Written by David Kilpatrick
Remount directed by Matt Bassett
Original Direction by Jennifer Furlong
Best for children ages 2-5 and their families
What happens when you invite someone very different from you to come over to play? Just such an adventure awaits an adventurous child when she introduces her shy imaginary friend to a very special kitchen, where instead of food, they'll cook up beautiful music! This gentle, whimsical adventure celebrates friendship and turning the ordinary into the extraordinary as you never know just what will become a musical instrument next. Pasta box shakers and dishes drumming away with spoons are just some of the friendly surprises that encourage a child's sense of play. And as our heroine empowers her timid friend to create music, we discover just what wonders can be accomplished when we all work together.
Remount directed by Matt Bassett
Original Direction by Jennifer Furlong
Best for children ages 2-5 and their families
What happens when you invite someone very different from you to come over to play? Just such an adventure awaits an adventurous child when she introduces her shy imaginary friend to a very special kitchen, where instead of food, they'll cook up beautiful music! This gentle, whimsical adventure celebrates friendship and turning the ordinary into the extraordinary as you never know just what will become a musical instrument next. Pasta box shakers and dishes drumming away with spoons are just some of the friendly surprises that encourage a child's sense of play. And as our heroine empowers her timid friend to create music, we discover just what wonders can be accomplished when we all work together.
The Lab Theatre at Convergence
1819 N. Quaker Lane
Alexandria, VA 22302
October 6-21 2017
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H St, NE
Washington, DC 20002
October 25-29, 2017
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Study Guide
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Continue the experience at home with our Drumming with Dishes Study Guide. Enjoy activities inspired by the show and extend learning beyond the production.
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Production photos by Chris Mueller.
Artistic Team
David Kilpatrick (Playwright) is DC-area arts administrator and playwright, and proud company member of Arts on the Horizon. His playwriting career began in second grade with a show called Father Fox Tries to Get Some Chickens. Written on his parents' typewriter and starring his classmates, the piece proved to be so popular it then toured all the way down the hall to the first grade. Now, all of these years later, he's not only delighted to have made a career in theatre, but is also honored to be writing plays for children under 6. His other plays with Arts on the Horizon include: The Young Spectaculars and the Front Yard Adventure, Point A to Point B, and the Holiday Edition of Drumming with Dishes. His adaptation of Lindsay Ward’s picture book Please Bring Balloons was produced by New York City Children’s Theater last February. Upcoming productions include a remount of Please Bring Balloons in New York and a production of Point A to Point B at The Rose Theater in Omaha, NE in October 2017. David is currently the Director of Education Programs and Productions at the Kennedy Center after serving as the Manager of Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences for nearly ten years.
Matt Bassett (Remount Director) is a DC-area director and a proud company member of Arts on the Horizon, most recently creating and directing 2017's Nutt and Bolt. Additionally, Matt is Associate Artistic Director of The Hub Theatre in Fairfax, VA. He previously directed and created Under the Canopy (2014) and Out of the Box (2012) with his wife, Tia Shearer, for AOTH. His DMV credits include multiple productions with The Hub Theatre (including 2014’s Failure: A Love Story, nominated for 6 2015 Helen Hayes Awards including Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Play), productions with Flying V Theatre and Compass Rose Theatre. Educational directing includes productions with The Catholic University of America, Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre Programs, Montgomery College, MC Summer Dinner Theatre, Metropolitan School of the Arts and Imagination Stage’s Education Department. Matt holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Tennessee, serves as Theater Department Chair of Metropolitan School of the Arts, teaches on the faculties of Montgomery College, The National Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts and Imagination Stage, and served as a judge for the Helen Hayes Awards from 2013-2016. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland with his family.
Lauren Pekel (Stage Manager) is a freelance stage manger and a recent DC transplant. Her DC theatre credits include Studio Theatre and the Capital Fringe Festival. Regionally, she has worked in opera, theatre, and dance with the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program, Skylight Music Theatre, and Your Mother Dances among others. Lauren holds a BFA in Stage Management from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Cast
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Malinda Kathleen Reese (Child) is delighted to be making her Arts on the Horizons debut! DC: Adventure Theater: Ella in Ella Enchanted; The Kennedy Center: The Night Before Christmas, The Snow Queen, Why the Chimes Rang, Me…Jane (reading), In the Darkroom the Lord Knows (reading); Warner Theatre: At Home in the World; Washington Stage Guild: Back to Methuselah, The Keegan Theater: Soldiers of the Cross (reading); Regional: Powerhouse Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. New York: Lincoln Center: At Home in the World; New World Stages: Broadway Artist Alliance Showcases 2009 – 2014. London: The Oval House Theater: The Unnatural Tragedy (world premiere); Educational: How the Lighthouse Became an Island (world premiere), Time Stands Still, 2023 (world premiere). International Tour (USA, Japan, Uganda): At Home In the World; YouTube: Google Translate Sings Series. She is a graduate of Vassar College and the British American Drama Academy. www.youtube.com/MalindaKathleenReese.
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Julia Klavans (Friend) is delighted to perform with Arts on the Horizon for the first time! Other projects include: National Tour: Elephant and Piggie's We are in a Play!, Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences; Jumanji, Adventure Theatre MTC; My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, Guys and Dolls, Olney Theatre Center; Absolutely! Perhaps, Constellation Theatre; The Oregon Trail, Flying V Theatre; Zombie Prom, Unexpected Stage; Seasons of Light, Smithsonian's Discovery Theater; (a love story), Source Festival; A Midsummer Night's Dream, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts. Julia is a proud graduate of Baltimore School for the Arts and University of Maryland, College Park. Upcoming: The Wild Party at Constellation Theatre.
Cristian Linares (Musician) is excited to be working with Arts on the Horizon for the first time! Previous acting credits include Montgomery College: Twelfth Night (Duke Orsino), The Waiting Room (Douglas McCaskill), The Conference of the Birds (ensemble), Almost Blue (Phil), Marisol (Lenny), and Art of Murder (Jack Brooks). Other TV credits include Copycat Killers, Hell House, and For My Man. He hopes the kids enjoy the show and thanks his family and friends for the endless love and support!
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