Escape to Create artists are in residency this January and February for the 25th year in Seaside. As a residency requirement, artists give a public performance as a contribution to the community. Often produced in partnership with The REP Theater in Seaside, their readings, screenings, lectures and performances bring outstanding cultural programs to the South Walton community. Tickets to performances: lovetherep.com.
Escape to Create 25th Performance Season 2017
Friday, Jan 6
Dorothy Hindman and Jason Mason Concert
Seaside REP Theatre 7:30pm
Join us for a memorable evening celebrating the opening of Escape to Create’s 25th performance season. “Extraordinarily gifted” concert pianist Jacob Mason performs a selection of classics plus visionary new works by internationally awarded composers Dorothy Hindman and Charles Norman Mason. Tickets $25
Thursday, Jan 19 and Sunday, Jan 29
Saxophonist Matt Otto and Jazz Guitarist William Flynn
45 Central Wine Bar in Seaside Town Center 4-6pm
A Midwest native, William Flynn is a guitarist and composer emerging onto the contemporary jazz community with an increasingly original musical voice. William currently serves as Assistant Professor of Jazz Guitar at Wichita State University, where he teaches applied jazz guitar, jazz improvisation, and directs the Guitar Ensemble.
Composer, saxophonist and bandleader Matt Otto is Assistant Director of Jazz Studies at Kansas University and Adjunct Professor at Rutgers New Brunswick. A Los Angeles native, Otto is co-founder of the esteemed L.A. Jazz Collective, an ongoing outreach program advancing young jazz composers and performers. Otto has performed internationally with a variety of leading jazz artists including Grammy nominated Anthony Wilson Nonet and Alan Ferber Big Band. His jazz quartet performs regularly in KCMO and is attributed with elevating the level of jazz through Otto’s compositions and solos “imbued with grace and serenity.”
Wednesday, Jan 25 and Friday Jan 27
Rich Orloff's "Radio Ridiculous"
Seaside REP Theatre 7:30pm
A favorite playwright of REP audiences with sold-out performances of Skin Deep and Romantic Fools, Rich Orloff returns as the 2017 Goody Playwright to workshop RADIO RIDICULOUS, his latest comedic masterpiece created in homage to the great radio shows of the 1930’s. Script in hand readings enlivened with sound effects and live music recreate the classic suspense and side-splitting comedy of the Golden Age of radio. RADIO RIDICULOUS is a spoofs galore theatre experience for all ages. Tickets $25
Thursday, Feb 9
Judith Modrak (Sculpture), Matthew Whittall (Music/Video)
A Valentine Toast to the Arts with Art/Poetry/Music/Video
Seaside REP Theatre 7:30pm
Nature as inspired muse is the unifying theme of the award-winning works of New York sculptor Judith Modrak and Canadian-Finnish composer Matthew Whittall. Through image and recorded music, the artists explore their relationships with nature and how it is expressed in their creative work. Tickets $25.
Friday, February 17
Architectural Historian Judith Dupre and Heritage Seed Pioneer, Diane Ott Whealy
Seaside REP Theatre 7:30pm
NY Times bestselling author Judith Dupre bridges the world of art, photography and architecture in her stunning presentation ofOne World Trade Center: Biography of a Building. Author and national speaker Diane Ott Whealey, co-founder of Seed Savers Exchange, reads from Gathering: Memoir of a Seed Saver and shares stories of Florida’s unique heirloom plants. Tickets $25
Escape to Create is celebrating 25 years! E2C is a nationally recognized multidisciplinary artist residency hosted by the Seaside community since 1993. E2C offers two month-long creative retreats every January and February. Open to emerging and established professional artists working in literary, music, visual, theatre and performance arts. For more information about Escape to Create, visit Escape2Create.org.
Escape to Create 25th Performance Season 2017
Friday, Jan 6
Dorothy Hindman and Jason Mason Concert
Seaside REP Theatre 7:30pm
Join us for a memorable evening celebrating the opening of Escape to Create’s 25th performance season. “Extraordinarily gifted” concert pianist Jacob Mason performs a selection of classics plus visionary new works by internationally awarded composers Dorothy Hindman and Charles Norman Mason. Tickets $25
Thursday, Jan 19 and Sunday, Jan 29
Saxophonist Matt Otto and Jazz Guitarist William Flynn
45 Central Wine Bar in Seaside Town Center 4-6pm
A Midwest native, William Flynn is a guitarist and composer emerging onto the contemporary jazz community with an increasingly original musical voice. William currently serves as Assistant Professor of Jazz Guitar at Wichita State University, where he teaches applied jazz guitar, jazz improvisation, and directs the Guitar Ensemble.
Composer, saxophonist and bandleader Matt Otto is Assistant Director of Jazz Studies at Kansas University and Adjunct Professor at Rutgers New Brunswick. A Los Angeles native, Otto is co-founder of the esteemed L.A. Jazz Collective, an ongoing outreach program advancing young jazz composers and performers. Otto has performed internationally with a variety of leading jazz artists including Grammy nominated Anthony Wilson Nonet and Alan Ferber Big Band. His jazz quartet performs regularly in KCMO and is attributed with elevating the level of jazz through Otto’s compositions and solos “imbued with grace and serenity.”
Wednesday, Jan 25 and Friday Jan 27
Rich Orloff's "Radio Ridiculous"
Seaside REP Theatre 7:30pm
A favorite playwright of REP audiences with sold-out performances of Skin Deep and Romantic Fools, Rich Orloff returns as the 2017 Goody Playwright to workshop RADIO RIDICULOUS, his latest comedic masterpiece created in homage to the great radio shows of the 1930’s. Script in hand readings enlivened with sound effects and live music recreate the classic suspense and side-splitting comedy of the Golden Age of radio. RADIO RIDICULOUS is a spoofs galore theatre experience for all ages. Tickets $25
Thursday, Feb 9
Judith Modrak (Sculpture), Matthew Whittall (Music/Video)
A Valentine Toast to the Arts with Art/Poetry/Music/Video
Seaside REP Theatre 7:30pm
Nature as inspired muse is the unifying theme of the award-winning works of New York sculptor Judith Modrak and Canadian-Finnish composer Matthew Whittall. Through image and recorded music, the artists explore their relationships with nature and how it is expressed in their creative work. Tickets $25.
Friday, February 17
Architectural Historian Judith Dupre and Heritage Seed Pioneer, Diane Ott Whealy
Seaside REP Theatre 7:30pm
NY Times bestselling author Judith Dupre bridges the world of art, photography and architecture in her stunning presentation ofOne World Trade Center: Biography of a Building. Author and national speaker Diane Ott Whealey, co-founder of Seed Savers Exchange, reads from Gathering: Memoir of a Seed Saver and shares stories of Florida’s unique heirloom plants. Tickets $25
Escape to Create is celebrating 25 years! E2C is a nationally recognized multidisciplinary artist residency hosted by the Seaside community since 1993. E2C offers two month-long creative retreats every January and February. Open to emerging and established professional artists working in literary, music, visual, theatre and performance arts. For more information about Escape to Create, visit Escape2Create.org.
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