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    Live Arts - Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech by chelfitsch

    Live Arts - Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech by chelfitsch

    Presented by Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe at Christ Church Neighborhood House

    September 19-September 22, 2012


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    Office workers debate what restaurant to order food from for their laid-off co-worker’s final day. A woman bemoans the office’s chilly air conditioning with a male colleague—is it poor circulation or a gender issue? The laid-off worker delivers a rambling farewell speech about imaginary penguins and an insect she crushed to death on the way to work.

    From acclaimed Japanese playwright-director Toshiki Okada comes this triptych of plays that capture the malaise and instability of young low-level office workers with humor and striking movement. Set within an office break room, this trio of interconnected stories is accompanied by the performers’ choreographed gestures, everyday motions that have evolved into startling physical images of emotion and thought.

    In short: imaginary penguins, office break room, last meal, bad circulation.


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      • Venue Info

        Christ Church Neighborhood House

        20 N. American Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19106

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        $28-$35
        $18 (Student, Ages 25 and under) 
         

        Performed in Japanese with English supertitles.
         

        Info Phone: 215-413-1318

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        September 19-September 22, 2012

        Times:

        Wednesday, September 19th @ 7 pm
        Thursday, September 20th @ 7 pm
        Friday, September 21st @ 7 pm
        Saturday, September 22nd @ 7 pm (Post-show discussion with Kate Loewald, founding producer, The Play Company.)

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