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Lora Grasshopper Kitty Cat
New Room Studios, a Portland-based nonprofit production company, makes its live debut with an access-forward workshop production of Lora Grasshopper Kitty Cat. November 3, 4 and 5 at New Expressive Works.
Portland writer Lora Lafayette has always lived in a world of curious mayhem. Based in part on her fearless memoir, Possums Run Amok, a Finalist for an Oregon Book Award, this is the askewtinated* tale of a life within one woman’s electric mind: A place where kitty cats are the ultimate life form, grasshoppers mean death, and words bloom into infinite truth and upheaval.
Join Lora and her friend Ben as they workshop their reckonings with freedom, friendship, mental illness, death, and art, where a table is a boat, a door, a bed, and an altar… and the self is likewise multiple. In this dance of embodied writing and memory, we’ll practice failure and discover heroism in ourselves and each other.
*A word coined by Lora to describe the physical and mental experience of being twisted askew.
Learn more about the show: https://newrooms.org/lora/. Reach us at [email protected].
**Please Note: Masks are required to be worn at all performances**
CONTENT NOTICE
This production contains explorations of mental illness, hearing voices, self-harm, suicide and suicidal ideation, as well as references to institutional abuse and sexual assault. Despite the lighthearted title, this show is not created for children.
Amplified sound and theatrical lighting will be used (no strobes or moving lights).
ABOUT NEW EXPRESSIVE WORKS
NEW is a single-story dance theater space with ADA accessible entrances, lobby, theatre, and restrooms.
The theatre entrance is the southeast side door of the WYSE Building and can be found off of SE Yamhill Street, or by crossing through the parking lot from Belmont Ave. There is a parking lot with four accessible parking spaces as well as street parking.
There are no stairs to enter the building or stairs inside it. There are push-button activated doors to the building entrance, bathrooms, and theatre space.
FRAGRANCE-FREE ENVIRONMENT
New Room Studios requests that audience members refrain from wearing perfume, cologne, scented deodorant, lotion, and other fragrances and refrain from wearing clothing washed in scented detergent in order to promote a fragrance-free environment.
MASKS REQUIRED AT ALL PERFORMANCES
In alignment with our vision of creating a community of care that centers the needs of people with disabilities, we are requiring audience members to mask at all performances unless unable to do so due to a medical condition. Masks will be available at the box office and are required to be worn indoors at all times and in all areas (lobby, bathrooms, box office, sensory room, theatre). All front of house staff, crew, and volunteers will also be masked. Please note that the four performers onstage will NOT be masked during the show.
There is no requirement for proof of vaccination or a negative test result to attend our performances.
ACCESS
ASL/English interpretation and audio description will be provided at all performances. Large-print scripts will also be available at the box office.
General admission seats are on folding chairs on risers accessed by stairs. Accessible seating is available on the floor, and we can accommodate up to 8 mobility devices in this space.
Service dogs are welcome. Carpets will be provided for them to lay on inside the theatre.
A sensory room will also be available 30 minutes before, during, and 30 minutes after the performance. This room will feature soft non-fluorescent light, chairs and tables, fidgets, and plush toys.
Amplified sound and theatrical lighting will be used (no strobes or moving lights).
If you have any questions about these elements or other access questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 971-599-4010 (voicemail/text).
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2028854-0
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2028854-2
