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 Ribbit and melody: Frogz plays at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21 at the Juneau-Douglas High School Auditorium. The performance is a combination of mime and movement theater performed by amphibians. The Frogz actors will also host a "Mask and Mime Workshop" at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20. |
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Frogz - a colorful combination of mime, movement, mask and amphibians performing impossible feats of acrobatic strength - has been delighting audiences (including those on Broadway) for 28 years.
Now, Imago Theatre's ensemble show of crouching toads, glowing lizards, gravity-defying larvae and musical-chair juggling penguins is stopping in Juneau.
Frogz' performance starts at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, at the Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium.
Tickets are $22 for general admission, $18 for students and seniors and $75 for families.
The performers in Frogz will also host a "Mask and Mime Workshop" at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, in the Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School commons.
Admission is $10 per person at the door, and there are no pre-sales.
Actors from the show will be leading a seminar in physical theater. It's recommended for ages 14 and older.
Frogz is often compared to Blue Man Group - the trio of blue men who combine music, props, movement and physical comedy into a stage show.
But Blue Man Group was conceived in New York sometime in the 1980s, while "Frogz" dates back to 1979.
Carol Triffle and Jerry Mouaward started "Frogz" as a means of combining their interests in visual and performing arts. They were both inspired by the "Jacque LeCoq" method of creating characters both real and surreal.
"It's vaudeville," stated co-creator Jerry Mouawad in a press release. "I saw a movie in which a depressed suicidal comic-tragic character went to a Marx Brothers film and from laughing at the Marx Brothers he reawakened to the whimsy and lighter side of life. It changed his life and he was able to return to his tragic laden world.
"Comedy, especially physical comedy, is reawakening," he said. "It reawakens our bodies to a giggly, uplifting sensation. A physical connection between performer and the audience can be delightful and life-altering. Seeing the finest of physical and clown theater has changed my own life."
Stitt returns for Northern Light show on Jan. 20
JUNEAU - Juneau musician Rory Stitt will return to town for another concert, this time 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at Northern Light United Church, 400 W. 11th St.
Advance tickets are $13 at Hearthside Books. Door admission is $15, and the show is for all ages.
Stitt spends most of the year in Portland, Ore., but has been heavily involved in Perseverance Theatre productions for the past few years. He was in last year's "Hair," as well as the re-staging of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."
He will play the title role of Tommy in the theater's upcoming production of The Who's rock opera March 17-April 22.
For more, check out rorymerrittstitt.com.
Emcee battle set for Jan. 27 at Mt. Jumbo Gym in Douglas
JUNEAU - Konsept and DJ AstronoMAR are hosting an emcee battle at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Mt. Jumbo Gym in Douglas.
All interested emcees are encouraged to sign up for the battle at the door before 8:30 p.m.
Admission is $8, or $3 with five nonperishable food items. All proceeds go to Juneau charities and the show is for all ages.
