{"id":3632,"date":"2012-04-03T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/?p=3632"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:39:45","slug":"chimera-in-the-frear-for-arts-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/2012\/04\/03\/chimera-in-the-frear-for-arts-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"CHIMERA in the Frear for Arts Weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago, Suli Holum &#8217;97 called Deborah Stein &#8217;99 and  pitched an idea for a solo show: a play about chimerism, a medical  phenomenon whereby two sets of DNA exist in one body. They created <em>Chimera<\/em>,  a performance event about a woman who is her own twin, and enlisted  Tara Webb &#8217;94, who works with the intersection of costume design and  technology. The result is a dynamic interchange between a live performer  and her audience against a backdrop of inventive staging and creative  digital technology.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chimera<\/em> made its debut to critical acclaim at the art space  HERE in New York City. Developed with support from the Swarthmore  Project in Theater, <em>Chimera <\/em>launches its road tour during Arts Weekend.<\/p>\n<h4>What critics say:<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Delivers on its ambitious promise&#8230;. <em>Chimera<\/em> has many different stories nestled in its austere, deceptively chilly-seeming frame. And they&#8217;re all good.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8212;<em>The New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Chimera<\/em> only needs a minute to make you question your grasp  on reality&#8230;. By refusing to stay literal, Holum and Stein invite us  to consider large questions.&#8221; &#8212;<em>TDF Stages: A Theater Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Outrageously good &#8230; <em>Chimera<\/em> simultaneously revels in and knowingly dissects the nature of theater without forgetting its primary mission: to entertain.&#8221; &#8212;<em>Backstage<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Swarthmore College performances<\/h4>\n<p><em>Chimera <\/em>will be performed twice on Saturday, April 14,  in\u00a0the Lang Performing Arts Center Frear Ensemble Theatre. The matinee  performance will run from 3-4:15 p.m., followed by a panel discussion with the artists, and an evening performance from  7-8:15 p.m. Alumni,\u00a0parents, and friends must reserve tickets in advance  when registering for Arts Weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AW_Chimera_12.3b3.pdf\">AW_Chimera_12.3b<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago, Suli Holum &#8217;97 called Deborah Stein &#8217;99 and pitched an idea for a solo show: a play about chimerism, a medical phenomenon whereby two sets of DNA exist in one body. They created Chimera, a performance event about a woman who is her own twin, and enlisted Tara Webb &#8217;94, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6882,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3632\/revisions\/6882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}