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THIS AGREEMENT, entered into this 8th day of August, 2016, by and between Orange County
("County"), by and through the Orange County Arts Commission ("Arts Commission") and
Sheila Kerrigan ("Grant Recipient").
WHEREAS, the Arts Commission is a countywide arts agency that ensures the growth of
local arts experiences by providing funding and support for diverse high quality programs and
projects.
WHEREAS, the Arts Commission administers the Spring and Fall Arts Grants Program
to provide economic opportunities to Orange County artists and non-profit organizations
coordinating arts projects benefiting the citizens of Orange County.
WHEREAS, the Spring Arts Grants Program is supported by Arts Commission with
funds from the Grassroots Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the
Department of Cultural Resources and the National Endowment for the Arts.
WHEREAS, the Grant Recipient was selected by the Arts Commission to receive the
Spring Arts Grant through the procedures duly adopted by the Arts Commission; and
WHEREAS, both parties wish to promote and maintain the integrity and clarity of the
Grant Recipient's ideas and statements and delineate the Grant Recipient's obligations to the
County;
NOW, THEREFORE, the County and the Grant Recipient, for the consideration and
under the conditions hereinafter set forth, agree as follows:
1. Approved Grant Project. Grant funds are provided under this Agreement for the project
("Project") described in the Grant Recipient's Grant Application, attached hereto and
incorporated herein as Exhibit A.
2. Grant Award. Grant funds in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000)
have been awarded by the Arts Commission to the Grant Recipient for the approved
Project. These funds must be matched at least dollar-for-dollar with cash from the Grant
Recipient's funds not derived from either Orange County appropriations or the North
Carolina Arts Council.
3. Contingency. This grant is contingent on North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots
Program funding to the Arts Commission. Final decisions on Grassroots Program funds
to the North Carolina Arts Council are subject to approval by the North Carolina General
Assembly.
4. Responsibilities of the Grant Recipient
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A. Implementation. The Project implementation shall take place between July 1,
2016 and June 30, 2017. The Project shall be implemented in the manner
described in Exhibit A. Time is of the essence in the implementation of the
Project.
B. Modifications to project. Grant Recipient shall present major changes to the
original proposal, including but not limited to changes in design, implementation
schedule and increase in Project budget by more than 10%, in writing to the Arts
Commission for approval. Arts Commission shall approve or disapprove Grant
Recipient's request for modifications within seven (7) days of receipt thereof
Consent to project modifications shall not be unreasonably withheld. Arts
Commission's decisions shall be in writing. In the event the Arts Commission
fails to approve or disapprove the requested modifications within the time stated
herein, the modifications shall be deemed approved.
C. Non—assignment. The grant cannot be assigned or transferred to a different project
or artist without prior written approval of the Arts Commission.
D. Records. Grant Recipient must maintain records and other evidence pertaining
to costs incurred and revenues acquired during the Project implementation. Grant
Recipient shall maintain financial records pertaining to the Project for three (3)
years from the date of this Agreement, in case of audit.
E. Use of Funds. Grant Recipient shall not use the grant funds to repay outstanding
taxes or other debts of any nature. The grants shall be utilized solely for the
purpose of implementing the Project and Project related expenses.
F. Final Report. Grant Recipient shall submit to the Arts Commission a Final Report
on July 7, 2017 . The Final Report shall be in the format required by the
North Carolina Arts Council. Failure to submit the Final Report or late
submission of the Final Report, for any reason, shall be grounds for denial and/or
cancellation of grant funds for the Project and future grant proposals.
5. Responsibilities of the Arts Commission
A. Payment. The Arts Commission shall release the grant funds in the amount of
$1,000 to the Grant Recipient.
