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Armstrong, Conrad

Balistrieri, Vincent

Bewley, James

Bochain, Heidi

Bojko, Szymon

Brown, Sarah

Bruck, Vale

Burickson, Lily

de Charette, Marin

Dungan, Sarah

Faig, Edie

Fairbank, Matthew

Feldman, Amy

Fernandez, Jon

Forsstrom, Hal

Hackman, Andrea

Imas, Leon

Kew, Sherman

Kurtaman, Lara

McDonnell, Bri

Nassef, Lauren

Ragan, Jesse M.

Spetnagel, Allen

Stanforth, Adam

Taborska, Agnieszka

Vovolvski, Jenny

White, Ariana

Yates, Chris

English

Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of DesignDigitalCommons@RISDPrograms RISD Cabaret 1987-2000Winter 2-10-2000Aha! Vivat Homo SapiensAgnieszka TaborskaRhode Island School of Design, atabor@risd.eduJames BewleyRhode Island School of DesignSzymon BojkoRhode Island School of DesignConrad ArmstrongRhode Island School of DesignVincent BalistrieriRhode Island School of DesignSee next page for additional authorsFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/liberalarts_cabaret_programsPart of the Acting Commons, Art Education Commons, Dance Commons, Fashion DesignCommons, Fine Arts Commons, French Linguistics Commons, German Language and LiteratureCommons, History Commons, Modern Literature Commons, Music Commons, Other Arts andHumanities Commons, Other French and Francophone Language and Literature Commons, OtherLanguages, Societies, and Cultures Commons, Other Theatre and Performance Studies Commons,Performance Studies Commons, Playwriting Commons, Russian Literature Commons, and theTheatre History CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the RISD Cabaret 1987-2000 at DigitalCommons@RISD. It has been accepted for inclusion inPrograms by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@RISD. For more information, please contact mpompeli@risd.edu.Recommended CitationTaborska, Agnieszka; Bewley, James; Bojko, Szymon; Armstrong, Conrad; Balistrieri, Vincent; Bochain, Heidi; Brown, Sarah; Bruck,Vale; Burickson, Lily; de Charette, Marin; Dungan, Sarah; Faig, Edie; Fairbank, Matthew; Feldman, Amy; Fernandez, Jon; Forsstrom,Hal; Hackman, Andrea; Imas, Leon; Kew, Sherman; Kurtaman, Lara; McDonnell, Bri; Nassef, Lauren; Ragan, Jesse M.; Spetnagel,Allen; Stanforth, Adam; Vovolvski, Jenny; White, Ariana; and Yates, Chris, "Aha! Vivat Homo Sapiens" (2000). Programs. 12.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/liberalarts_cabaret_programs/12AuthorsAgnieszka Taborska, James Bewley, Szymon Bojko, Conrad Armstrong, Vincent Balistrieri, Heidi Bochain,Sarah Brown, Vale Bruck, Lily Burickson, Marin de Charette, Sarah Dungan, Edie Faig, Matthew Fairbank,Amy Feldman, Jon Fernandez, Hal Forsstrom, Andrea Hackman, Leon Imas, Sherman Kew, Lara Kurtaman,Bri McDonnell, Lauren Nassef, Jesse M. Ragan, Allen Spetnagel, Adam Stanforth, Jenny Vovolvski, ArianaWhite, and Chris YatesThis book is available at DigitalCommons@RISD: https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/liberalarts_cabaret_programs/12TWELFTHANNUALRISD'0‘novivat homo sapiensThe Cellar at the Top of the Waterman Building PresentsA Visual Story Through Millenia in Two Acts with a Prologue and Epilogue080.0February 10, 11, and 12, 20006:00 and 9:00 PMD. T ‘ Q Aha! embraces several millennia ofthe development of mankind seen. ‘ v ‘O as a unity of opposing forces, whichW . coexist and never disappear. Humanity' ' exists as an eternal opposition, a. . 0 u ii ' '' . programmed contradiction betweenpositive, creative impulses andACT 2 H“"ha”'tY dlscovers What ltls made of ~ destructive forces, between the rationalSCENE 1: On the arts ofthe 0 mind and animal instincts. The historybedshamber . of mankind testies to the fact thatMarin de Charette, Bri McDonnell . While took and technobgy inSCENE 21A crowd not so diererit ‘ My journey to the middle of Australia, endless transformation, the featuresE"Seml’l°' Am)’ F°ldm“‘"' lesse M Raga" l the oldest continent on our globe led of the human character haven'tscram: 3: An uncomfortable moment me to the idea ofa millennium