GLORIA’S CAUSE
May 19th, 2010
Dave Proscia and Dayna Hanson. Photo by Benjamin Kasulke
Inspired by the complex ironies of the American Revolution, Gloria’s Cause is Dayna Hanson’s newest, full-length work. This dance-driven rock musical exhumes the colonies’ forgotten players and offers warped replays of iconic moments like the signing of the Declaration of Independence in a layered, colorful and gritty look at the roots of America’s inequities.
Hanson is joined by co-creators Dave Proscia and Peggy Piacenza along with a multi-disciplinary cast that includes Maggie Brown, Jim Kent, Wade Madsen, Paul Moore, Pol Rosenthal and Jessie Smith. Together they create a kinetic, darkly funny world where incongruous sources clash and morph. Hanson’s idiosyncratic movement style is informed by her current obsessions with living history, ‘70s television and professional sports.
Gloria’s Cause was presented as a work-in-progress at the TBA Festival in Portland, Ore. in September 2010. It will premiere at On the Boards in Seattle December 2-5, 2010. Gloria’s Cause is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by On the Boards in Seattle in partnership with Under The Radar Festival and NPN. The Creation Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org. Gloria’s Cause is funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NDP). NDP is supported by lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, with additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust. Production residency funded by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Major support for Gloria’s Cause comes from MAP Fund and the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs City Artist Grant Program.
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