The Ubiquitous Mass of Us, finale (2017)
Performing Arts Series
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, VT
Maree ReMalia | merrygogo
The Ubiquitous Mass of Us is an evening-length, escalating journey where nine performers from across artistic disciplines question the bounds of their identities. Moving in and around the set designed by visual artist Blaine Siegel, they explore the way they take up space. Watch them bare a broad range of physicality and newly discovered expressions to an original sound score by David Bernabo. For all ages, seasoned performance goers, and those new to the theater.
Who are we as individuals? Who are we together? How far beyond what we conceive of ourselves can we go? What are the myriad ways in which we inhabit space? What are the visible and invisible boundaries we create? How are these questions impacted by and connected to contemporary issues in a larger context? Here, we bare the complexity of our individual and collective identities through a broad range of physicality and newly discovered expressions that explore the liminal zones and hard lines between.
Director & Choreographer
Maree ReMalia
Created by
Maree ReMalia in collaboration with the cast members and
collaborators for the 2017 PAS performance and the original cast members from the 2014 premiere which also included Paul Kruse and Adil Mansoor
Performers
David Bernabo, Joseph Hall, Taylor Knight, Zac Lounsbury, Moriah Ella
Mason, Maree ReMalia, Jil Stifel, Anna Thompson, and Rachel Vallozzi
Set Design
Blaine Siegel
Sound Design
David Bernabo
Costume Styling
Rachel Vallozzi
Technical Director
Jennifer Ponder
Production Team Members of The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 919, Nadani Dixon, Brian Dulanto, Elizabeth Green, Jessica Gutierrez, Daniel Klemonski, Adriana Ortiz-Burnham, Gabbie Santos, and Alex Williamson
Lighting Design
Michael Giannitti
Text
Excerpts from writing and presentations by Gaston Bachelard, Corydan, Ireland, Deborah Jowitt, Nicole Krauss, Starhawk, Elizabeth Streb, and contributions from the performers
Videography
David Cherry, SteVon Felton, and Vladimir Kremenovic
Video Editing
David Cherry
Acknowledgements
The presentation of The Ubiquitous Mass of Us at Mahaney Center for the Arts is made possible through generous support from the Performing Arts Series, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/Movement Matters Residency, Middlebury Dance Program, Rothrock Family Fund for Experiential Learning in the Performing Arts, Hannaford Career Center, and New Hazlett Theater. The original creation of this work was supported by Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, The Heinz Endowments Small Arts Initiative, Kelly Strayhorn Theater's Fresh Works Residency, and PearlArts Studios Salon Series.
Special Thank you
Claire Adams, Doug Adams, Dave Allen, Heather Baur, Shannon Bohler, Colin C.Boyd, Megan Brakeley, Chicago Posse Group 5, Christal Brown, Christa Clifford, René Conrad, Allison Coyne, Michaela Davico, Midd Safe, Gabriel Forestieri, Gigi Gatewood, Peter Hamlin, Scotty Hardwig, Isaac Kriley, Krista Miranda, Erica Morrell, Michael J. Morris, Andrew Pester, Jennifer Ponder, Lynn, James, and William ReMalia, Bill Rodgers, Liza Sacheli, Diego Thompson, Trinh Tran, Mira Veikley, Jason Vrooman, Lida Winfield, and the AWESOME cast members & collaborators of The Ubiquitous Mass of Us.