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Check out Theatre LILA’s evening of music, dance, and drama in “The BED”

Theatre LILA’s second production of the 2016-2017 season, The BED, will open on March 10 in the newly renovated Fredric March Play Circle at the Wisconsin Union.

“It’s a great space for this kind of show,” said Theatre LILA Artistic Director Jessica Lanius. “It’s intimate, very accessible, and technologically outfitted so we can experiment a lot of storytelling forms, all inspired by a large, four poster bed.”

The evening of “invention,” exploring love, intimacy, nightmares, betrayal, and dreams is co-directed by Lanius and Spring Green actor, director, playwright and author James DeVita. “I saw a play produced by Theater LILA some years ago and was immediately struck by its intriguing, inspiring style of storytelling through movement and gesture,” DeVita commented. “When Jess asked me about collaborating on The Bed I jumped at the chance. It scared me, so I knew I should do it.”

Through poetry, dance, music, and drama, a performance ensemble of 11 actors will present the world premiere work of more than a dozen authors, all arranged around larger themes that take place in, on, and around a bed. During rehearsal the play will be molded and shaped by the actors and co-directors. This development method, intrinsic to Theatre LILA’s process, focuses on improvisation, physicality and a sense of play (the definition of “LILA” in Sanskrit).

Lanius explained, “It’s really inspiring to have the opportunity to work in a room full of talented actors, musicians, writers, and dancers. Taking these brand new pieces and working together to breathe life into them — everyone’s imagination and creativity working at full force — is really exhilarating.”

THE BED
A Theatre LILA Invention

Take an intoxicating ride in the most seductive and dangerous room of all.

March 10, 11, 16, 17 & 18 at 7:30 p.m.

March 11, 12 & 19 at 2 p.m.

Fredric March Play Circle, Wisconsin Union Theater

Tickets on sale now: arts.wisc.edu or (608) 265-2787

Adults–$29, Students–$17.50, UW-Madison Students–$10

For more information, please visit http://www.theatrelila.com/LilaNOW/_pages/LilaNow.htm. 

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Experience Theatre LILA...and its Bed

Collaboration. Invention. Performance. Theatre LILA. 

From its start in New York City in 2004 to its move to Madison in 2013, Theatre LILA has been striving to create inventive new works and bring theater to life in unexpected ways. 

In the Big Apple, Theatre LILA faced limitations such as only one project a year and being among a sea of other companies. In Madison, it was embraced by a welcoming and booming arts scene which allowed the company to expand the reach and impact of its stylized work and continue its momentum.

LILA’s first production, NO CHILD, involved partnerships with high school teachers and prompted a decision to present plays that provide the opportunity to connect to the next generation of theater-goers and get them to think, engage with, and be excited about theater.

Following 2014′s The Suitcase Dreams and 2015′s Trash, their next “invention piece” (as co-founder and Artistic Director Jessica Lanius calls it) is titled The BED. It is a multi-disciplinary piece which includes various styles of theater, movement and poetry.

Take an intoxicating ride in the most seductive & dangerous room within us all. The place of your wildest dreams... Your worst nightmares. The most intimate expressions shared with another. The worst argument you’ve ever had. The spot where fantasy abounds.

THE BED is a sort of blank canvas where writers, choreographers and composers collaborate on what could happen around a bed. LILA put out a call for artists and poets and received over 350 submissions from around the world. The show has developed into a dreamscape of nightmares, dreams, heartbeats and relationships, manifesting through dance, poetry, cello, viola and cool soundscapes...and we at the Wisconsin Union Theater are SO excited to play a part in bringing their upcoming performance to life! 

Experience Theatre LILA’s The BED on March 10-12 and 16-19 in the Fredric March Play Circle. Tickets are available online, by calling (608) 265-2787 or in person at our box office.