DECADE AT A GLANCE.

Dustbowl Drama Premieres
DECADE AT A GLANCE
Begins February 11 at Stella Adler Studio

Inspired by the 1930’s Dustbowl photographs of Walker Evans and
Dorothea Lange, the Harold Clurman Center for New Works in Movement
and Dance Theatre (MAD) at Stella Adler Studio will present the World
Premiere of DECADE AT A GLANCE. Written and directed by Joan Evans
with a cast of 15, this blend of theatrical documentary and folk
musical begins February 11 at Stella Adler Studio. In March 2010, the
production will travel to New Orleans for its Louisiana Premiere at
Michalopoulos Studio, produced by Artist Inc.

DECADE AT A GLANCE is an epic story of a few families in the Dustbowl,
circa 1936, who are uprooted from their farmland by drought, dust
storms and mortgage foreclosure. Making the treacherous journey out
west as migrant workers, these ordinary hard working people -- some
with hopes dashed, and dreams deferred or dissolved -- ultimately join
the union marches. Unfolding like a series of living photographs, the
story, told from the point of view of a Dustbowl survivor, is related
through songs, movement, and interviews preserved from the 1930’s.

The similarities and differences between the Great Depression, and our
own times, are self evident when we listen to simple people tell their
stories. The gestural and expressive movement evokes images of the
time. The actors sing and play the violin, flute, guitar, and ukulele.
The music combines Depression-era songs, union march songs from the
1930’s, and original vocal harmonies.

Joan Evans has been creating and performing original physical theatre
work since 1975. She won a Fringe First Award at the 1996 Edinburgh
Fringe Festival for creating, directing, and choreographing the
ensemble piece Where Ravens Rule, a theatrical response to the war in
Bosnia. She has toured her solo work in Austria, Brazil, and Germany.
She has performed her work at such theatres as the Performing Garage
and Manhattan Class Company in NYC, and the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Center In Connecticut. She has been the recipient of four National
Endowment for the Arts Theatre Grants. She was awarded a 1993,
Citation of Excellence from the Union Internationale de la Marionnette
(UNIMA) for her work combining dance, acting, and puppetry in Rico and
Dolores. She has taught and directed at Stella Adler for two decades.

DECADE AT A GLANCE runs February 11 - 19, Wednesday - Saturday at
7:30pm. Running time is 65 minutes. Stella Adler Studio is located at
31 West 27th Street, between Broadway and 6th Avenue -- accessible
from the N/R train at 28th Street or the F train at 23rd Street.
Tickets are $18, available at www.TheaterMania.com or 212-352-3101.