Ko Festival of Performance, in its 27th summer season on the
Amherst College campus, is a perennially popular summer experience in Western
Massachusetts, featuring five weeks of theatrical performances, the KoFest
Story Slam, and three 6-day intensive theater workshops. Unlike standard summer
stock theater, Ko performances are all original, devised pieces, created by
distinguished professional solo and ensemble theater artists from across the
U.S. Each year, the performances are curated around a theme; this year it’s
“RADICAL ACTS” and audiences will have an opportunity to meet a group of 60’s
radicals, hear true tales of going AWOL in the jungle, examining one’s
relationship with the planet and the courage to create. Post-performance
discussions, often with guest experts, are included.
July 6 – 9 | THE RADICALIZATION PROCESS | The Hinterlands
The Living Theatre’s "Antigone" asks us to
question our assumptions about what drives us to take action.
July 13 & 14 @ 8pm | July 15 @ 1:30pm| THE OVEN
AWOL, on a shamanic journey into the Amazon leads to
discoveries of just how precarious our Western views on faith & reason
really are.
July 21 | 8pm | KoFest STORY SLAM & PARTY
Returning this year, Ko focuses on short, true, first-person
stories of “RADICAL ACTS” told by community members and Ko artists.
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| "Like A Mother Bear" |
July 27 – 29 | LIKE A MOTHER BEAR | Helen Stoltzfus/Black
Swan Arts & Media
One woman’s journey to healing in which she discovers the
Great Bear Mother of the imagination and all that comes with it.
Aug 3 – 5 | INDUSTRIOUS ANGELS | Laurie McCants, music by
Guy Klucevsek
A solo, hand-crafted story-spinning shadow-puppet
memory-play with music.
For tickets and further information contact www.kofest.com or call after July 2 at (413) 542-3750.
Before July 2, information can be found online or at (413) 427-6147.
