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Nobody’s Perfect in concert
Friday, May 30, at 9:00 a.m.
Saturday, May 31, at 10:00 a.m.

With its infectious energy and memorable musical score, this concert version of Nobody’s Perfect—a 2007 world premiere production from VSA arts and the Kennedy Center—will delight audiences of all ages. Based on the book by Academy Award®–winning actress Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney, the production is performed in both English and American Sign Language. The original cast performs the delightful songs from this energy-filled, effervescent work. Adapted for the stage by Doug Cooney; music by Deborah Wicks La Puma; and ASL translation by Alexandria Wiles.

Nobody’s Perfect is a professional production employing members of Actors’ Equity Association. Taking pictures and/or making visual or sound recordings is expressly forbidden.

 

MacIntyre Family Singers
Friday, May 30, at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 31, at 12:00 noon

A captivating trio, the MacIntyre Family Singers have performed across the U.S., eastern Canada, and the United Kingdom. Comprising siblings Scott, 22, Todd, 19, and Katelyn, 16, the MacIntyre Family Singers have drawn comparisons to Manhattan Transfer, Billy Joel, and Josh Groban. Individually and as a group, they have garnered musical and academic awards nationally and internationally. The trio received the 2008 VSA arts International Young Soloists Award. Scott and Todd are both summa-cum-laude Arizona State University graduates. Katelyn is a high school junior. Both Scott and Katelyn were born with congenital blindness.

 

Barnsley Chorus
Saturday, May 31, at 10:30 a.m.

Barnsley Chorus is composed of fifth-grade singers from Lucy Barnsley Elementary School in Rockville, Maryland, who perform in concerts at Barnsley Elementary School. Students from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center are incorporated into the choral program through ASL signing of selected pieces, and through the whole chorus signing during their performances. The chorus is directed by Judy Barth, who has been the general music teacher and choral director at Barnsley Elementary since 2003.

 

 

Our Time Theatre
Friday, May 30, at 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 31, at 11:00 a.m.

Our Time Theatre, based in New York, offers an environment free from ridicule where young people who stutter discover the joy of creating and performing original drama and music. The young participants study acting, singing, playwriting, drumming, and dance with professional artists. Exercising these skills, the company members create original plays and music that they perform in New York City and around the world. Justin Kauflin Trio

 

Friday, May 30, at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 31, at 1:00 p.m.

Justin Kauflin of Virginia Beach, Virginia, has an improvisational zeal matched by a technique that is equal parts lyrical and emotional. Justin, who is blind, has played in Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City; the Blue Note and Village Vanguard in New York City with Clark Terry; Blues Alley in Washington, D.C.; and the American Theatre in Hampton, Virginia, with Jae Sinnett. Although classically trained, Justin prefers the improvisational opportunity jazz provides. The Justin Kauflin Trio, with Michael Hawkins on bass and Billy Williams on drums, will perform a combination of improvisations and original works.

 

Lisa Bufano, Sonsherée Giles, and Jerry Smith with guest artist Justinian Morton
Friday, May 30, at 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 31, at 2:00 p.m.

One Breath Is an Ocean for a Wooden Heart and Whirligig
Lisa Bufano, Sonsherée Giles, and Jerry Smith perform a new work, originally commissioned by AXIS Dance Company and Alliger Arts, with music created and performed by Jerry Smith. One Breath Is an Ocean for a Wooden Heart is a modern dance duet between one dancer with a disability and one dancer without, which continues to examine the relationship between physical transformation and identity. Whirligig is what happens when the illusion is shed. Thematically linked to the music of early America, the irregular partnership regenerates in a revealed and essential form. Whirligig is performed by Lisa Bufano and Sonsherée Giles, with guest artist Justinian Morton.

One Breath Is an Ocean for a Wooden Heart
Choreographed and created by Lisa Bufano, Sonsherée Giles, and Jerry Smith
Performed by: Lisa Bufano and Sonsherée Giles of AXIS Dance Company
Music/sound design: Jerry Smith

One Breath Is an Ocean for a Wooden Heart was commissioned in part by AXIS Dance Company, in association with Alliger Arts. Support was provided, in part by CA$H, a grants program of Theatre Bay Area, in partnership with Dancers' Group, and Next Step Orthotics and Prosthetics.

Whirligig
Choreographed and created by: Lisa Bufano, Sonsherée Giles, and Jerry Smith
Performed by: Lisa Bufano and Sonsherée Giles, with guest artist Justinian Morton
Music/sound design: Jerry Smith
Technical director: Justinian Morton