINER PERFORMANCES
Performers Exchange Project presents
Zelda and Lucia’s Loony Bin Tragedy
(all evenings but Aug 3 &4)
(being the comical, tragical, historical retelling of the story of King Aga- memnon and Queen Clytemnestra as performed by Zelda and Lucia, asy- lum inmates incarcerated under the diagnosis of schizophrenia….)
Written and Directed by Martha Mendenhall
Performed by
Sian Richards and Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell
Assisted by
Opal Schooley and Casey Wagner
Text sources:
Charles Mee, Sophocles, Mary Oliver, Marguerite Duras, Anne Carson, James Joyce, Scott Fitzgerald Music: Gustavo Santaolalla
Thanks to:
Walter Lundwall and Freight Train for the structure Thadd McQuade and Kara McLane Burke for the sound Calvin and the Construction crew at the IX for the sand Whole Foods and University Florists for the flowers B. Stanley for the work
The Flaming Monkeys from the Project of Zen present
WILD FIRES
(every night!)
Choreographed by Kelly East
Performed by: Aaron Wine Emily Oleson Carrie Girstantas Rahimah von Briesen Zap McConnell Kelly East
Special Thanks:
Matthew McConnell of McConnell Studios Inc for the lovely fans Alex Davis and Emily Pitti for fire creature accoutrements Sherrie Hannah for creating Tiere’s costume.
MAESTRO WUNDERKAMMER AND
THE WUNDERKAMMER PHILHARMONIC
THE MOONSHINERS STREET CHOIR
performing nightly!
We regret to inform you that the Wunderkammer Philharmonic will not be providing tonight’s musical entertainment. Due to an oversight in the use of polyester in their uniforms they were, unfortunately, in- cinerated at an earlier rehearsal. In desperation, the Maestro roamed the local countryside looking for a suitable replacement. but to no avail. The sweet spooky strains of Ratsylvania folk music lured him to the RR tracks. There he discovered a group of surly traveling gypsy delinquents. Through a series of lies and deception, he secured the serv- ices of the Moonshiners Street Choir. Tonight you’ll be the first people outside of Ratsylvania to witness their strange morbidly exuberant interpolations.
Armchair Producer- Christian Breeden
Featuring songs written by – Ruby Port G Minor
A Flat
Musicians: Ruby Port G Minor
A Flat
Big Mama
Seth Dawson Elizabeth Nisos Landon Fishburne
& Guests
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ANA MARIA CRISTINA
2 Nights Only! Aug 3 & 4
German-born Flamenco dancer, Art therapist, and poet
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SIDESHOW PERFORMANCES
Arthur the American Argonaut
Cristan Keighley (every night!)
Fire in the Belly: Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Joy Raymon and Irina Kamarovskaya (July 21, Aug 6)
Poor Edward
Ground Zero Dance Company Choreographed by: Cat Legault & Rob Petres performed by:
Rob Petres
Cat Legault
Lea Marshall
(July 21)
WUNDERVALTZ
music: Winifred Horan choreography: steps traditional arranged by
Good Foot Dance Company Matthew Olwell
Emily Oleson
Meg Madden
(every night but July 21 & August 5)
PARTNER JUGGLING THEATRICKS
Karyl and Randy Mayo (every night!)
HANGING OUT: A TRAPEZE ACT
William Ian Lorson Dan Clark Emily Oleson Rachael Shaw Carrie Girstantas Heather Danz (every night!)
Whipping Boy
John Paul Scheidler (July 29, August 4&5)
THE SILKY BOTTOMS BURLESQUE SHOW
(every night!)
