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| STAFF: Qui Nguyen (Co-Artistic Director) Robert Ross Parker (Co-Artistic Director) Abby Marcus (Managing Director/Producer) Dan Rech (Associate Producer) Nick Francone (Resident Designer) Jessica Wegener (Resident Designer) Andrea Marie Smith (Artistic Associate) |
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS Rachel Ford Padraic Lillis Qui Nguyen Robert Ross Parker Theresa Squire |
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Who
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WHAT
IS VAMPIRE COWBOY? Vampire Cowboys is an award winning theatre company with a mission towards the creation and production of new works of theatre based in stage combat and dark comedy with a comic book aesthetic that explore challenging subject matters. Vampire Cowboys actively pursues the mating of different genres (Film noir, Teenage Comedies, Horror, Sci-Fi, etc.) and conventions (Musicals, Dance, Puppetry, etc.) to create an eclectic structure to tell its stories. The aim of the company is the presentation of plays that both embrace popular entertainment as well as resonate as pieces of art. This is a theatre that shamelessly uses spectacle and stage combat to explore topics such as child molestation, war, suicide, religion, and other themes usually reserved for “serious theatre”. It is our goal to appeal simultaneously to both the childish and the intellectual sides of our audiences by presenting work that marries both pop-culture and provocative ideas. |
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| MAIN SEASON: Comprised of our fully-staged theatrical shows, special events such as Revamped, and our ongoing series The Saturday Night Saloon. We fully support our shows with both monetary and time resources believing that works of theatre shouldn’t be solitary events. As a producing entity, we believe shows should be allowed to run for their full life-span, be that one month or over the course of one year, and as a company we continue to support the development and productions of our works well-beyond their initial runs. To see what's coming up next, CLICK HERE! FIRST BITE: A program dedicated to the development of plays that will be fully-staged and produced later in the season. The First Bite presentation consists of two weeks of script-based rehearsals and 3 to 5 public performances focusing on the text of the play with a sprinkling of choreography, movement, and music. First Bite is an opportunity for our audiences to get a sneak peek of a Vampire Cowboys’ piece in development, and provides an email and post-show forum for audiences to give the artists feedback to aid in the growth of the play towards its run in the Main Season. THE RABID VAMPS FIGHT STUDIO: This program is designed to train the company’s community of actors in stage combat, as well as be a place to foster new fight choreographers/performers. Because Vampire Cowboys is a theatre with a focus on stage combat, this studio also acts as a step in the solidification and creation of new movement principles in a physical environment. The Studio is open to any artists interested in physical theatre, not just VCTC, allowing us to expand our community of actor/combatants as well as help the general community of actors cultivate their skills in stage combat. For more info, CLICK HERE! |
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MISSION OF VAMPIRE COWBOYS THEATRE COMPANY: To create and produce new works with an emphasis on stage combat and dark comedy with a comic book aesthetic. To deliver shows that actively mix multiple genres, styles, & forms. To be a theatre that is soaked in the cultural blood stream of the now. |
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