{"id":194,"date":"2019-01-30T16:22:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T21:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/?p=194"},"modified":"2020-02-10T18:56:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T23:56:17","slug":"the-2019-ias-season-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/2019\/01\/the-2019-ias-season-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2019 IAS season is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent Artist Series is proud to announce the 2019 festival lineup! This year, IAS will be featuring four diverse pieces of live performance, three of which are world premiers.<br \/>\nYou can find information about the shows below.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for interviews, pictures, behind-the-scenes updates, show times and more!<\/p>\n<p><em>Ceremonials<\/em><br \/>\nDevised by Rachel Brandenburg, Maia Aoibheil, Kashia Ellis-Taylor, Laura Smith, and Charlotte Snee &amp; directed by Rachel Brandenburg<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having been shut out of her Catholic religion, accused of witchcraft, and on her way to trial, a young woman convenes with a coven of witches. They perform a ritual &#8220;mass,&#8221; blending liturgical elements from Catholicism with witchcraft, telling stories from their trials in order to fi<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nd new hope and freedom from their ashes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Internal Affairs&nbsp;<\/em><br \/>\nWritten and directed by Caleb Russell<\/p>\n<p><em>Internal Affairs<\/em> follows the story of John who suffers from depression, and begins to have<br \/>\ndreams about a friend in college years ago. Over time, the dreams (seemingly good) help him get out of his depression,&nbsp; until he starts to become obsessed with them, trying to<br \/>\nsleep whenever he can. This play address how non-tangible things like emotions, religious<br \/>\nbeliefs, love, dreams, aspirations, etc. can have a profound impact on us, even if no<br \/>\none else will ever truly understand them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Man, the Creature&nbsp;<\/em><br \/>\nWritten by Mackenzie Kirkman &amp; Directed by Maddie Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>Showing snapshots from Dostoevsky&#8217;s four years in prison, this story distorts itself from the<br \/>\ntruth of his life that it is based on, creating instead the character of Goryanchinkov who<br \/>\nendures the prison for Dostoevsky. This piece moves forward thematically, exploring the<br \/>\nstrength of the human spirit even in the most difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><em>21 Chump Street&nbsp;<\/em><br \/>\nWritten by Lin Manuel Miranda<br \/>\nDirected by Kyle Carson and Holly West, Choreography by&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michelle Guiot,<\/span>&nbsp;&amp; Music direction by Joseph Ivan.<\/p>\n<p><em>21 Chump Street<\/em>&nbsp; is a cautionary tale of a high school honors student who falls for a cute<br \/>\ntransfer girl. He goes to great lengths to oblige her request for marijuana in the hopes of<br \/>\nwinning her affection &#8211; only to find out that his crush is actually an undercover cop planted in the school to find drug dealers. <em>21 Chump Street<\/em> discusses the ramifications of peer<br \/>\npressure, conformity and drug use in our schools with a message that will stay with teenagers<br \/>\nlong after they leave the theater. (RNH.com)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent Artist Series is proud to announce the 2019 festival lineup! This year, IAS will be featuring four diverse pieces of live performance, three of which are world premiers. You can find information about the shows below. Stay tuned for interviews, pictures, behind-the-scenes updates, show times and more! Ceremonials Devised by Rachel Brandenburg, Maia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2550,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2550"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/ias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}