{"id":7476,"date":"2018-11-26T11:55:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/?p=7476"},"modified":"2019-03-05T11:52:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:52:29","slug":"witch_hunt-a-comedic-work-in-progress-from-the-coho-clown-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/witch_hunt-a-comedic-work-in-progress-from-the-coho-clown-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"WITCH HUNT: A comedic new work from the CoHo Clown CoHort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CoHo Productions presents<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Crucible_CoHo_1_image-by-Signe-Tronson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7479 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Crucible_CoHo_1_image-by-Signe-Tronson-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Crucible_CoHo_1_image-by-Signe-Tronson-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Crucible_CoHo_1_image-by-Signe-Tronson-768x739.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Crucible_CoHo_1_image-by-Signe-Tronson-580x558.jpg 580w, https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Crucible_CoHo_1_image-by-Signe-Tronson.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>January 17 &#8211; 27, 2019*<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><em>WITCH HUNT<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">A new comedic work from the CoHo Clown CoHort,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">influenced by the Puritan work ethic, the Federalist Papers, current events, and also a famous play, kind of but not really.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Directed by Philip Cuomo<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">Featuring Sascha Blocker, Jeff Desautels, Amica Hunter, Emily Newton and Maureen Porter<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">All tickets are Pay What You Can<br \/>\n<!-- START OF VENDINI TAG Copyright (C) 2018 Vendini, Inc. 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How have these systems served to repress creativity? And most importantly, who can beat Satan at musical chairs?!? With extreme physical comedy and minimal dialogue, the CoHo Clown Cohort playfully examines the thrilling boundary between repression and freedom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE ARTISTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supported by a Creative Heights grant from the Oregon Community Foundation, the\u00a0<strong>CoHo Clown CoHort<\/strong>\u00a0was created\u00a0to cultivate an experimental ensemble of clown performers and contextualize\u00a0the value of clowning in the modern theatre landscape. Previous work includes\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/philips-glass-menagerie-cohosummerfest2018-week-4\/\">Philip\u2019s Glass Menagerie<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0an adaptation of the Tennessee Williams classic<em>\u00a0<\/em>exploring whether or not an emotionally intimate story can be told truthfully and powerfully through the extreme physical expression of clowning. A workshop production\u00a0 of <em>PGM<\/em> was presented during the 2018 Fertile Ground Festival of New Work, and received a full production in CoHo Summerfest 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philip Cuomo\u00a0<\/strong>is a director, actor, educator, Third Rail Repertory Theatre core company member, and CoHo\u2019s Producing Artistic Director. His recent directing credits include\u00a0<em>The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence<\/em>\u00a0(CoHo Season 22),<i>The How and The Why<\/i>\u00a0by Sarah Treem (CoHo Season 21),\u00a0<i>The New Electric Ballroom<\/i>\u00a0by Enda Walsh,\u00a0<i>Or<\/i>\u00a0by Liz Duffy Adams,\u00a0<i>Belleville<\/i>\u00a0by Amy Herzog,\u00a0<i>The Mystery of Irma Vep<\/i>\u00a0by Charles Ludlam and\u00a0<i>Crooked<\/i>\u00a0by Catherine\u00a0Trieschmann\u00a0(CoHo Season 18). He has created and directed multiple shows, including\u00a0<i>La Carpa Del Ausente<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>La Carpa Calavera<\/i>\u00a0for Portland\u2019s Milagro Theatre (Drammy winner for outstanding achievement in directing), and the clown shows\u00a0<i>Pas Deux Bits<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Box O\u2019 Briefs<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Exaggeration On A Theme<\/i>. As an actor he has appeared at Lincoln Center, The Hartford Stage, The Civic Theatre of Central Florida, Third Rail, Artists Repertory Theatre, Shaking the Tree, and Imago Theatre. Philip is an adjunct faculty member at Portland State University teaching movement and clown, and a founder and faculty member of the Institute for Contemporary Performance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7476\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/witch_hunt-a-comedic-work-in-progress-from-the-coho-clown-cohort\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7476\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/witch_hunt-a-comedic-work-in-progress-from-the-coho-clown-cohort\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CoHo Productions presents January 17 &#8211; 27, 2019* WITCH HUNT [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7476\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/witch_hunt-a-comedic-work-in-progress-from-the-coho-clown-cohort\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7476\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/witch_hunt-a-comedic-work-in-progress-from-the-coho-clown-cohort\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Witch-Hunt-web.png","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WITCH HUNT: A comedic new work from the CoHo Clown CoHort |<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WITCH HUNT: A new, fully staged, comedic work-in-progress performance from the CoHo Clown CoHort,\u00a0influenced by the Puritan work ethic, the Federalist Papers, current events, and also a famous play, kind of but not really.\u00a0Presented as part of the 2019 Fertile Ground Festival of New Work. 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