STRAND THEATRE
Saturday, October 15 | 2:00pm
Acrobuffos present
AIR PLAY
A breathtaking homage to the power of air.
Created with Sculptor DANIEL WURTZEL
WRITERS & CREATORS: Seth Bloom, Christina Gelsone, Daniel Wurtzel
PERFORMERS: Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone
AIR SCULPTURES: Daniel Wurtzel
DIRECTOR: West Hyler
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Todd Alan Little
STAGE MANAGER: Flora Vassar
LIGHTING DESIGN: Jeanne Koenig
COSTUME DESIGN: Ashley Dunn Gatterdam
SOUND DESIGN: Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone
ADDITIONAL SOUND DESIGN: Phil Ingle
PROPS: Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone
Air Play has been made possible with support from Playhouse Square, New Victory Theater, Zoellner Arts Center, Flushing Town Hall
This engagement of Air Play is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
MEET THE ARTISTS
ac·ro·buf·fo
/ˌakrə ˈbo͞ofō/
noun
- a silent comic actor creating spectacular feats of laughter.
SETH BLOOM and CHRISTINA GELSONE met at a circus in Afghanistan, became engaged while street performing in Scotland, married in China, and occasionally go home to New York City. Since 2005, working as their award-winning and critically-acclaimed company, The Acrobuffos, they have created seven shows, competed in international circus festivals, performed in over 25 countries, headlined at the Big Apple Circus, and were even featured on a postage stamp. Christina is a former ballerina who graduated from Princeton to become a clown; Seth is a former juggler who graduated from three clown schools, including an MFA in Physical Theater.
DANIEL WURTZEL is a Brooklyn-based artist best known for his kinetic sculptures and installations using air and lightweight materials that fly. Daniel’s work is currently featured in Finding Neverland and with Cirque du Soleil in Amaluna. He has shown his artwork at the Musee Rodin, the Grand Palais in Paris, the World Expo, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Museu do Amanha in Rio de Janeiro, the Phillips Collection, Swiss Science Center Technorama, Copernicus Science Center, and Phaeno Science Center. Daniel has also worked with some of the world's most highly regarded theater directors including Julie Taymor, Diane Paulus, Robert Lepage, Zhang Yimou, Daniel Ezralow and Michel Laprise. danielwurtzel.com
WEST HYLER has worked extensively in theaters and circuses internationally and on Broadway and is the Producing Artistic Director of the New York Musical Festival. In circus, he was story writer and scene director for Paramour, Cirque du Soleil's first Broadway musical, and twice directed Big Apple Circus with Legendarium and Metamorphosis. As Associate Director for Jersey Boys, he staged the show on five continents. Other directing work includes Georama (NYMF- Five 2017 NYMF awards including "Outstanding Direction”), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Broadway), Kid who would be Pope (Ars Nova), H2O (59E59), iLuminate (New World Stages), and Greatest Showman Live (China), among other regional and international work. westhyler.com
