Created by Paul Herwig and Jennifer Ilse
Directed & Choreographed by Jennifer Ilse
Live Animation Projection & Set Design by Paul Herwig
Music by Dameun Strange
Lighting Design by Mike Grogan
Costumes by Kym Longhi, with assistance from Kathy Miller
Performed by Nieya Amezquita, Gabby Garcia, Jennifer Ilse, Jesse Schmitz-Boyd, and Joseph Wurm
Directed & Choreographed by Jennifer Ilse
Live Animation Projection & Set Design by Paul Herwig
Music by Dameun Strange
Lighting Design by Mike Grogan
Costumes by Kym Longhi, with assistance from Kathy Miller
Performed by Nieya Amezquita, Gabby Garcia, Jennifer Ilse, Jesse Schmitz-Boyd, and Joseph Wurm
Inspired by the ancient myth of the violent, labyrinth bound half-bull and half-man creature, Off-Leash Area's new production Minotaur reimagines the story as a metaphor for destroying patriarchy and its overlapping systems of oppression.
With Minotaur, OLA Co-Artistic Directors, choreographer Jennifer Ilse and production designer Paul Herwig, lead a gender-diverse, multi-generational, and fiery cast to take audiences on a thoroughly interdisciplinary and utterly imaginative journey exploring the possibilities laid bare by the metaphorical beheading of the patriarchy. With this production, the artists ask: Once we’ve chopped off this monster’s head, can we really avoid its seductive power and finally be free of this labyrinthine system of oppression?
All together, Off-Leash Area takes the audience to an otherworldly space where memories of ancient myth, our urgent present, and dreams of an uncertain future collide.
With Minotaur, OLA Co-Artistic Directors, choreographer Jennifer Ilse and production designer Paul Herwig, lead a gender-diverse, multi-generational, and fiery cast to take audiences on a thoroughly interdisciplinary and utterly imaginative journey exploring the possibilities laid bare by the metaphorical beheading of the patriarchy. With this production, the artists ask: Once we’ve chopped off this monster’s head, can we really avoid its seductive power and finally be free of this labyrinthine system of oppression?
All together, Off-Leash Area takes the audience to an otherworldly space where memories of ancient myth, our urgent present, and dreams of an uncertain future collide.
Photos by Bill Cameron.