6. Publicity
A. Acknowledgement. Credit must be given to the Orange County Arts
Commission using the Arts Commission logo and if State funds are received
to the North Carolina Grassroots Program in brochures, news releases,
programs, and all other printed and online publications. Copies of such printed
materials must accompany the evaluation report. When no printed information is
used, verbal credit shall be given. In addition, all print and promotional material
must include the following credit line (check all that apply):
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i. County Funds Only. "This program is supported by the Orange
County Arts Commission."
ii. X North Carolina Arts Council Funding. "This program is supported by the
Orange County Arts Commission with funds from the Grassroots Program of
the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency. "
B. The Grant Recipient must enter all events, exhibits and performances open to the
public and related to this grant award on the ExploreChapelHillARTS.com
website and display ExploreChapelHillARTS.com publicity materials
(postcards, brochures, etc.) prominently and consistently at their venue or
performance space. In addition, the Grant Recipient must add a link to the
ExploreChapelHillARTS.com (ExploreChapelHillARTS.com logo preferred)
to their main webpage. The Grant Recipient shall contact the Orange County Arts
Commission for replacement ExploreChapelHillARTS.com publicity materials.
7. Indemnity. The Grant Recipient agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the County, the
Arts Commission and the North Carolina Arts Council and their officers and employees
from any and all claims or actual injury, damage or loss to a person, or real or personal
property that results from or is in any way connected to the use of the grant funds.
8. Independent Contractor. The Grant Recipient is an independent contractor and not an
employee, agent or other representative of the County and/or the Arts Commission.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to create the relationship of
principal and agent, or employer and employee, between Grant Recipient and Arts
Commission or Orange County Government. Grant Recipient understands and agrees
that he/she is not authorized to incur any expenses or any liability whatsoever on behalf
of the County or the Arts Commission and has no authority, expressed or implied, to
obligate or make representations on behalf of the County or the Arts Commission. In
addition, Grant Recipient agrees to maintain his or her own worker's compensation
insurance for himself/herself and his or her employees for the duration of the art work's
installation.
9. Termination
A. In the event of any of the circumstances set forth below (hereinafter referred to as
"default"), the Arts Commission may immediately terminate this Agreement:
(i) Any fraudulent representation in any verification required to obtain
payment under this Agreement or other dishonesty on a material matter
relating to the performance of services under this Agreement.
(ii) Nonperformance, incomplete service or performance, or failure to
satisfactorily perform any part of the Project or to comply with any
provision of this Agreement, as determined by the Arts Commission in its
sole discretion.
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(iii) Failure to adhere to the terms of applicable county, state or federal laws,
regulations, or stated public policy.
B. In the event of default by the Grant Recipient, the Arts Commission has the
discretion to elect to terminate this Agreement, in whole or in part and/or require
the Grant Recipient to repay the grant funds within seven (7) from written notice
of default or allow the grant recipient the opportunity to cure the default. This
clause shall not be interpreted to limit the County's or the Arts Commission's
remedies in law or in equity.
10. Miscellaneous.
A. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the attachments contain the final and
entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
Agreement. All modifications and amendments to this Agreement shall be in
writing. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties, their heirs, successors
and assigns.
B. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws
of the State of North Carolina and the Orange County.
C. Entire Agreement and Signatures. The parties have read this Agreement and agree
to be bound by all of its terms, and further agree that it constitutes the complete
and exclusive statement of the Agreement between the parties unless and until
modified in writing and signed by the parties. This Agreement together with any
amendments or modifications may be executed electronically. All electronic
signatures affixed hereto evidence the intent of the Parties to comply with Article
1 1A and Article 40 of North Carolina General Statute Chapter 66.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Orange County and the Grant Recipient have signed this Grant
Agreement, effective on the last date this Agreement is signed by both parties as indicated by the
dates set forth under signatures below.
For andougbgiiyalf of the Grant Recipient
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Bonnie Hammersleys, County Manager Date
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Artist Project Grant — Spring 2016-17 Application Form
Orange County Arts Commission
Promoting the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
1 Artist Information
Applicant Name Sheila Kerrigan
Mailing Address 2310 Stansbury Rd. Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
Daytime Phone 919-360-0690 Fax Number 919-942-4264
Email Address kerrigan(a mindsprinq.com Web Site www.MimeWhoTalks.com
DUNS Number 08-026-9873
2 Grant Request Summary
Arts Program Grant Request $1,000.00 Total Cash Match $1,500.00
Summary Statement for Proposed Use of Arts Program Grant Orange Co. Senior Centers Residencies
3 Narrative
Write a description, up to three pages, single spaced, that describes the following under separate
subheadings:
❑ Proposed Project—what will you do,where will it be performed or displayed,when will the preparations
and public component take place, list any organizational partners.
