Monday, November 4, 2019

Focus Day

MIRTH, MIME AND MERRIMENT

Sit back, relax annd enjoy a day full of mime, blitheness, gaiety, glee, hilarity, jocularity, jolliness, lightheartedness, merriness and mirth presented by top Twin Cities comedians.

9:30 – 10:30
Walls, Falls, and Faces:
The invisible Language of Mime

Speaker/Performer: Joshua Palmer, Creative Artist
Non-verbal communication has connected humans and allowed the sharing of stories across cultures since early civilization. From Greece to Japan and eventually to American film and television, mime has morphed and changed its face, while silently influencing the development of entertainment as we know it.

Come and learn the history of mime and watch a man transform himself into whiteface and share stories through an exploration of the form.

10:45 – 11:45

A History of Radio Drama in America

Speaker: Eric Webster, Playwright, Actor, Voice-over Artist and Theater Producer
The invention of radio provided instant information and entertainment directly into people’s homes and with it, a brand new art form was born – the radio drama. Webster will discuss the history of the rise and fall of radio drama and the inner workings of the performance of this unique form of theater.

11:45 – Noon   Announcements
12:00 – 1:15   Luncheon

1:15 – 2:15

Christmas at Mickey’s Dining Car

Speaker: Colleen Kruse, Comedienne, Playwright and Storyteller
Comedienne and Storyteller Kruse tells a heartwarming and funny story about Christmas Day, 1985, when she worked as a waitress at the famed Mickey’s Dining Car located in
downtown St. Paul.