OFF-LEASH AREA: CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE WORKS
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        • Swallowed By Sea (2026)
        • The Oldest Deer - The Longest Path - The Highest Bough (2025)
        • Minotaur (2022)
        • Mulier Dierum (2021)
        • The Time Is (2018/2019)
        • Paws & Effect (2018/2019)
        • Dancing on the Belly of the Beast (2017)
        • AfterWind (2016)
        • Maggie's Brain - revival (2006/2014)
        • Psst! - revival (2005/2013)
        • Rip Romp & Howl (new short works) (2012)
        • Now Eye See You, Now Eye Don't (2011)
        • Expedition of Coat (and me) (2010)
        • The Jury (2009)
        • Our Town (after T. Wilder) (2009)
        • Ivan the Drunk and His Terrible Tale of Woe (2008)
        • Border Crossing (2007)
        • Our Perfectly Wonderful Lives (2006)
        • Crimes & Whispers (2006)
        • Predator Prey (2004)
        • The Sunrise Cafe (2002)
        • Archy & Mehitabel (2001)
        • ZAP Kunst! or PRESTO It's Art! (2001/2003)
        • The Gryphon: Ancient Tragedy, Modern Myth (2000)
        • The Bellman's Song (1999)
      • Micro-Stage >
        • The Knave of Knives - The Duchess of Dawn (2024)
        • i want to change the subject, again (2021)
        • S.A.M.O. (2015)
        • Le Squat (2010/2011)
        • A Cupboard Full of Hate (2005/2006)
        • Philip Guston Standing On His Head, Standing Philip Guston On His Head (2004/2006)
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  • off-kilter
    • 2027 Call for Proposals
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    • Off-Kilter Cabaret: Inside, Outside, Inside-Out (2023)
    • Off-Kilter Cabaret: Organ Recital (2022)
  • neighborhood garage tour
    • Stardust Rendezvous (2025/2026)
    • The Medicine Show of the 25th Century (2023/2024)
    • Stripe & Spot (learn to) Get Along (2014/2015)
    • The Picnic (2012/2013)
    • A Gift for Planet BX63 (2010/2011)
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  • about
    • our work >
      • COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
      • Mainstage >
        • Swallowed By Sea (2026)
        • The Oldest Deer - The Longest Path - The Highest Bough (2025)
        • Minotaur (2022)
        • Mulier Dierum (2021)
        • The Time Is (2018/2019)
        • Paws & Effect (2018/2019)
        • Dancing on the Belly of the Beast (2017)
        • AfterWind (2016)
        • Maggie's Brain - revival (2006/2014)
        • Psst! - revival (2005/2013)
        • Rip Romp & Howl (new short works) (2012)
        • Now Eye See You, Now Eye Don't (2011)
        • Expedition of Coat (and me) (2010)
        • The Jury (2009)
        • Our Town (after T. Wilder) (2009)
        • Ivan the Drunk and His Terrible Tale of Woe (2008)
        • Border Crossing (2007)
        • Our Perfectly Wonderful Lives (2006)
        • Crimes & Whispers (2006)
        • Predator Prey (2004)
        • The Sunrise Cafe (2002)
        • Archy & Mehitabel (2001)
        • ZAP Kunst! or PRESTO It's Art! (2001/2003)
        • The Gryphon: Ancient Tragedy, Modern Myth (2000)
        • The Bellman's Song (1999)
      • Micro-Stage >
        • The Knave of Knives - The Duchess of Dawn (2024)
        • i want to change the subject, again (2021)
        • S.A.M.O. (2015)
        • Le Squat (2010/2011)
        • A Cupboard Full of Hate (2005/2006)
        • Philip Guston Standing On His Head, Standing Philip Guston On His Head (2004/2006)
    • History - Mission - Vision
    • Directors
    • Awards
  • off-kilter
    • 2027 Call for Proposals
    • Off-Kilter Cabaret: Pick Your Paradox! (2026)
    • Off-Kilter Cabaret: Human Alchemy (2025)
    • Off-Kilter Cabaret: Inside, Outside, Inside-Out (2023)
    • Off-Kilter Cabaret: Organ Recital (2022)
  • neighborhood garage tour
    • Stardust Rendezvous (2025/2026)
    • The Medicine Show of the 25th Century (2023/2024)
    • Stripe & Spot (learn to) Get Along (2014/2015)
    • The Picnic (2012/2013)
    • A Gift for Planet BX63 (2010/2011)
  • connect
    • Contact Us
    • Accessibility
    • Job Opportunities
  • support
    • connect the dots
  • ON STAGE NOW

our town

(after Thornton Wilder)
2009
Commission - Macalester College

Direction - Jennifer Ilse and Paul Herwig

Music Composition - Ben Seims
Lighting - Tom Barrett
Costumes - Jeanne Arntzen
Choreographery - Jennifer Ilse
Set - Paul Herwig
Review - The Mac Weekly

For the first and only time Off-Leash Area created an interpretation of a pre-existing play, having been commissioned by a local college to take its students through the company's singular creation process. Instead of producing a post-modern ironical take on the classic American text, Off-Leash Area instead took as its challenge a direction where it would retain it's contemporary dance-theater-visual art aesthetic to magnify the small-town themes inherent in Wilder's timeless text.
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