Monday, March 28, 2011

Some Shakespeare With Your Carrot Cake?

DaPoPo Theatre began a new 5-month series of its signature event Café DaPoPo on Tuesday, March 29 at 7:30pm at the Grad House. We played to a full house, and were excited to present Café DaPoPo in a new venue.

Originally conceived as a fundraiser in 2007, Café DaPoPo has become a performance event in its own right. Performing in diners, restaurants and bars, the cast take orders from the patrons, and practice their craft at individual tables. This month's cast included many of the core collective members: Kristi Anderson, Andrew Chandler, Zach Faye, Keelin Jack, Kim Parkhill, Garry Williams and our fantastic accompanist Emily Shute. We also welcomed Griffin McInnis and Liz Johnstone as guest performers from the KTS. Scenes, songs, monologues, conversation pieces, rants, puppets, poetry – all of these staple ingredients are on the theatrical menu.

(Depicted here at right are Kristi Anderson, Zach Faye and the carrot cake.)