CURRENT EVENTS AND PROJECTS
Feel the magic of Teatro ZinZanni
Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival, Seattle Center: Mega-showcase of arts & entertainment with over 170,000 festival-goers, 2,500 artists and performers each Labor Day weekend. Produced by One Reel since 1980.
Teatro ZinZanni “Love, Chaos & Dinner,” San Francisco, CA: The original ZinZanni production presents a full evening of entertainment, combining cirque artists, contortionists, jugglers and illusionists with live music and a gourmet five-course meal, set in an antique jewel box tent imported from Belgium. Debuted 1998.
Teatro ZinZanni “Dinner & Dreams,” Seattle, WA: An enchanting evening of European cabaret, cirque and comedy, along with a five course meal designed by celebrity chef Tom Douglas, set in an antique jewel box tent imported from Belgium. Debuted 2002.
Another musical Summer Night...
Summer Nights Concert Series Waterfront concert series of pop, rock, folk, jazz and world music. Debuted 1991.
WaMu Family 4th at Lake Union, Gas Works Park, Seattle, WA: Pyrotechnic display from fireworks masters from Japan and the USA. Debuted 1988.
PAST EVENTS AND PROJECTS
FESTIVALS & EVENTS
WOMAD USA in partnership with WOMAD UK, 1998 - 2000: Three-day explosion and exploration of world music, dance and culture at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA.
The Boeing Dreamliner Arts Festival, sponsored by The Boeing Company, Starbucks, Safeco Insurance Company, and TicketsWest. Celebrates the vibrant contemporary and traditional arts scenes in Asia, including performances of Shochiku’s GRAND KABUKI THEATRE OF JAPAN Chikamatsu-za, DJ KRUSH/Jin, the Kronos Quartet, and Wu Man. From June 8 to 12, 2005.
LoDo Music Festival Denver, CO: Lively weekend music festival in the downtown district of Denver. Debuted 1993.
Seattle Art Museum's Black and White Ball, Producer, 1996, 1998 and 2000: Event producers and programmers for the Museum's biennial fundraiser.
2005 US Tour of Shochiku’s Grand Kabuki Theatre of Japan Chikamatsu-za from June 10 – 24 in Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles
Bolshoi Ballet from Russia performing at Goodwill Arts Festival in 1990
Jammin' Arts Fest sponsored by Seafirst Bank, 1998: Free all-day children's arts festival for under-served communities.
Experience Hendrix Project, Producer with Experience Hendrix, 1997: VH-1 truck tour of Jimi Hendrix music and memorabilia.
The Jimi Hendrix Electric Guitar Festival, Producer in partnership with Experience Hendrix, 1995: Creators and producers of the first ever Hendrix festival, including tribute concert, Electric Guitar Competition and Red House exhibit.
Goodwill Arts Festival, Producer, 1990: A world-class, 17-event international showcase of arts, including Cirque du Soleil, Grand Kabuki Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet and Sovremennick Theatre.
THEATRE & SPECTACLE
"Icicle Times" Producer, 2000: A one-time historical pageant starring over 240 citizens of Leavenworth, Plain, Peshastin and Cashmere, WA.
"Yabuhara Kengyo," U.S. Producer, 1993: Seattle and New York premiere of contemporary Japanese theatre from Japan's Chijinkai Theater Company.
"Gumbo Ya-Ya," Producer, Barcelona Cultural Olympiad, 1992: Special invitation of world premiere adaptation of "Labor of Love."
"Labor of Love," Producer and Co-Creator, 1991: Japan and U.S tour of an original bilingual musical about rice farming, with Furusato Caravan of Tokyo.
The Grand Kabuki Theatre, Producer, U.S. Tour, 1990: Twelve-city tour in America's heartland.
LITERARY & EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
Wild Salmon Project, Seattle, WA: An educational and cultural project that investigated and celebrated the importance of salmon to the cultures of the Pacific Rim. Debuted 1997.
First Fish First People: Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim, published 1998: Salmon stories, poems and oral histories from distinguished writers who are contemporary natives of ancient salmon spawning regions all around the North Pacific Rim.
Yo Words, a literary arts program for high school students, 1993 - 1998: Included curriculum workbook, teacher training, artist residencies and student publications.
Indonesian Architectural Fellowship with Seattle artist Beliz Brother, 1994-1995: "Culture and Agriculture," a garden design project at Holly Park Housing Community and "Burning Spirit," a fire ceremony for Bumbershoot's closing ceremonies.
edge walking on the western rim: Twelve new works by Northwest writers, published 1994: Anthology of commissioned pieces by 12 of the Northwest's most distinctive voices.
Four Before, Producer, 1993: A series of readings and discussion with well-known international writers.