❑ Community Impact—describe the project's public component, how many people will be impacted. ❑
Artist Experience—include a brief description of your similar arts projects in the past.
4 Application Checklist (in this order; do not staple, bind, or put into individual folders)
1 copy each: (only 1 sided, 8 1/2"x 11'; white paper) and 1 complete electronic copy(in PDF
format):
❑ Application Form, Page One, Including Signature
❑ Narrative
❑ Budget Sheet
❑ Itemized Budget(if necessary)
❑ Resumes of artist(s).
❑ Sample programs, press, or other materials from this or similar past programs.
❑ Sample work by artist produced in the last three years:
For example, for visual arts submit a PC-compatible CD or DVD, slides or high quality photographs (5-10
images);for dance or theater arts submit a PC-compatible CD or DVD, or video tape (3-5 minute sample);for
music and spoken word submit a PC-compatible CD or DVD, or audio tape (1-2 selections); for literary arts
submit a manuscript(10-15 pages).
Label all sample work with artists'/organizations' name, title of work(s), date of work. For visual arts include
sheet with work dimensions, media. Indicate top of image.
Mail or deliver signed original to the OCAC office, including work samples. Email PDF of application to
arts(a.orangecountvnc.gov.
5/30/2016 Sheila Kerrigan
Artist Signature Date Typed or Printed Artist Name
INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE FUNDED
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Sheila Kerrigan
The Mime Who Talks!
Narrative
A Proposal for Two Community-Building Residencies in Four Parts
in Partnership with
The Orange County Department on Aging,
The Seymour Center, and the Passmore Center
Proposed Project
What We Will Do, Where It Will Be Performed, When, With What Partner
We propose to conduct two residencies in the fall of 2016, (September-October) in
partnership with the Orange County Department on Aging, in two Orange County
Senior Centers—The Robert and Pearl Seymour Center in Chapel Hill and the Jerry M.
Passmore Center in Hillsborough. Each residency consists of four parts. Each
residency starts with Mime Explains String Theory, a performance by Sheila Kerrigan,
for the community at large. The performance is followed by workshops in the Senior
Center meeting rooms for willing audience members, including a story circle, a writing
session, and an open mic performance, open to the public.
Part One: Mime Explains String Theory is a public performance for older adults that
will take place in the Seymour and Passmore Center theaters. It starts before birth and
ends after death, exploring the cycle of life as the mime experiences it. During middle
age she has an epiphany in which she understands the meaning of life. She struggles
against invisible forces to communicate it to the audience, and eventually gets it across
to them.
In Part Two, we invite members of the audience to return to the Senior Centers to
participate in a story circle about epiphanies that the tellers have experienced in their
lives. Ms. Kerrigan will facilitate the story circle. The story circle process is simple: each
person gets a few minutes to tell their epiphany story while everyone else listens fully,
without interruption. At the end of the story-telling, there is time for conversation. The
process enables deep listening and elicits empathy. People who have known each
other for years discover new things about each other that don't come up in quotidian
conversation, and that open up further dialogue and strengthen friendships.
Part Three brings the story tellers together again in the Senior Centers with Ms.
Kerrigan to write their epiphany stories down, with guidance if needed.
In Part Four, we invite the larger community to an open mic session to take place in
the Senior Center theaters. Story-circle participants read or tell their epiphany stories to
their fellow community members. If needed, we can also schedule a rehearsal before
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the open mic, so participants can practice telling their stories with a microphone.
Following the open mic session, audience and story tellers engage in further
conversation about their life stories.
Each residency will take place over the course of one-to-two weeks in September-
October. We have not set the dates and times, yet; the Orange County Department on
Aging will work out the dates during their planning process for fall events, which occurs
after this grant application deadline.
Community Impact
We expect to bring in between 40 and 50 seniors and others to each performance, and
to involve 20 audience members in the two sets of workshops. The total number of
people engaged should add up to 80-100.
The events will be advertised in the fall edition of Senior Times, a publication of the
Orange County Department on Aging, with flyers and emails, and on some web-based
media (Facebook, Twitter, EverWondr, appropriate websites, etc.).
In the performance, Mime Explains String Theory, the mime explores the cycle of life
and death, uncovering links between past, present, and future. The mime descends to
earth, goes through thirteen stages of woman, and ascends to rejoin her loved ones.
