#StayHome with #ARTontheMART on Wednesday, May 13 at 7pm CDT for a video stream of our Summer 2019 Program originally projected in June of 2019 across the 2.5 acres of theMART’s facade.

The video stream will begin with a special animation from The Art Institute of Chicago, showcasing four pieces from their permanent collection: Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Yellow Hickory Leaves with Daisy”, Georges-Pierre Seurat’s “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884″, Vincent van Gogh’s” The Bedroom” and Grant Wood’s “American Gothic.”

The program continues with all of John Boesche’s “7 soliloquies” that capture seven significant Chicago theater artists in brief solo performances, celebrating Chicago’s diverse theater community in alignment with the 2019 Year of Chicago Theatre.

“St. James Infirmary”
creator & performer: Blair Thomas
marionettes & puppet theater: Blair Thomas
music and all instrumental performances: Blair Thomas
sound design: Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen
animation: Erin Pleake & Joe Burke
additional art and direction: John Boesche
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“Rightlynd”
author: Ike Holter
performer: Robert Cornelius
original art: Stacey Robinson
original music & sound design: Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen
animation & direction: John Boesche

“La Havana Madrid”
song: No Dejen Que Te Quiten Tu Historia
composer & author: Sandra Delgado
performer: Sandra Delgado
congas: Guiro Acevedo
sound design: Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen
animation: Joe Burke
direction: John Boesche
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“To Be In Love”
writer: Gwendolyn Brooks
performer: Cheryl Lynn Bruce
original art: Kerry James Marshall
© Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy of the artists and Jack Shainmann Gallery, New York
original music & sound design: Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen
animation & direction: John Boesche
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“The Tempest”
author: Williamm Shakespeare
performer: Nick Sandys
original music & sound design: Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen
animation: Joe Burke & John Boesche
direction: John Boesche

“Smokefall”
author: Noah Haidle
performer: Mike Nussbaum
original art: Yeaji Kim
original music & sound design: Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen
animation: Erin Pleake & Joe Burke
direction: John Boesche
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“solo ensemble”
writer, original music & performer: Julia Rhoads
sound design: Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen
animation: Joe Burke & John Boesche
additional art & direction: John Boesche

Special thanks to Blair Thomas & Co., Sandra Delgado, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, COLLABORACTION, Teatro Vista, Goodman Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen.
For more information on John Boesche, visit www.boeschedesign.com

The program concludes with a collaboration between theatermaker John Musial and Lucky Plush Artistic Director Julia Rhoads titled “Limelight Parade,” which utilizes fragmented choreography and script from Julia Rhoads’ work with Lucky Plush Productions, a Chicago-based dance and theater ensemble, and reimagined within John Musial’s layered and evocative projection design.
For more information on Lucky Plush, visit www.luckyplush.com

Lucky Plush created Virtual Dance Lab (VDL) in response to COVID-19 as a way to keep our family of artists working and to keep people moving. Learn more at www.luckyplush.com/virtual-dance-lab
#VirtualDanceLab #TeamPlush #VirtualDance

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Tags: ART on theMART Video Stream, Blair Thomas, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Chicago, Erin Pleake, Guiro Acevedo, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ike Holter, Joe Burke, John Boesche, Kerry James Marshall, Loop, Merchandise Mart, Michael Bodeen, Mike Nussbaum, music & performer: Julia Rhoads, Nick Sandys, Noah Haidle, Rob Milburn, Robert Cornelius, Sandra Delgado, Stacey Robinson, Summer 2019 Program, Yeaji Kim