examples of my experiential one-man shows & other immersive engagements & poetic curatings & presence as an enchanter and evocateur at private and public events of all kinds & sizes include …
Poster for one of the traveling performances of the experiential art show of theatre-on-paper, “Behind the Curtain,” by your Poet & Poetorialist
live performance pieces, multisensory, audience-participatory experiences are another poetic offering. Such as Behind the Curtain, an immersive one-man show of ‘theatre-on-paper’ that made its debut in New York City in 2018. and has since appeared in various cities, from Washington, D.C. to Park City, Utah
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an intimate-format show that’s varyingly-staged, setting to setting. a visually-driven experience, paired with original poems that speak to, converse with the imagery, the “story-poems”; including digital projection, candlelight and curated-and-choreographed music
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these shadow-plays on paper and screen tableaux vivants of a kind; from the heroic to the erotic, the playful to the sensual and soulful; mysterious, lyrical. Full of fervor, full of (water)colorful characters
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in a bow to the traveling theatre companies of Shakespearean and Dickensian times ~ with live in their own way actors, appearing characters ~ this show is designed to travel kinetically, immersively and exuberantly, around the country and abroad…and be presented to any kind of small or larger, public or private audience. And inspire their participation, interaction; reflection. A fitting show also stage-able for fundraising events and membership development campaigns
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Behind the Curtain will continue touring in 2025, in New England, on the West Coast of the US, the UK and elsewhere; beyond the North American shows that began in 2018-2019
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some recent (and commissionable) shows and private, stageable events include the ones below, aside from gatherings where Your Poet has been engaged purely as an “Enchanter,” to weave his poetic energy, presence and artfulness, freeform, through various kinds of gatherings
A plein air son et voix et lumiere performance & experience by The Floating Poet, 2019
A richly, rustically & literarily-themed Poetry on the Plate (intimate, immersive) dinner experience, music to food menu to poem pairings, anecdotes & imagery, around the colorful outdoor life & times & style of writer Ernest Hemingway, One of other ongoing commissioned events and pop-ups. Conceived, curated & presented by Your Poet & Poetorialist, Including to date “Michelangelo’s Mouth,” based on the master’s unearthed renaissance-era grocery list, “Feasting on Fellini,” themed around Federico’s films; “Beginnings,” “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Night of the White Elephant.”
Colin sharing “Your Sun Also Rises,” a lead, paired poem for the Making Our (Heming)Way aka Camping In E(a)rest Poetry-on-the-Plate dinner, in the wilds of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, November 2019
The show poster for “Around the Fire,” the Plein Air Poet’s immersive plein feu experience at the Hopewell Tour des Arts 2019 festival.
The show poster for “The Wandr’ing Minstrel Eye,” the Floating Poet’s troubadorial offering at the 2021 Hopewell Tour des Arts festival.