Bread and Puppet presents: FINISHED WAITING

The School For Contemporary Dance & Thought and A.P.E presents

FINISHED WAITING by Bread and Puppet

SUNDAY, MARCH 20 at 6PM Eastern Time

LIVE in the WORKROOM/THEATER at 33 Hawley Street, Northampton MA

SUNDAY MARCH 20, 2022 | FINISHED WAITING

***THE SHOW IS SOLD OUT! COME AT 5:30 PM to get on our WAITLIST- THANK YOU***

Bread & Puppet comes to 33 Hawley Street in Northampton, MA on Sunday, March 20th with Finished Waiting, a new show created this winter by B&P director, Peter Schumann and the storied Vermont troupe of puppeteers, carpenters, bus drivers, musicians, dancers, agitators and bread-bakers – many of whom do all of the above in the process of inventing Bread & Puppet's aesthetically iconic and politically plainspoken shows and bringing them to audiences far and wide.

Finished Waiting is a show for this moment of political, social, ecological and epidemiological rupture and uncertainty, a moment in which many feel the seduction of a stance of waiting: waiting for the pandemic to be over, for better leaders to be elected, for actions to be taken by the powerful to respond to ecological catastrophe, for families to be reunited or seemingly eternal wars to end.

What do we do and where do we go when we're finished waiting? What transformations might be possible in our lives and in our politics if we stopped waiting for them to change, or for others to change first? How is it possible to recognize the moment in which we can set waiting aside and set out toward something – and, as importantly, how can we recognize the moment in which we can, at last, lay aside cherished innocences or bootless hopes, see what is for what it is, and act accordingly? How can it become possible for us to arise together and promote the arising of new worlds of collective possibility through collective uprising?

Bread & Puppet foments such practices of rising in the provocatively quotidian terms of "Domestic Resurrection" – under the banner of which aesthetic and spiritual sublimity are not at odds with political stridency and the rigors of traditional household chores.

In Finished Waiting, Bread & Puppet invites audiences throughout the Northeast to harken to these practices of uprising, and take heart from them – as we all participate in the satisfaction of another, equally fundamental kind of waiting: the waiting for spring's arrival after a long winter. With this show, Bread & Puppet seems to call on us to recognize how nature itself shows us what is possible and what can arise, when we abandon waiting and embrace transformation.

According to Schumann the show will star "the clock and it's customers, skies, cities, mountains, forward dancers, backward dancers, a stop officer, and an eye divinity who teaches seeing to non-suspecting eyes."

After the performance Bread & Puppet will serve its free sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale.

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​Questions? Email us at infoscdt@gmail.com

MASKS AND VACCINATIONS REQUIRED!

COVID-19 SAFETY:

COVID safety protocols will be strictly followed. Masks are required of all participants at ALL TIMES while in the Hawley St. building, and sizes will be limited to allow for social distancing.

Please be ready to show proof of vaccination.

Learn more about our COVID-19 safety policies and find updates HERE

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​ABOUT SCDT

THE SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE & THOUGHT (SCDT) is comprised of independent, internationally experienced teaching artists who embrace multiplicity, arouse curiosity, and emphasize personal choice. Central to SCDT's mission is an abiding respect for the traditions, histories, and evolution of dance and performance with the directive to continue challenging established ideals. SCDT serves as a hub by maintaining space for process-based art that connects local and international communities.

SCDT offers adult and youth programming in dance training that includes modern, ballet, and improvisational techniques. The school creates a space for the creative process by regularly curating performances and workshops with established international performance practitioners. SCDT works collaboratively with the Five College Dance department, Middlebury College Dance, and APE and the Northampton Community Arts Trust.

SCDT welcomes humans from all communities, including those of every race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and ability. We believe that diversity creates a world we want to live in, and encourage you, whoever you are, to join us in creating a space for movement, feeling, thought, and intention.

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ABOUT A.P.E.

A.P.E. AT HAWLEY STREET continues its core mission to support contemporary artists working in all disciplines, by preserving and supporting the spaces in which they create, perform and exhibit their work.

By initiating the development of a community ARTS TRUST, A.P.E. seeks to ensure creative spaces in the heart of community, with 33 Hawley Street as a first significant project. Further, A.P.E is partnering with The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought (SCDT) and Historic Northampton to bring vibrant programming to 33 Hawley Street.

Using the Land Trust model, the ARTS TRUST preserves what is essential for a thriving community and serves as a template for others wanting to sustain creative vitality through the arts.