RIOT: Created & Devised by the Wardrobe Ensemble

RIOT: Created & Devised by the Wardrobe Ensemble

The Simon’s Rock Theater program presents RIOT: An epic tale of violence, greed and cheap sofas. Adapted & Directed by Sara Katzoff

By Bard College at Simon's Rock

Date and time

November 10, 2022 · 7:30pm - November 12, 2022 · 9pm EST

Location

Daniel Arts Center - Black Box Theater

Bard College at Simon's Rock 84 Alford Road Great Barrington, MA 01230

About this event

Originally created and devised by the internally acclaimed Wardrobe Ensemble from Bristol (United Kingdom), RIOT is an epic tale of violence, greed and cheap sofas.

Set in a lamp-lit showroom, RIOT integrates live music, early 2000’s nostalgia and eyewitness accounts to reimagine the story of an actual riot that broke out during the grand opening of an infamous Swedish furniture store in north London.

Filled with physical comedy, awkward romance and more characters than you can throw a meatball at, RIOT shines a humorous light onto the dark and frenzied nature of consumer culture.

With:

Agnes Allman, Ashlyn Bagocius, Liam Forest, Lydia Helmstadter, Cole Morrison, Tevah Rose, Rowan Truman, Johnny Vitell, Theo Walker and Jesse Yaverbaum

Directed by Sara Katzoff

Music Direction: Gigi Teeley

Lighting & Scenic Design: John Musall

Costume Design: Amanda Bury

Stage & Production Manager: Jean Kalin

Assistant Stage Manager: Rowan Truman

Assistant Director: Ashlyn Bagocious

Four Performances Only!

Thursday, November 10th at 7:30pm

Friday, November 11th at 7:30pm

Saturday, November 12th at 2:00pm & 7:30pm

The approximate run time is 80 minutes with no intermission

***Tickets must be reserved in advance. If they are not claimed 10 mins before the start of the show they will be given to walk ins. ***

ABOUT THE WARDROBE ENSEMBLE

The Wardrobe Ensemble are a group of energetic and irreverent theatre artists, musicians and devisers who work together to make new plays that dissect the twenty-first century experience. Consisting of nine core members, one producer and a constantly growing community of associate artists, the Bristol, UK based company defines themselves as “flashy, rough, silly and serious”. The Wardrobe Ensemble is dedicated to exploring the big ideas of our time through intimate human stories that live at the crossroads of where the intellectual and the emotional collide.

Since forming in 2011 the company has created, toured and performed numerous plays internationally including RIOT, 33 (Both of which had their US premiere here at The Daniel Arts Center while in residency at The Berkshire Fringe); 1972: The Future of Sex (Commisioned by Shoreditch Town Hall); Education Education Education (Fringe first award for Best Ensemble) and The Last of the Pelican Daughters (Developed in association with Complicité and co-produced by the Royal and Derngate Theatres) The Wardrobe Ensemble has been seen at Battersea Arts Center, The Edinburgh Fringe, The Berkshire Fringe JACK, Salisbury Playhouse, Northern Stage, The National Theater and on The West End.

Organized by

Bard College at Simon's Rock

ABOUT SIMON’S ROCK

Bard College at Simon's Rock, the Early College is the only college in the country specifically designed for bright, highly motivated students ready to enter college after the 10th or 11th grade. Simon's Rock offers a challenging program in the liberal arts and sciences, taught exclusively in small seminars by a supportive, highly trained faculty, who are leading scholars in their fields. The College grants degrees in more than 35 majors. The Princeton Review's Best 380 Colleges rates academics at Simon's Rock higher than Harvard and Princeton.Bard Academy at Simon’s Rock is the nation’s first two-year boarding and day program designed to prepare 9th and 10th graders to start college early. A student entering Bard Academy as a high school freshman will earn an Associate of Arts degree from Bard College at Simon’s Rock after only four years and a Bachelor of Arts degree after only six years. The Academy curriculum is designed and taught by students’ future college professors who are leading scholars in their fields.At Bard Academy and Bard College at Simon's Rock, age doesn't define intellect: our mission is to inspire the curiosity and creativity of motivated younger scholars with a challenging, empowering, and inclusive education in the liberal arts and sciences. For more information visit www.simons-rock.edu or call 413-528-7400

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