During middle age, she has an epiphany in which she sees strings connecting
everyone to everyone else, and realizes that there is a spirit that holds us all together,
which is love. The show is humorous, whimsical, imaginative, touching, and uplifting.
The epiphany in the show provides a springboard for the workshops about epiphanies
that follow.
The ensuing workshop conversations, writing, and story-telling to a larger audience will
serve to: affirm individual life experiences, allow for deep listening and true story telling,
foster dialogue across differences, build and strengthen friendships, and open up
conversation about important moments in life, when we finally understand something
that has been hidden from our consciousness.
The Seymour and Passmore Centers offer a variety of popular classes and interest
groups in arts, crafts, music, dance, writing, and drama. Many Orange County Seniors
have demonstrated an interest in arts participation by showing up for the arts classes
and events. The story-circle process, followed by writing and sharing stories together,
offers a deep, shared, personal, arts process that explores and affirms the meaning
and importance of individual life stories, and offers participants the opportunity to share
their wisdom with a larger audience.
Artist Experience
Sheila Kerrigan co-founded TOUCH Mime Theater (based in Carrboro) in 1976. With
TOUCH, she collaboratively created original performance, toured, performed, and
conducted workshops and residencies across twenty states for seventeen years. She
directed, wrote, and performed with Jelly Educational Theater (based in Chapel Hill) for
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four years. She wrote The Performer's Guide to the Collaborative Process
(Heinemann, 2001). To research the book, she interviewed seventy-five collaborative
creators. She also studied group facilitation, mediation, conflict management, and anti-
oppressive communication methods and structures. She worked with Alternate
ROOTS' Resources for Social Change to help build an anti-racist approach to arts
activism. She taught "Community-Based Performance, Where Art and Activism
Intersect" at Duke, and "Creating Original Performance" at Bennington College's July
Program. She has led many diverse groups, from middle-school students, to at-risk
teens, to adults, in devising original performance. She premiered Mime Explains String
Theory in 2010 at the Durham Arts Council. She has been performing and teaching as
a solo mime since 2007.
Letter of Support from Orange County Department on Aging on next page:
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May 31,2016
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2310 Stansbury Road
Dear Sheila, ,
!write this letter in support of thc program,A Mime Explains String Theory,a two part residency to be
conducted this fall in which you are writing a grant proposal to the Orange County Arts Commission.
At the t‘‘o Orange County Centers,The Seymour Center,Chapel Hill and the Passmore Center,
Hilisborough,the staff will work with you to provide the 4-part series of each of the residencies for the
residents who attend the centers and the community at large.
We aic very excited about the potential and the plan to bring this program to thc residents s ho attend the
centers and the community. We■v ill work‘vith you to support the program and help to advertise it to the
community and those'a e traditionally market to.
We look forw ard to working'a ith you and the experience that this program ss ill provide toOve
community.
In Support of Your Proposal,
Myra S Austin,
Senior Centers Administrator
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2016-17 Artist Project Application — Page Two
ORANGE COUNTY ARTS
COMMISSION
Financial Information
Provide a projected budget for your proposed project utilizing the format below. Be as specific as possible.
Project Expenses Cash = Grant Amount + Applicant
Expenses Requested Cash Match
A Personnel (Employees)
Administrative staff( %)* 250 250
Artistic staff( %)*
Technical/Production staff( %)*
*Show%of wages devoted to this project
B Outside Fees and Services
Artistic contracts 2,000 1,000 1,000
Other contracts:
C Space Rental
D Travel 120 120
E Marketing 130 130
F Remaining Project Expenses
(Itemize on separate sheet)
G Total Cash Expenses 2,500 1,000 1,500
Project Income Cash Income
A Admissions 1,000
B Contracted Services Revenue
C Other Revenue(specify):
D Private Support
Corporate support(specify):
Foundation support(specify):
Other private support(specify):
E Government Support
Federal
State/regional(not including this request)
Local (not including this request)
F Applicant Cash 500
G Grant Amount Requested 1,000
in this application
H Total Cash Income 2,500
(must at least equal Total Cash Expenses, Item G in Project Expenses)
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Professional
Sheila Kerrigan
Experience Freelance Theatre Artist: performs for adults:Mime Explains String Theory!Performs for
children: The Mime Who Talks!Performs at festivals&special events. Teaches workshops in
Present mime,juggling, drama, &movement-for-the-actor. Conducts residencies(for the Durham Arts
Council, The Arts Council of Fayetteville,United Arts of Raleigh-Wake, The Arts& Sciences
Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, SC Arts Commission, etc.)that integrate theatre with
Common Core&Essential Standards. Trains teachers and teaching artists in arts integration.
