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Press
"[An] audacious mashup of, middlebrow, and gleefully
lowbrow culture."
Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
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article (PDF)
“Chautauqua! turns temperance lectures into Greek
tragedy, village folk dances into fraught tribal rituals,
and cultural celebrations into apocalypse.”
Christopher Arnott, New Haven Advocate
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article (PDF)
"[The National Theater of the United States of America]
turn[the Chautauqua lectures] this bizarre footnote in American
history into a timely, beautiful meditation on the relationship
between the arts, urbanity, community and economics"
The New Yorker
>full article (PDF)
"[NTUSA], This mischievous gang of innovators represents
some of the best attributes of downtown 'experimental' theater"
John Del Signore, Gothamist
>full article (PDF)
Read more about NTUSA's past works and learn more about thier
creative process in The
Drama Review and A
Journal of Peformance and Art
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Description
The National Theater of the United States of American
(NTUSA) is an award winning Brooklyn based theater company
whose installation-like works mine American history and the
history of American spectacle to forge new theatrical forms.
In past works NTUSA has reimagined vaudeville theater, casino
floor shows, amusement park rides, tent revival meetings and,
most recently, the Chautauquas - a popular education movement
of the late 19th century...>more
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NTUSA
Biography
In 2007, the NTUSA received the second Annual Spalding
Gray Award honoring innovative theatrical vision for
a work in progress entitled Chautauqua!. The piece
is derived from the lecture series of the same name traveling
the country in the 1920's and 30's and has been presented
at PS122, The Walker Center in Minneapolis, UCLA Live...
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Repertory
The Golden Veil
The Golden Veil is a new collaborative creation by the National
Theater of the United States of America. An epic micro-spectacle,
The Golden Veil takes its point of departure from the tension
between two early modern literary traditions: the Pastoral
Romance and the Cautionary Tale. In The Golden Veil, these
historically European genres are transposed into the landscape
of gothic Americana, where they bleed into and through each
other as we attempt to unpack America’s own dual tendencies
toward pleasure and punishment.
Chautauqua!
Commissioned by UCLA Live!, Walker Art Center and PS 122, The
National Theater of the United States of America’s Chautauqua!
explores the theatrical and cultural tradition of the Chautauqua
Circuit, an American performance phenomenon that flourished
from 1874 to the Great Depression. Celebrating the circuit’s
spirit of higher education through the Enlightenment’s
principals, NTUSA’s Chautauqua! is a hilarious play, taking
a look at the past while reflecting on today’s issues
and topics. Performances always include at least two guest artists
from the region at each touring site and reflect on each performance
site’s unique history.
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Downloads
and Links
Website: The
National Theater of the USA
NTUSA
on Facebook
NTUSA on Twitter
NTUSA on Vimeo
Related Websites:
Yehuda Duenyas
Jesse Hawley
Jonathan Jacobs
Ben Kato
Matt
Kalman
To access high resolution images or technical specifications
for this artist send an email to: info@elsieman.org,
be sure to include which artist you are interested in!
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Photo
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2011/2012
Tour Dates
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| Th, May 31- Sat, June 16, 2012 |
The Kitchen
Premiere of The Golden Veil |
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