Choreographed by Dinah Gray performed in rotation by Aaron Wine
Aimee Cleveland
Emily Oleson Jennifer Tweel Kelly Kelly Silliman
Lisa EllerGlick Rachael Shaw Rahimah von Briesen
Zap McConnell
Dinah Gray
musical accompaniment: Cristan Keighley
THE DANCE OF THE SERPENT
Leora Brown & company
(July 27-30)
Animal Upsidedown Kick: Some Animal Antics
arranged by Johnny Fogg (August 3)
PATCHMAMA
Lily Onyx: rootsy lyrical poetry flow (August 3-6)
THE DALAI MAMA – BACK FROM THE LIVING
Erica Olson (July 27 & 30)
SHARING THE GIFT OF GREAT BEER WITH THE WORLD
CELLOMANIAC -Mark Rock (July 21, 23, 28)
THE TWISTED SISTERS -Sarah White w/ Sian Richards (August 3)
Suspended Dis-Belief Marionette Theater – Rose Csorba July 27-30
9 Feet Tall and Spits Fire
Jane Steel
(August 6)
INSTALLATION ARTISTS
Bill Bennett Christian Breeden John Bylander Heather Hutton Dirk Kuyk Russell Richards Grady Smith Ashley Mauter Natalie Sanchez Katey Shirey Britta Bielak Kristen Nyce
Joel Artz Bishop Ebert Kelsie Read Sara Brown
Technical support
Technical Director Zap McConnell
Master ElectricianGrady Smith
Sound Design A bel Okugawa, Christian Breeden
Construction
Walter Lundwall Brian Wimer David Sickman Rachel Shaw
Jennifer Conner Will May
Will Kerner Alex Davis Emily Pitti
Brad Stoller
Zack Worrell Matthew Clark Matt Provin
Pete Deer
Lydia Von Brieson Jim Bristow & crew (Zach and Dan) Tim Granlund
Eric Thompson
Amber Cone
Ted Pfaltz
Carrie Girstantas Nicolous Livik Sasha aka Alex Leora Brown Heron
Moriah Goldmen
Shana Shadrick
Julius
John and the graemenator Gus
Rat
Elizabeth Nisos Jamie Dyer Jodie Plaisance Seth
Lark
*Special thanks to Calvin Wilkerson of Caliper Construction
Security
Fire Safety
Assistant to the Admiral Concession Managers Clown Car
Mike Carruth
Jordan Brown
Casey Wagner
Carrie Girstantas Meg Madden
Heather Danz
Wunderkammer Sponsors
Shelia Davis
The Living Education Center The Ix Project
Starr Hill Brewery CVILLE Weekly Zocalo
Headline Sponsors
Mudhouse Category 4 Mas Tapas Bar
Revolutionary Soup C&O Restaurant
Greer and Associates Anchor Insulation Systems Monkey Claus
Sideshow Sponsors
Blue Wheel Bicycles Bikram Yoga Charlottesville The Hip Joint Market Street Wineshop Bittersweet
Derriere de Soie
Clown Sponsors
Alison Sharpe Designs Abrakadabra
Rock Paper Scissors Daedalus Used Books Aficionados Smoke Shop Oasis Day Spa and Body Shop The Flat Creperie Telephone Services Unlimited
Katherine Birdsall & Karl Pfefferkorn Chris Burke
David & Elizabeth Breeden Rob Calvert
The Mendenhall Family of Clowns The Richards/Fleet Clown Family Kay Ferguson
Beatrice Ost & Ludwig Kuttner Wyn & Annette Owens Betsy Noble
B Stanley
Zack & Carrie Worrell Catherine Dee & Will Kerner Chip & Betsy Tucker
Dr Tom Walters
BARKER SPONSORS
Rowena Halpin
Mark McLane & Ingrid Berger Jodie Plaisance
Mary Murray
Paul McLane
Anna Magee
Neal Deputy
Sharon Shapiro
Cate Andrews & Harry Terris John Owen
Toby Beard
John & Dori Bowden Ronald Tweel
Carnie Sponsors
Mary Hill Cole
Laura McLane Shannon Iaculli Jennifer Reut Terry & Jim McLane Diane Glasgow Darren Hoyt Mary & David Catron
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LATE NIGHT BANDS
(FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS)
Abel Okugawa
aka DJ Wunderkammer
July 21
Las Gitanas
July 22
The Falsies
July 28
BC
July 29
Jim Waive
Aug 4
American Dumpster
Aug 5
Wunderkammer Sponsors
Shelia Davis
The Living Education Center The Ix Project
Starr Hill Brewery CVILLE Weekly Zocalo
Headline Sponsors
Mudhouse Category 4 Mas Tapas Bar
Revolutionary Soup C&O Restaurant
Greer and Associates Anchor Insulation Systems Monkey Claus
Sideshow Sponsors
Blue Wheel Bicycles Bikram Yoga Charlottesville The Hip Joint Market Street Wineshop Bittersweet
Derriere de Soie
Clown Sponsors
Alison Sharpe Designs Abrakadabra
Rock Paper Scissors Daedalus Used Books Aficionados Smoke Shop Oasis Day Spa and Body Shop The Flat Creperie Telephone Services Unlimited
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SPECIAL THANKS
Live Arts
Fran Smith/Deza Design Will May
The Bridge Project Cville Vegetarian Festival
Harvest Moon Catering Whole Foods Market
Capital Lighting
Eck Lighting Center Doreen Bechtol Larry Garretson Lauren Spivey
Bill Dufford
Abby Self
Jim Waive Howard Haggerty Toni Coleman Katharine Hannigan Chris Kelly
John Chmil & ALC Copies
