city pages ten best theater of 2000
critic's pick - 2003 minnesota fringe festival
Created by Jennifer Ilse & Paul Herwig
Choreography by Jennifer Ilse
Set by Paul Herwig
Performed by Jennifer Ilse & Paul Herwig
In “ZAP! KUNST!” We meet Arthur Zimmerman and Zelda Aufgehefferstadt, a cold war Romeo and Juliet growing up in Bavaria as the children of artistically inclined farm families. Yearning to escape the stifling confines of rural life, they set off for East & West Berlin, meet and court through an exchange of notes tossed over the wall, which they proceed to break down in a fit of creative passion. They then set off to find fame and fortune, auditioning for every show imaginable, always failing miserably, but always hopeful for that big break. Finally, in a simultaneous brainstorm, they invent an art form that requires of them no talent whatsoever, and become the world’s preeminent internationally unknown performance artists, catapulting them to global anonymity, and conquering the world stage!
“Please stop. Please. I can’t take anymore. Help!”
- Karen Leniart, 2001 Chair of the NEA
“I am not at my desk or am on the other line. Please leave a message at the sound of the beep.”
- Philip Bither, Senior Performing Arts Curator, WALKER ART CENTER
“If no one else will call Immigration, then, damnit, I will!”
- Former Honorable Senator JESSE HELMS
“Once we get Saddam, we will no longer be
threatened by art like this.”
- Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld
Choreography by Jennifer Ilse
Set by Paul Herwig
Performed by Jennifer Ilse & Paul Herwig
In “ZAP! KUNST!” We meet Arthur Zimmerman and Zelda Aufgehefferstadt, a cold war Romeo and Juliet growing up in Bavaria as the children of artistically inclined farm families. Yearning to escape the stifling confines of rural life, they set off for East & West Berlin, meet and court through an exchange of notes tossed over the wall, which they proceed to break down in a fit of creative passion. They then set off to find fame and fortune, auditioning for every show imaginable, always failing miserably, but always hopeful for that big break. Finally, in a simultaneous brainstorm, they invent an art form that requires of them no talent whatsoever, and become the world’s preeminent internationally unknown performance artists, catapulting them to global anonymity, and conquering the world stage!
“Please stop. Please. I can’t take anymore. Help!”
- Karen Leniart, 2001 Chair of the NEA
“I am not at my desk or am on the other line. Please leave a message at the sound of the beep.”
- Philip Bither, Senior Performing Arts Curator, WALKER ART CENTER
“If no one else will call Immigration, then, damnit, I will!”
- Former Honorable Senator JESSE HELMS
“Once we get Saddam, we will no longer be
threatened by art like this.”
- Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld
