I'm thrilled to be back at CounterPULSE, about a year after our first ARC residency. The piece we created through the residency, FRIEND came out of the recent loss of one of my closest friends to a brain tumor at the beginning of our time at CounterPULSE. In working on that piece and unearthing stories about the beginning of our friendship in 11th grade I was flooded by other stories. I had met Sharon during my one year of attending
Emmaly Wiederholt interviewed "Arthur in Underland's" Co-Director, Writer and Performer Mantra Plonsey about the creation of Dandelion's new work: EMMALY WIEDERHOLT: What was the process of drawing from Eric's personal history to write Arthur in Underland? Conversely, what is it like to perform in? MANTRA PLONSEY: Eric had recently completed the process of creating and producing AND performing in our past winter season's piece FRIEND, which dealt with a dear companion's death from a brain tumor, with whom he had gallivanted around during
As we finish up our first premiere weekend of Arthur in Underland, and move towards our last, (performances run through March 18th) here's some background on the piece, from the Director's Note I wrote for the program: Arthur in Underland is one of the most personally vulnerable pieces I’ve ever made. It is based on a year in my life that turned everything I believed and wanted upside down. When I was 15 I left my native Los Angeles to
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