Teaches courses in community-based performance&collaborative creative process for high
school,university, and professional artists. Is president of the Southeast Center for Arts
Integration.
2002-2007 Taught Community-Based Performance; Where Art and Activism Intersect at Duke. Worked with
at-risk teens to collaboratively create original performances.Taught children with learning
2004-2007 differences at the Mekye Center by integrating theater with core curricular goals.
Coordinator of Education and Community Programs: Duke Performances and the Office of
Community Affairs.Partnered with 8 schools and 12 after-schools to enlist Duke resources to
2001-2015 create arts experiences for neighborhood children and families.
Faculty Fellow with A-Plus Schools Program: led professional development for teachers
1993-2009 and teaching artists on integrating arts with curriculum,plus collaboration, &creativity.
Faculty Member of Alternate ROOTS'Resources for Social Change: helped develop
curricula and train artists in community-based art for social change,facilitation,peaceful
1993-2001 communication, consensus, collaboration, and anti-racism work.
Author: Wrote The Performer's Guide to the Collaborative Process(Heinemann, 2001). The
book begins with how to get an idea for a performance; delineates structures for moving work
forward; explains basic group dynamics; proposes ways to share power, and recommends
communication models.
1993-present
Director,Performer,Teacher: Taught workshops on mime, drama, collaborative creativity,
communicating in groups, and peaceful conflict resolution for students,teachers, and
professionals for Bennington College, Stokes Co.Arts Council,NC Thespians,NCSU,NC
Theatre Conference, and others. Led professional development for A+ Schools in NC, OK,
and ND.Directed,wrote,and performed for Jelly Educational Theater.Performed with the NC
Symphony.
1976-1993 Co-Founder, Co-Director,and Mime with TOUCH Mime Theater: Created and performed
original movement theater,toured twenty states and ninety-four NC counties.Performed in
prisons,hospitals, day-care and senior centers,public schools, colleges and universities,
institutions for mentally and physically challenged, in street festivals, concerts, and on TV.
Taught master classes and conducted residencies in mime, collaborative creative process, and
movement for professionals, amateurs,teachers, and students. Served as guest lecturer on non-
verbal communication and body language for university communication courses. Coached
movement for actors from Teatro Ambiente in Crema, Italy,to the Actors Co-Op of Carrboro,
NC.
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Awards and
Recognition
SafeSkills Dojo: Black Belt in Karate; Triangle Community Foundation:Kathryn Wallace
Award for Artists in Community Service;NC Theatre Conference: Herman Middleton Award
for Distinguished Service; Center for Peace Education: Certification in Conflict Management.
Jelly Educational Theater won awards from the Durham Arts Council and the Independent
Weekly. TOUCH was one of 5 mime companies to receive National Endowment for the Arts
Funding in 1989 and 1991 and one of 15 to perform at the 1984 International Mime and
Clown Festival. TOUCH won the NC Theatre Conference Theatre for Youth Award in 1990,
toured for the Southern Arts Fed.,Alternate ROOTS,the state arts councils of TN, SC,NC,
and MS,and performed at Piccolo Spoleto, and at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors in NYC.
Education
B.A. in English Literature and Mime,Bennington College, 1976. Studied: mime at Magic
Mountain Mime School, C.W. Metcalf&Torn Pierce; Celebration Mime School,Tony
Montanaro; H.B. Studio,Michael Henry; improvisation with Chicago City Limits&Keith
Johnstone, stage combat at National Stage Combat intensive; ballet at The Ballet School;
Meisner acting technique intensive with The Flying Machine Theater; clown with Ronlin
Foreman;performance with Jacques LeCoq; and others. Studied conflict resolution,mediation,
and facilitation with the Center for Peace Education&the Dispute Resolution Center,
Technology of Participation with Institute of Cultural Affairs,Teacher Education with The
Kennedy Center,Theatre-in-Education and Drama-in-Education at Trinity College,Dublin.
