December News
Creating The Jury
  Dancer and cast member Bryan Gerber with his bodycast, and figure used in The Jury
Off-Leash Area continues its Tenth Anniversary Season
with its 18th original work, The Jury.
The Jury unravels the tangled fabric of a young woman's violent past
to judge her innocence or guilt for a charge of murder.
Performed by a powerful cast of dancers and actors immersed in a visual world of fabric and sculpture, The Jury is our search for the balance between social and individual responsibility for our young women and men who use and experience violence as part of their daily lives. The Jury is born from the hope that we each have the power to make real change in our community. At the RED EYE Theater
January 28, 29, 30, 31, February 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
All shows at 8pm
Tickets:
$18 general admission; $16 students/seniors
Fringe Discount $3-off; Pay-what-you-can Dec. 1
Box Office: 612-724-7372 "Off-Leash Area's riveting movement-theater productions (are) realized through the note-perfect conjoining of economical movement and spoken text...as accessible as they are profound." Camille Lefevre, MNPost
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Off-Leash Area is at
ArtBasel
Miami Beach
As part of Paul's McKnight Foundation Theatre Artist Fellowship year, he and Jennifer are flying to Miami Beach to take in what is known as the largest and most important art fair of the Americas, and the Mall of America of the art world!- Art Basel Miami Beach. Art Basel Miami Beach is the most important art show in the United States, a cultural and social highlight for the Americas.
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An Off-Leash Area Blast from the Past....
Jennifer Ilse as "The Raven"
The Gryphon was our original story about a young man who unwittingly commits a horrible crime. For his punishment, the God Apollo changes him into a gryphon, the mythological beast half-lion and half-vulture, and banishes him to a cave for eternity. Suspended above him (and out of his reach!) is a beautiful white raven, the key to his salvation. Within the cave walls reside the ghosts of a murdered family. The Gryphon's ensuing struggle to remember his past yields a battle between free will and destiny that leads to redemption unsought.
Performed by Penelope Freeh, Shari Nyman, Marc Doty, Jennifer Ilse,
and Paul Herwig, with lighting by Paul Epton.
"There is no paucity in the imagination brought to the stage here...never le
ss than fascinating"
- Max Sparber for City Pages
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Off-Leash Area
Contemporary Performance Works
Now in its Tenth Anniversary Year of producing award-winning original productions, Off-Leash Area has been included in numerous Ten Best lists for its performances and sets, was twice honored by the Ivey Awards, was selected among City Pages' 2005 Artists of the Year recognizing a full season of work.
Off-Leash Area creatively re-combines the vocabularies of dance, theatre, and visual art to create original productions with deep emotional impact. With eighteen full-length original productions in its repertoire, Off-Leash Area has created a stylistically diverse and substantial body of work.
"Now I know what all the fuss is about. Friends and artistic collaborators have been agog over Off-Leash Area for the last several year - a dazzling five star experience."
- Matthew A. Everett - Daily Planet
Thanks to everyone
who supported OLA through GiveMN!
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Off-Leash Area
Paul Herwig and Jennifer Ilse
Co-Artistic Directors
612-724-7372
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