story changed much for millennia. Wewith a moral of, by, and for homo sapiens. The have come a long way from homoPROLOGUEZ It all starts somewhere \:|';:Er';ta:alL:3t;:;';nl::'lggsixtgqczdrea mystery ofthe Uluru, a gigantic red erectus - the half wild man — to ourConrad Armstrong, Sarah Browm Edie Faigy ' ' rock in the Australian desert, pushed contemporary degree of cognitionMatthew Fairbank, lon Fernandez, Hal ACT 3: Humanityfaces the horrors ofits l my imagination toward Genesis and and self-consciousness. Nevertheless,F°'$5l'°l"-1°55’? M Ra8a"r Alle" 5P°l"a8°l- mllsthkes Md missteps the creation story. My pilgrimage to man’s inherited features change slowly.Adam Sta“f°“h' Aha“ White 5¢ENE 1; $3,‘ Shgnggon invite; us to Q Uluru was followed by my personal Love and hatred, curiosity andACT 1: Humanity is born, educates itsey and great Parade contact with Aborigines and their art pettiness, stupidity and brightness,preparesfor a great event Ch“ Yates which evolved from rock painting, their egoism and embodiments of evil.C . INTERSCENE E: A weary traveler goes to dances, music, mythology beliefs, andscene : enesis . . ’ H- t ff | fd kVale Bruck, lon Fernandez, Andrea Hackman, dlnner anll o,rd,erS we Wrong thmg behavlor _ all of whlch helped me to ls Try 0 .erS many essons O arR Chris Yates Vincent Balistrieri, Edie Faig, Lauren Nassef, perceive the dawn of humanity the lT'|8l’l|f€S'[HlilOl'lS Of pOW€l' by individuals,esse ag , , _ ,Adam sla"f°'lll-A"a"a Whlle |d t F . .|. t. . h. h H leaders, nations, and states: war,INTERSCENE AZ Lightning strikes and . ‘ ° es ° Ch" lza '°h5' ‘h W ‘C a were- . .. l ' I l' 'startles the Love Sisters SCENdEA2' Slren boy warm ofthe end artists. Each path from the direction of clue W‘ W0 ence' bruta lty' Crlme'Adam Stanforth , Ariana White Coma rmstmng the distant past even prehistory, ‘"'°*_s“‘"°e' mlsanthropy’ and lealOuSy'22L”, Tommy Edison and the scene 3: l\/larch ofdead soldiers and opened new ~d°é)rS_ It magic to A brighter lesson from the history ofEpic ofilgamesh Elle gglleraits lanai’: Br k Manh pass through the many imaginative mankmd ls our unceasmg need toVincent Balistrieri, Lily Burickson, Sarah Brown, F;°i:;nk ':a| gsitrgm S::r;mn Kejvw throughways that homo Sapiens built. create, build, construct, design, shape,Sarah Dungan, Amy Feldman, Sherman Kew, ' ' ' . give life, immortalize beauty. Humanity, f lesse M Ragan Each gateway provided new access toLara Kurtzman, Bri McDonnell, Lauren Nasse, from the Ve be | f | t. ry g nning o CIVI iza ionAllen Spetnagel INTERSCENE F: The worm and his the realm Ofthe Aha-l That ls the st°'Y has looked for order ‘aw mom andweird sticky of how the concept for Aha! was born, ’ 'INTERSCENE B? A Weafl’ tmhelef “Wis - - . ethical principles, elevated rules ofthe Love Sisters Edle Falgi Alll-P" spetnagel a concept which was then developed. harmony, good manners and behaviorEdie Faig, Adam Stanforth, Ariana White 5CENE 4; A great parade and put into scenes by James Bewley.Ensemble , through Islam, Hinduism, Confucius,SCENE 23 A $“'P"5e test awans the Ahal... Somethin familiar which at the Tao, Buddhism, Shintoism, the OldSumerian schoolchildren gmad Armstrong Sarah Brown Marin de EPILOGUEI Under cherry trees rst seems unfamiliar but then is and New Testaments, the medieval0 I I .Charette Jon Fernandez Leon “ms lam), Ehsemblei Smh B'°‘""» ahd 5ZY'“°" B°ll‘° suddenly recognized as familiar after code of chivalry, the arts oflove andVolvovski all. This is the moment that denes the lau hter. Luckil for us, our enius for8 Y 8INTERSCENE C. A story about a worm Aha! From the rst steps taken on two life exists parallel to the dark side ofHeidi Bochain / Andrea Hackman, Sarah ‘ feet, humanity has happened upon an human nature. Perhaps the wonder isDullganr Am)’ Feldmam Allen 5P@l"a8@l ‘ endless series ofAhas.l in the balance between the two.'5 'INTERSCENE oz Maat is served to .preserve and encourage order Q Szymon B01-koVincent Balistrieri, Matt Fairbank, Hal . lForsstrom, Lauren Nassef, Lara