Chinese Theatre Works
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Chinese Theatre Works is a non-profit theatre company whose mission is to preserve and promote the traditional Chinese performing arts (including opera, shadow theatre, puppetry, dance and music); to create new works that bridge Eastern and Western aesthetics and forms; and to foster understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture in audiences, students, artists and educators around the globe.
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| We are proud to announce that Chinese Theatre Works' Co-Artistic & Technical Director, Stephen Kaplin, was awarded a 2006 Henry Hewes Award for Notable Effects by the American Theatre Wing. He won the award, one of the highest honors in U.S. theatrical design, for his work designing and constructing the puppets for Ping Chong's acclaimed 2005 show Cathay: Three Tales of China. Cathay was a unique collaboration between artists in New York, Seattle and Xian, China; working on the show gave Stpehen the opportunity to work closely with and learn from traditional Chinese puppeteers in Xian as they developed the piece. The Hewes awards, originally the Maharam Awards, were established in 1964 as the first design awards allowing Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows to compete equally. Stephen joins Ping Chong, Peter Schumann, Julie Taymor, Theodora Skipitares, Paul Zaloom, and many other longtime friends and colleagues among the noted artists who have recieved Hewes Awards. | ||
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| At the First International Shadow Play Art Festival in Tangshan, China, Chinese Theatre Works - the only company from the U.S. invited - won four awards. Our new production, Three Women, Many Plays, won Best Writing and Direction; our two storytellers, Co-Artistic Director Stephen Kaplin and Director Emerita Jo Humphrey, won Best Narration; and the company was honored for Excellence in Performance and Best Short Plays for both Three Women and Tiger Tales, our other contribution to the festival. | ||
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Venue ______________________________ |
Date & Time _____________ |
Hao Bang Ya, Rabbit! (Turkey Flavor) _____________ |
Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Garden City, NY 11530 ______________________________ |
November 25 & 26, 2011 1:00 pm & 3:00 pm _____________ |
Chang-Er Flies to the Moon _____________ |
St. Annīs Warehouse 38 Water Street Brooklyn, NY 11217 ______________________________ |
September 23, 2011 7:30pm _____________ |
Traditional Music from China _____________ |
Pace University 41 Park Row New York, NY 10038 ______________________________ |
September 22, 2011 Time TBD _____________ |
Peking Opera Presentation & Demonstration _____________ |
Morehouse College 830 Westview Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30314 ______________________________ |
September 12, 2011 4:00pm _____________ |
Hao Bang Ya, Rabbit! _____________ |
Hammond Museum 28 Deveau Road North Salem, NY 10560 ______________________________ |
September 10, 2011 1:00pm _____________ |
Tiger Tales _____________ |
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street New York, NY 10013 ______________________________ |
September 10, 2011 12:00pm _____________ |
Tiger Tales Kun Opera:Strolling in the Garden _____________ |
Flushing Branch Library 41-17 Main Street Flushing, NY 11355 ______________________________ |
August 20, 2011 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm _____________ |
Little Red Riding Hood: The Chinese Opera _____________ |
Charles B. Wang Center Theater Suite 302, Stony Brook University 4040 SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4040 ______________________________ |
April 3, 2011 3:00 pm _____________ |
Little Red Riding Hood: The Chinese Opera tickets info _____________ |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10028-0198 ______________________________ |
February 5, 2011 7:00 pm _____________ |
Excerpt from Little Red Riding Hood: The Chinese Opera tickets info _____________ |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10028-0198 ______________________________ |
February 5, 2011 3:00 pm _____________ |
Workshop - Face Painting, Calligraphy, Costume _____________ |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10018-2788 ______________________________ |
February 5, 2011 10:00 am _____________ |
Chinese Theatre Works
34-23 Steinway Street, #241
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 457-1627
Chinese.theatre.works@gmail.com
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