Here's what we've been working on!
"Alice's Wonder""Alice's Wonder" is a musical celebrating disability advocacy based on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,” with original music and script created by participant artists.
Workshops for “Alice’s Wonder” took place in July & August of this year and we had such a blast drumming with Cedric, the percussion ensemble director.
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With ArtMakers' Artistic Director, Jim, we continued building out this story and using vocal & physical warmups to exercise performers' communication and socialization skills. We love bringing together professional artists and musicians with disabled performers and seeing what they create!
We performed 3 amazing shows at the Northfield Arts Guild Theatre back in November and hope to have a recording up for view in the new year! |
“Askaladden and the Good Helpers”An original script based on a Norwegian folk tale. Askeladden and the Good Helpers is a fairytale recorded by Norwegian writer Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and first published in the 1850s. The character of Askeladden actually appears as the protagonist in many fairy tales, but in this one Askeladden embarks on a hero’s journey where he tries to win the affections of a king’s daughter and half the kingdom. We performed this live via Zoom – a “Zoom-in,” - in December 2024.
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A Celebration of Fanny CrosbyThis tribute premiered in 2022 with Northfield United Methodist Church and is now being adapted for future performances. Want to bring “Fanny Crosby Celebration” to your church or group? Contact Jim Rossow at (507) 645-9138 or via [email protected]!
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Theatre Productions
The Pancake/ Pannekaken
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, two
friends, published their first volume of folktales in 1841. Their stories quickly became popular and are now classic tales in Norway. You may have heard of their story “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”. Andrew and Nora worked together on a translation and spicy ending of another popular tale, “The Pancake”! November 2020
Cast from left to right: If you prefer reading, check out the script for The Pancake here!
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Color Me SpringThe Giving Tree clip, Color Me Spring, 2017
Seven by SeussA storytelling musical of Dr. Seuss' most popular stories, with original songs. It's a half hour of tongue twisters and toe-tappers for Suess fans of all ages!
Performed via digital livestream, October 2023
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❖ Alice's Wonder (November 2024)
❖ Askaladden & the Good Helpers (December 2024) ❖ The Point ❖ Seven by Seuss (October 2023) ❖ A Celebration of Fanny Crosby (May 2022) ❖ The Pancake Story (November 2020) ❖ The Seuss Musical (December 2019) ❖ Just So Stories (December 2018) ❖ Merchant of Menace (December 2017) |
❖ Sounds of the Season (2017)
❖ The Magic Shel (October 2017) ❖ Sendak Fiddles (August 2017) ❖ Color Me Spring (May 2017) ❖ Christmas Tales (December 2016) ❖ Read Me a Story (August 2016) ❖ Over the Rainbow (October 2015) ❖ Macbeth (June 2015) |
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