Mu debuts New Performance Program

Mu Performing Arts has recently received a two-year grant of $35,000 from the Jerome Foundation to create a new program, The New Performance Program, which aims to cultivate and develop the work of Asian artists in order to bring it to the main stage. Recognizing that the field of theater and performance is evolving, Mu wishes to focus attention on supporting more experimental and interdisciplinary theatrical performance. Since the work these artists create is more edgy and does not readily fit into the current programming, Mu has created a process where work can be assessed in phases, moving forward projects that fit both the creative vision of the individual artists and the overall mandate and aesthetic vision of Mu Performing Arts.

Artists involved in this new program include spoken word artists Ed Bok Lee and Juliana Pegues, performance artist Marcus Young, new music theater specialist Tim Huang, New York sketch comedian Paul Juhn, talented actress and writer Sun Mee Chomet, and May Lee, an exciting emerging voice from the Hmong American community.

The program will occur in phases and seven artists will participate in phase one. Each artist will work on developing their artistic concept with a professional theater director for several weeks, crafting the script into a workable form and participating with actors/performers in a workshop setting to further develop their work. In the second phase, four of the seven projects will be selected for further development and be included in Mu‚s New Eyes Festival in April 2007. In the third phase of the program, two projects will be selected for final development and as potential works for Mu‚s 2007-2008 main stage season.

PHASE 1 Presentations
January 20 and 27, 2007
2 - 6 pm
Mu Performing Arts Studio
2700 NE Winter St. (in the studio space)
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612.824.4804
FREE