About
Catherine Glynn’s A.R.T. (Audacious Raw Theater) and Lanesboro Arts proudly present Audacious Raw Theater Year 8: There is a Field on Saturday, July 6th. Starting at 7 pm at Gateway Park, seven or more newly devised dramatic works will be revealed in A.R.T.’s typically raw and wonderful fashion. This year’s works center on Parenthood, Procreation, and Reproductive Justice and will feature Katie Berger Wood, Eric Decker, Juliana Frick, Hannah Gaff, Catherine Glynn, Nicholette Routhier, Hilary Williams, and Jerome York.
Audience members should bring blankets or lawn chairs to enjoy the show in the natural surroundings of Gateway Park. There will be an encore performance, also at Gateway Park, at 5 pm on Sunday, July 7th. Find Tickets for that show here.
Since 2023, Audacious Raw Theater has been working with the overarching theme of Common Ground. Under this umbrella, they take on stories and performances that, at first glance, may seem polarizing in nature, and strive to uncover collective values that unite us. Learn more about their 2024 show on the Audacious Raw Theater Website.
What is devised theatre? It means the ARTists build original theatrical performances through a series of conversations, writing exercises, movement exploration, and more, teasing out the stories and performances they want to share with live audiences. They invite folks to observe the devising process in Gateway Park throughout the week before their performance.
Year 8 Ensemble:
Catherine (Catie) Glynn is the founder and Artistic Director of A.R.T. (Audacious Raw Theater.) She is an actor, director, author, and devised theater maker who has performed worldwide in various works, from the classics to original solo works.
Katie Berger Wood is a theatre educator, musician, playwright, and composer based in the Atlanta area. She performed professionally all over the country before discovering her real dream role – Ms. Katie! She currently teaches at City Springs Theatre Company and Firefly Theatrical.
Eric Decker theatrical career began a few decades ago, when he and Denny Bell committed to restarting the Lanesboro Community Theater with summer melodrama performances in Sylvan Park. Since then, he has founded Absolute Theatre (Rochester, MN) and earned his MA in Theatre from the Chicago College of Performing Arts. He has been a Core Member of the A.R.T. Ensemble since it’s inception.
Juliana Frick is an award-winning physical theater artist, acrobat, and former musician based in Berkeley, CA. She is a founding core member of UpLift Physical Theatre and the director of Pinecones and Portals Hiking Theater Company.
Hannah Gaff is an international theatre creator, therapeutic clown, movement director, and teacher. She was a 2022 Fulbright Scholar at the Egyptian Academy of Arts in Cairo, a 2023 Fulbright Specialist in Pakistan, and has taught physical theatre courses and performed around the world.
Nicholette Routhier is a founding core member of UpLift Physical Theatre, currently based in St. George, UT. She received her MFA in Ensemble-based Physical Theatre from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre in 2010 and is a certified Embodiment Teacher by John Wineland and Kendra Cunov.
Hilary Williams is a Chicago-based actress, writer, and educator, and is proud to work with Catherine and Lanesboro Arts! Hilary is a Core Member of A.R.T.’s ensemble, participating since 2017. She played the roles of Sigrid, Astrid, and Britt in Root River Anthology.
Jerome Yorke is a theatre maker and educator specializing in ensemble-based physical theatre and devising performance. He is a faculty member for the University of Dayton’s Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology Program (TDPT) and a Core Member of A.R.T. (Audacious Raw Theater.)
Learn more about the 2024 Ensemble on the Audacious Raw Theater Website.
This activity is made possible through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council in cooperation with a private foundation.
This activity is also made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.