Kurtzman0'‘lll“Aha, aha, just a moment,just a In the winter ofi987 Szymon Bojkomoment, yes." These words come to and james Barnhill asked me, since Imind whenever I think about my dear In addition to Treva and myself, we was then Dean of Liberal Arts, ifthey This year extraordinary things havefriend and collaborator, Szymon Bojko. were lucky to have another RISD alum might make an experiment with a new occurred on the road to theSzymon approached me after a helping us out on this project. Our kind of Liberal Arts course during performance you will see tonight.performance I'd put up in my garage esteemed producer, Bill Newkirk, is Wintersession. They wanted to explore Szymon Bojko, the godfather ofthison Keene Street and told me that he one of the few champions of the a multi-disciplinary method of teaching particular project suffered healthenjoyed the awkward way the evening Cabaret through its many and based upon the performance ofan problems that delayed his arrival tobegan. Waiting, waiting, and then Aha! seemingly-always-on-the-brink-of- historical Cabaret. Their experiment Providence. ln january doctorsO Id extinction incarnations. succeeded and, perhaps accidentally, discovered and removed a kayak,oge er‘ Zymon an ’ an O guy an opened the door to an immersive, life- Oshun's feather headdress, a wheata young one took to starting off this To the cast, I give you my gratitude, changing process for their students grass juicer, and Kruschev's boot fromnew _era_wlth a great v_lSual_Spectacle/ my respect’ and my friendship: Thank and the rest ofus. They discovered the his stomach. He is now amongst usmeditation on humanity. Like the you for teaching me. I have en 0 ed . . .eleven RISD Cabarets before it, this one your endless energy and willingness tol y poetry, song, and dance inside of each hale and hearty. We thank his doctorsstudent and through these vehicles, and the Fates, which Szymon is alwaysIS born ofthe dusty Eastern uropean try things over and over and over and lndehbw Stamped their minds, two Steps and Somehmei two timecabarets which are so deeply a part of over again. . .Szymon's experience and so inspiringlessons from art and performance zones ahead of. During his recovery,And nauyi j wish to thank everyone history, literature and music, and Szymon's colleagues in Liberal Arts’ who has come to Support their world history. and experts from the RISD Museum,pu ou o car oar oxes. . .children their loved ones, their . Regel Wllllams College’ llle Cabaret' Th d t th t t Fl have relished the awkward moments siblings, their students, and their e pro uc lon a rs year,waS rom band. and the Peabedy SalemSt Petersburg to Khrushchev s Bootand the tender ones that have friends. It is your generosity and l l Museum have glaelellsl)‘ Pllelleel l" l°Subsequent Cabarets have addressed h d . h l fdeveloped from my experience with kindness, which fuels greatness in . . . , PlePal'el e Slll ellls Wll e5'5°ll5 °the Beat Generation Paris in the 50 s,the still growing Cabaret family at all humanity. . . l . l'a"5ee"dellee» l°‘/e and law ' sacredUbu Roi, The life and times ofjosephRISD. Out oftremendous chaos came B t f I |.k S alld Pl°lal'le- alld mallllels llem alleu s, e c. RISD acu I e z mon,more chaos, and then a little more, but James Bewjey A nlleszka Taborska 3,0,.‘ Keefzr and over the w°lld- And Pe'l'laP5i m°$lat some Point, I seem to remember fg | f B l . . h mall/el°l-'5 °l all» lW° Cabalel alumlllacu rom rown Universit suc asone day‘ Where | had a moment of e Marktycohen Strandberg have returned to lead the performance:serene comfort and understanding. . . l . el'l°le°8laPllel Treva Cm", Wl'l°Michelle Bach Coubaily have workedJust Q moment dazzled the audience with her dances,There are several people to thank ~ Pl°dllell°l'l5- C°mP°5el' Steve" l°beinduding a|| my friends and ’ and producer Bill Newkirk have beenrelationships that had to endureme while working on the script, but ‘there is one woman without therewould be no Cabaret at all. Peggy Lewis .