Reclaiming Our Cultural Memory, One Fable at a Time
Saturday, June 26, 2010   2 p.m.

A Jazzed, Popped, Hip-Hopped, Beat-Boxed version of Aesop’s fables

Featuring Award-Winning Actress
Vinie Burrows

Form a family team to act in and creatively perform a spirited version of an Aesop Fable.
Be creative and have fun!

Participation Guidelines
Sunday, June 13 at 3-4pm:   A family member will come to the Riverside Theatre to register and randomly select a three-minute fable. The representative will then in-gather a team of family members, forming a Performance Team to rehearse the fable for performance on June 26.
Saturday, June 26 at 2 pm:  Performance Teams will perform the fable they selected at the festival, on stage at The Riverside Theatre.
 
FAMILY: Individuals on the Performance Teams must be members of the same family-unit or family circle: parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, foster parents, and foster children.
RENDERING: The fables may be performed chorally, with only human orchestration – i.e., singing, humming, finger-snapping, clapping, beat-boxing, ham-boning, shoe-tapping, puppetry, etc. INSTRUMENTS MAY NOT BE USED.
 
PARTICIPANTS: Participantsmay be any age, ethnicity or nationality.
SCRIPT MATERIAL: Performance Teams must perform the fables supplied by the Festival Committee.
JUDGING: A Panel of Judges will select the winners.  Prizes will be awarded to contest winners
Awards:  Cash Prizes and Other Awards to all Participants!
Join Us & Have Fun!

FOR INFORMATION:  212-870-6784
The Riverside Theatre

91 Claremont Ave. @ 120th St.
New York, NY 10027