On The Edge
In 1999, Possum Point Players created the "ON THE EDGE" experience for the purpose of providing "risk-taking" theatre to our public and volunteers. Possum Point Players ON THE EDGE creates, produces and/or performs theatrical works that allow those involved to take risks in their desired art form. Those risks are taken to teach, to stretch and to enlighten and/or entertain the actors, audience and other participants.
The first show of Possum Point Players ON THE EDGE was a performance of Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit. The sold out house raved about the performances, choice of play and the overall evening's activities. The group then produced An Evening With Joyce Carol Oates the next year. This proved to us that there is an audience for "non-traditional" theatrical experiences.
Possum Point Players ON THE EDGE stage remains a strong component of PPP's mission to bring the live theater experience in all its forms to residents and visitors alike. The group meets every Thursday, 6:30p at Possum Hall. If you enjoy character exploration and development, Possum Point Players ON THE EDGE is for you!
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No Exit was the first presentation for PPP's On the Edge. Director Jim DeBastiani created an environmental theatre space where the division between audience and performer was intentionally blurred. He moved the acting area into the audience creating a theater in the round, but invited the audience to engage the play from the actors point of view by sitting on the stage area. A wall of white light was used to define the space while a patch of red light identified the door. Audience members were able to choose how close to Hell they wanted to be: on the set, or at a safer location further away.
The cast of No Exit included: Patrick Maloy, Lisa Parsons, Lee Lott, and Rick Parsons.
Two years in development, Angel Fire represents an exhaustive search through the poetry and short stories of author, Joyce Carroll Oates. This project began after director/creator Jim DeBastiani’s daughter came home from school with the short story, Extenuating Circumstances. Fascinated by Oates’ viewpoint, Jim’s work began. The result is a compilation of poetry and short stories driven on the struggles of finding, recognizing and keeping perfect love.
The set design is unique for the Possum Stage. Done in charcoals, and designed by Sheree Zinszer Bedell, a series of ramps and platforms lead the performers to the panicle of desire. Through out this journey the actors never rest on the stage floor. They are either negotiating the ramps or taking refuge on the small platforms above the stage floor.
Through a generous grant from the Humanities Forum, Joyce Carroll Oates attended our performance and presented a reading from her latest novel, Blonde.
The cast included Lisa Parsons, Sheree Zinszer Bedell, Rick Parsons, Kristen Drunen, Kelly Warrington, and Patrick Maloy.
Recent Possum Point Players ON THE EDGE Productions...
From the Possum Point Players ON THE EDGE Archives...
l to r: Sheree Zinszer Bedell, Joyce Carol Oates, Jim DeBastiani
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