Memberships
Alternate ROOTS,National&NC Dance Educators Org., Southeastern Theatre Conference,
Association for Theatre in Higher Education,Association for Theatre Movement Educators,
American Alliance for Theatre &Educators,Arts Education Partnership,NC Presenters
Consortium, SC Alliance for Arts in Education.
Skills
Roving mime, clowning,juggling, Shorin Ryu karate,directing theater,writing original
theater pieces, leading collaborative creative processes,facilitating group processes,teaching
References conflict resolution skill-building through drama.
Jef Lambdin Kathy Silbiger
Mime Former director,Duke Performances
PO Box 3331 9 Appleton Pl.
Lumberton NC 28359 Durham NC 27705
(252) 995-4641 (919)309-1457
woole @mindspring.com ksilbiger @nc.rr.com
Leigh Bordley Shana Adams,Director
Director,Partners for Youth Creative Arts in the Public/Private Schools
Lyon Park Community Center Durham Arts Council
1309 Halley St 120 Morris St.
Durham NC 27707 Durham NC 27701
(919) 536-4230 919-560-2718
Leigh.bordley @partnersforyouth.org denise.barnes a dpsnc.net
Sheila Kerrigan 2310 Stansbury Rd. Chapel Hill NC 27516
(919)929-1624(h)(919)360-0690(c)(919)942-4264(f)
kerrigan@mindspring.com mindspring.com www.collaborativecreativity.com www.secenterforartsintegration.org
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Headline: Mime Explains String Theory!
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Sheila Kerrigan is the mime who can't find a box she fits inside. Her solo show, Mime Explains Strin
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This performance for adults starts before birth, ends after death, and toddles unsteadily through the
woman. The mime is born. She crawls; she walks, runs, leaps, and revels in the joy of living in a boc
her with a pink feather boa. She falls in love, raises a child, accidentally uncovers the meaning of IifE
communicate it in spite of invisible forces that conspire against her. This serio-comedy leaves audie
feeling.
What people have said about it:
"I laughed till I cried!"
"It was brilliant!"
"It was deep. I could see the web that connects us all."
The performance incorporates mime, theater, puppetry, ventriloquism, and helium, and combines th
magical ways. Jef Lambdin directs. Chris Stanley composed the music.
Kerrigan has performed, taught, and conducted residencies in schools, colleges, senior centers, ho;
streets and on TV, to name a few venues. She worked with TOUCH Mime Theater, a touring compe
for seventeen years. She directed for Jelly Educational Theater, also based in Carrboro, for four yeE
Performer's Guide to the Collaborative Process, for people who want to create original performance
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and conducts residencies in schools that integrate drama with the regular curriculum. She also work
original performance about issues important to the youth.
Sheila is available for interviews:
kerrigan @mindspring.com;
919-929-1624.
919-360-0690 cell.
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and expertise to support the creation of this new work:
Jef Lambdin, Attie Hines, Jerome Bias, Tricia N
Created by Mickelberry, Chris Stanley, Jan Berger of Paperhand
Puppet Intervention, Sean Dunham, Ken Kaye, Marta D
Sheila Kerrigan King, Catharine Carter, Chris Kannenberg, Sharon °
Fowler, Speedy Krivonak, Jeff Harrison of Harrison
Brothers, Pat Garavaglia and all the folks at Balloons Et W
Tunes, Jim Dennis and the Carrboro Music Loft, Deborah o
Mime Sheila Kerrigan Winstead, Sean Murphy, Beth Seigler and Kathy
Director Jef Lambdin m
Stage Manager Attie Hines Hopwood of SafeSkills, Faye Stanley, Cornelia Kip Lee,
Composer Chris Stanley Swetha Shankar, Fumi Katsuki, Martha LeFebvre, Jenny W
Justice Liz Waddell Tom Marriott the Alternate
Lighting Designer Attie Hines N
Prop Et Puppet Wrangler Attie Hines ROOTS family, Ed Damron, Vidisha Malik, Ed Butler, Carl
Light Board Operator Sean Murphy Wetter, Jody Cassell, did I mention Steve Clarke? Thank
Sound Board Operator Darrell Young you, Steve, my dear heart!
