Experience spontaneous theatrical performances from the Roaming Theatre.
We commissioned 30 artists to create short pop-up performances that will appear throughout the park from April to June.
Performance
June 24, 1pm
Johanna Hedva & Patrick Ballard
@ Grand Park
A puppet/experimental-comedy show about the dualities of parallax as told by a pair of cassowaries.
Performance
June 5, 12:15pm
Daniel Corral
@ Grand Park
A miniaturized one-man band plays three whimsical solos for accordion, toy piano, and percussion.
Performance
May 27, 5pm
Jen Hofer
@ Grand Park
“Tiny Texts: Escritorio público y poético”. If you could write a mini poem or micro letter to anyone without having to do the writing yourself, what would you say, and to whom? The performance is complete when the person mails or gives the text to the recipient.
Performance
May 20, 1:15pm
Rebecca Bruno
@ Grand Park
A staged remembrance of unknown glory re-imagines the elegant port de bras (movement of the arms) of the ritual ballet reverence to evoke soft expression at the intersection of Franca’s Ballet Russe days and the present moment.
Performance
May 6, 1pm
Justin Streichman and Milka Djordjevich
@ Grand Park
Entrances/and Exits. In this performance Milka and Justin use the threshold of the theater as the place between what was and what is.
Performance
May 4, 2pm
Yelena Zhelezov
@ Grand Park
A performance that considers the ratio of landscape to human physicality, and of one’s ability to scale the expanses of LA urban planning. Who is to change the proportion for the optimal relationship, the body or the landscape? How far can we reach out using just one body part?
Performance
May 4, 2:45pm
Paul Fraser and Emma Zakes Green
@ Grand Park
Composer/Musician Paul Fraser and Performer/Storyteller Emma Zakes Green will perform a children’s story based on Rip Van Winkle, reimagined for Grand Park and City Hall. Paul will perform live foley and Emma will perform many, many characters.
Performance
May 1, 1pm
Mecca Vazie Andrews
@ Grand Park
Dancer/Choreographer Mecca Vazie Andrews performs a new piece of solo storytelling with words, sound and movement. Uplifting, sensitive and clown inspired.
Performance
May 1, 1:45pm
Heather Hewko
@ Grand Park
The rigorous movement throughout Within/Without pushes Hewko to exhaustion in order to stray from over analyzing the movement/moment, thus creating something true to the body and mind. With each performance, there is a healing element for the performer.
Performance
April 28, 1pm
James Cowan
@ Grand Park
Movement-Theater artist James Cowan creates a new solo performance that explores the rhythms and variations of a heartbeat through tap-movement. To accompany this tap performance, he will recite some Kafka.
Performance
April 15, 1pm
Sandy Simona
@ Grand Park
Storyteller Sandy Simona performs original Russian-Jewish biographical short stories inspired by her first generation immigration experience: love, loss, liberation and curiosity.
Performance
April 1, 1pm
Fol Chen
@ Level 3 at the Court of Historic American Flags