Adams Theater Presents 'Note From a Sheep I Met at the Dawn'

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ADAMS, Mass. — The Adams Theater will present NYC based Japanese theater maker, performer, animator, and visual artist Maiko Kikuchi's "Note From a Sheep I Met at the Dawn," on Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. 

It's part puppetry work, part performance art, all focused on the boundaries between dreams and reality, and finding a way to bring our daydreams to life, stated a press release. 

Tickets, which range from $20-$35, are available at www.adamstheater.org/eventsThis is the second of the theater's three-part puppetry series this season; the third, "Feral," by Sandglass Theater, takes place Oct. 18.)

According to a press release:

Maiko Kikuchi has been studying this phenomenon for years through her theater, puppetry and installation practice. Her works are visible daydreams, the extension of a world inside her mind; "Note From a Sheep I Met at the Dawn" will take audiences through six vignettes where surrealistic worlds are created, inspired by diary-like narrations. Using props and ordinary materials, she transforms the neutral space into an immersive installation of visible daydreams, inviting viewers to ponder the delicate boundary between reality and dreams. 

Kikuchi has spent time in the past working on "Note from a Sheep I Met at the Dawn" and other works in various other residency settings, including at LaMama Experimental Theater Club in New York.

After receiving her B.A. in Theater Arts and Fashion Design from Musashino Art University in 2008, and M.F.A. in Sculpture from Pratt Institute in 2012, Kikuchi's desire to broaden the expression of her daydreams led her to the theatre field in 2013. Her puppet theatre works have been produced or presented at The Puppet Lab, St. Ann's Warehouse, Dixon Place, the Public Theater, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has presented her visual art work in both solo and group exhibitions nationwide, creating animations for musicians, theatre companies and cultural organizations. Kikuchi is one of four curators of Object Movement Puppetry Residency and a board member of Puppetry Guild of Greater New York. Her recent project in collaboration with Spencer Lott at the Japan Society, "9000 Paper Balloons," reflected on Kikuchi's family history in Japan in relation to World War II.

Reserve tickets and see our full season lineup at www.adamstheater.org/events

The Adams Theater participates in Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program, in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Program, and the Mass Health Connector.

EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders receive free admission to our shows and events by presenting their cards at our Box Office. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBTWIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.

 

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Cheshire Considers Making Flaherty One-Way; Police Chief Update

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — Town officials are considering making Flaherty Road one way following requests from street residents. 
 
The road is a short narrow residential street that connects the start of Wells Road and the end of East Main Street. 
 
There are a total of five residents on the street and two have come forward with the request claiming that their neighbors all agree to the change, Corey McGrath, public works director, told the Select Board last week. 
 
The residents explained that a one-way street would make the area safer because the bridge on Windsor Road restricts visibility. 
 
The change would make the street a one-way heading towards Wells Road, McGrath said. 
 
He said he has not talked to all of the residents personally but wanted to start the process of considering it as long as there is an understanding that plowing the street would still be done both ways. 
 
"It is a bus route. When there's a car on it, it's a mess," McGrath said.  
 
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