Follow Spot Operator Laura Greenwood
Videographer Tricia Mickelberry The creation of solo mime work is collaborative in
Photographer Steve Clarke nature. My work derives from my predecessors in mime,
Props Mistress KT Childress clown, and vaudeville, and in the spirit of this show, I'd
Puppetry Coach Jan Berger like to acknowledge the influence my artistic ancestors,
Crew Attie Hines teachers, and fellows have had on my work; people who
Steve Clarke inspired and taught the teachers of my teachers: Charlie
Jerome Bias Chaplin, Senor Wences, Yass Hakoshima, Etienne
Jeff Lambdin Decroux, Marcel Marceau; my teachers: C.W. Metcalf,
Sean Dunham Tony Montanaro, Michael Henry, Bob Glaudini, Michael
Winsett, Ronlin Foreman, Tom Pierce, Jacques LeCoq,
Dedicated to the love we are born with, the love we Frank Baker, Keith Johnstone, J Chachula; my fellow
give to those who are still here, and the love we hold mimes and clowns: Bill Irwin, Doug Berky, Ed Damron,
for those who have ascended. Laurie Wolf, Jef Lambdin, and more. Their work lives in
my work.
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the founding members of North Carolina's TOUCH Mime
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The Juggler Who Drops!, she juggles (and drops) `
while talking about the importance of failure in
learning and growing. She juggles and tells a story Mime Explains String Theory, Or
about setting a positive mental attitude to aim for Mime Explains Life, Death
success. She gives a lecture-demonstration about
mime and performs silent mime pieces, too. by Sheila Kerrigan
She is available for performances and residencies: Premier Performances
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www.co[LaborativecreativitV.com November 7 at 2:00
2310 Stansbury Rd. Durham Arts Council's PSI Theatre
Chapel Hill NC 27516 120 Morris St. Durham NC
919-929-1624
919-360-0690
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Preview
Sheila Kerrigan's Mime Explains String Theory
—Byron Woods, Independent Weekly, November 3, 2010
When: Fri., Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 7, 2 p.m. 2010
Phone: 942-4264
Price: $13
www.collaborativecreativity.com
"Really, it's all in the names," longtime director, author—and mime—Sheila Kerrigan
confidently explains. "When we're born we start out pure essence. Then we get to a certain
age and we start receiving conflicting messages about growing up. That makes us addled
essence." Kerrigan waits as the listener connects the elliptical dots. Addled essence.
Adolescents. Oh. "And after a while, the essence just kind of goes, and then we're just addled.
Thus, addl'ts." Adults. Huh.
Brainy wordplay like that provides the first clues that you probably shouldn't expect a lesson in
quantum mechanics from the latest in Kerrigan's series of rare public performances, a work
that uses mime and puppetry—forms most often associated with children's theater—in a show
written for adults. Fair warning: In a show that pushes against convention, the mime talks. "It's
a mime performance that doesn't look like a mime performance, in a solo show that isn't one."
But why String Theory? "It's my underlying theory that explains everything," she says of a work
that explores what she calls "the 13 stages of woman," from before birth to after death. In it,
the central character "accidentally uncovers the meaning of life. Then she struggles to
communicate it, despite the forces that conspire against her."
Kerrigan candidly describes the origins of the work. "My father died in 2005, just before
Christmas. Then in 2006, my mom died just after Christmas. Nine months later, I had a dream
about their dying: what it means, what dying and death is like—and what it might look like from
another view." The unexpected result? A "pretty silly" piece, Kerrigan laughs, in which "belly
buttons have a very important place."
More seriously, Kerrigan refers to String Theory as the culmination of the work she's been
doing for the last 40 years. And the strings she keeps referring to aren't just the standard
invisible-tug-of-war fare that mimes have mined for decades. "The stage is populated with a
number of characters," she says. "And as is the case with so many relationships, there are
strings attached between them. Sometimes you see them. Sometimes you don't. Just like in
life."
The venerable Jef Lambdin directs a work whose whimsy walks hand in hand with human
insights more profound tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are
$13. —Byron Woods, Independent Weekly, November 3, 2010
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Sample Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIUzewUmHQk
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