- ‘tucked me away in a cozy room in her ..Qhouse, fed me, organized all theDtoget er on mountmg nearly a dozen songs, and characters in three Cabaretsand Writer/Director james Bewley, whowas unforgettable in the role of Georgeall U Ca aret co eagues or many Grosz james and Sz mon have been, . .-Yyears‘ peter O Nelll’ Denms HylynSky' developing this Cabaret for nearly threeand Winnie Lambrecht have all years via a dialog that has spanneddocumented Cabaret performances. f .our continents.Liberal Arts and Foundation Studies Tonight at the Cabaret we are witnesssponsor the course and the Deansbrilliant lectures on world cultures I . . l° llle e°llab°lall°ll °la e°"'lmlll'lllYiand humanity, and kept everyone in ‘ Q Council, Provost Ofce and President not just the community of Studentshave sponsored the performance-'' th t h tl dline to ensure a wonderful experience ‘ ' . For the rst time’ in Wintersession a as Sl:Wl'l °l/iel lee‘-lll e55 all(Q, a||_ Thank you, peggy_ ‘ ‘ obsessive ours o c ass, construction,i anaum aeMaa ,wore99 ' ’l y snow balls, karaoke and rehearsal, butTo Treva’ fny angel‘ rny wondfQuS co_ S2)/mOI'i to pr0dUCe the Cabaret. also the Cornrnunity of peopje whocreator, thank you for appearing from . Cabaret has been cross generational — have risen to the occasion of thisllle °lePlll5 °l New Yell‘ °ll lllal lalls “ Senior guru Szymon and hls falthful millennial Project and the call to notevery week to share your smile and . Q Sllldelllla l3l'°l~l8l'll legelllel lweyour wisdom. You allowed us all .Qlet the ball drop, when it has alreadyinstitutions, Brown and RISD, that are .bounced so hi h..O gto relax and feel comfortable with _ ‘ 5° el°5e alld Yel ll'eeluel'lllY 5° lalchanging our physical shapes andour emotional ones. Q2‘;Q ¢ apart (why can't they just have aWintersession, too?), and a diversity war WY” ‘ ‘of departments from across the RISD ’ 6‘ - . ‘ ‘ campus In this way the Cabaret has ’ ~ .0 - ' A T ' TO played an unparalleled ambassadorial ' Q‘ . . .role within our communityDIRECTOR James BewleyGENERAL CONCEPT Szymon Bojko ISCENARIO James Bewley a aSzymon Bojko .vivat homo sapiensCHOREOG RAPHY Treva OffutMUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS Steven L. JobeAND COMPOSITIONORCHESTRA Matthew Everett, accordianLaura Gulley, violinSteven L. Jobe, bazouki, hurdy-gurdyRachael Robidoux, trumpetPRODUCER Bill NewkirkVIDEO DOCUMENTATION Josh BackerlIlIJl1COSTUMES, SETS, PROPS, Ensemble ‘PUPPETS, LIGHTS, SOUNDPUBLICITY, GALLERY SHOWTHE ENSEMBLE Conrad Armstrong Andrea HackmanVincent Balistrieri Leon lmasHeidi Bochain Sherman KewSarah Brown Lara KurtzmanVale Bruck Bri McDonnellLily Burickson Lauren NassefMarin de Charette Jesse M RaganSarah Dungan Allen SpetnagelEdie Faig Adam StanforthMatthew Fairbank jenny VolvovskiAmy Feldman Ariana WhiteJon Fernandez Chris YatesHal ForsstromACK NOWLE DG E M E NTS The Cabaret stafand crew gratefully acknowledge theassistance ofindividuals and cultural institutions, museums,libraries, music andlm archives, theater directors andcomposers, art historians and gallery directors. Without theirgenerous help, this ambitious project could not be achieved.IN THE USA John Bell Winnie LambrechtChristina Bertoni Kevin LangAdam Bronstein Andrew MaskePhillip Contic New Langton ArtsMatthew Cottam Nicholas ScappaticciEdward Dwyer Cathy SeigelCydney Feinstein Mark ShermanMichael nk JeFfTimm. Kuang-Yu Fong Chris TurnerMarcin Gizycki Rachel Turner' . Nermin Kura David WarnerIN POLAND Krzysztof MeisnerBorys Pugacz-MuraszkiewiczNina SmolarzIN AUSTRALIA Uluru Australian Nature Conservation AgencyElibieta Lapszewicz-BojkoSPECIAL THANKS Diane Blair, Foundation Studies. . Edward Dwyer, Associate Provost‘ 0 U. ' Baruch Kirschenbaum, Dean ofLiberal Arts0 Margaret Lewis, Academic Afairs0 . ' Media ResourcesFouuomc FATHERS James O. BarnhillSzymon BojkoFOR PLANTING THE CHERRY TREE, THE CABARETGIVES ITS DEEPEST THANKS TO PRESIDENT ROGER MANDLEQ Anna Wojtasik lll1lllIillIlll...__L-Al1

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