Evergreen Players present Paul Sills' Story Theatre January 14, 2011

Evergreen Players present
Paul Sills' Story Theatre
by Paul Sills
Directed by Meridith Crosley Grundei.
Evergreen Players present “Paul Sill’s Story Theatre” January 14 through January 30 at Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen, CO. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 Adults; $14 seniors (60+)/Students and available by calling 303-674-4934 or online atwww.evergreenplayers.org. Group discounts available.
“Paul Sills' Story Theatre” Transformation, mime, and dance are the basis of the "Story Theatre" method. Story Theatre composes plays from stories, myths, folk tales, and legends, each told with a lean production style. All the trappings are created by the actors with their bodies and voices. The no-frills storytelling creates some evocative effects.
The cast includes Beau Augustin, Matt Bachus, Rebecca Donnella, Sean Maslow, Len Matheo , Bruce Montgomery, Andrea Rabold and Jodi Thomas.
Paul Sills is best remembered as Chicago's father of improvisation, the innovative co-founder/director of the celebrated Compass Players and Chicago's Second City comedy troupes. Sills left Second City in 1965 to form the Game Theater, where he coached his mother's techniques in performance and audience participation was encouraged. It operated for almost two decades. At the Game Theater, he also discovered a new form, which he called Story Theater, which debuted during the summer of 1968. Story Theatre went on to play at Yale University, in Los Angeles and on Broadway, remaining the form Sills explored for the rest of his life. His book, Paul Sills' Story Theater: Four Shows, was published by Applause Books.
The performing home of The Evergreen Players is Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen, CO, 80439. Directions to Center/Stage are atwww.evergreenplayers.org. The Evergreen Players is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization producing six shows per year in the foothills. Established in 1950, the Players’ mission is to create professional quality theater to inspire, engage, and entertain. P.O. Box 1271, Evergreen, CO 80437.
Evergreen Players
“Paul Sills' Story Theatre”
Composed plays from stories, myths, folk tales and legends.
Jan 14 – Jan 30
Fri\Sat at 7:30 p.m.; Sun at 2 p.m.
$18 Adults; $14 seniors (60+)/Students
303-674-4934 or on line at www.evergreenplayers.org
Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen, CO.