Written by David Kilpatrick
Tour Remount Directed by Matt Bassett
Original Direction by Jessica Furlong
Best for children ages 2 - 5
What happens when you invite someone very different from you to come over to play? Such an adventure awaits an energetic child when she introduces her shy imaginary friend to a very special kitchen. But instead of food, they'll cook up beautiful music! This gentle, whimsical adventure celebrates friendship and turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. Join us and discover what wonders can be accomplished through friendship!
Tour Remount Directed by Matt Bassett
Original Direction by Jessica Furlong
Best for children ages 2 - 5
What happens when you invite someone very different from you to come over to play? Such an adventure awaits an energetic child when she introduces her shy imaginary friend to a very special kitchen. But instead of food, they'll cook up beautiful music! This gentle, whimsical adventure celebrates friendship and turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. Join us and discover what wonders can be accomplished through friendship!
Local Tour
February 17 - March 7, 2020
Drumming with Dishes will be touring to local schools and venues in winter 2020.
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H St, NE
Washington, DC 20002
March 11-15, 2020
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Study Guide
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Artistic Team
David Kilpatrick (Playwright) is a 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. For the past two years, David has served as the Director of Education Programs and Productions at the Kennedy Center. Before that, he served as 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, happily returning to Drumming with Dishes after directing the 2017 remount (Helen Hayes Awards nomination for Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences). Additionally, Matt is Artistic Director of The Hub Theatre in Fairfax, VA. Previously for Arts on the Horizon, he created and directed 2017's Nutt and Bolt (HHA nomination – Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences), in addition to 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.
Genevive Dornemann (Stage Manager) is excited to be working with Arts on the Horizon! She loves being a part of Theatre for the Very Young. Previously, she has worked on the following productions for young audiences with Imagination Stage: Oyeme, the Beautiful (Stage Manager - 2019 Tour), Inside Out (Stage Manager), the Ballad of Mu Lan (Deck/Wardrobe Crew), Antigone (Rehearsal Stage Manager). She has also worked with Synetic Theater: The Tempest (Production Stage Manager); Constellation Theatre Company: The Master and Margarita (Production Assistant Stage Manager). She was also a 2017-2018 Production Apprentice at Imagination Stage. She has a BA in Theatre from Valparaiso University. Geneveive wants to thank her family and friends for their continual love and support!
Matt Bassett (Remount Director) is a DC-area director and a proud company member of Arts on the Horizon, happily returning to Drumming with Dishes after directing the 2017 remount (Helen Hayes Awards nomination for Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences). Additionally, Matt is Artistic Director of The Hub Theatre in Fairfax, VA. Previously for Arts on the Horizon, he created and directed 2017's Nutt and Bolt (HHA nomination – Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences), in addition to 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.
Genevive Dornemann (Stage Manager) is excited to be working with Arts on the Horizon! She loves being a part of Theatre for the Very Young. Previously, she has worked on the following productions for young audiences with Imagination Stage: Oyeme, the Beautiful (Stage Manager - 2019 Tour), Inside Out (Stage Manager), the Ballad of Mu Lan (Deck/Wardrobe Crew), Antigone (Rehearsal Stage Manager). She has also worked with Synetic Theater: The Tempest (Production Stage Manager); Constellation Theatre Company: The Master and Margarita (Production Assistant Stage Manager). She was also a 2017-2018 Production Apprentice at Imagination Stage. She has a BA in Theatre from Valparaiso University. Geneveive wants to thank her family and friends for their continual love and support!
Cast
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Florence Babatunde (Child) is ecstatic to tour with Arts on the Horizon for the first time! She has worked with AOTH as a teaching artist and performed in a workshop rendition of Off the Page. Previous credits include: Cuentos Muy Mágicos & African Roots/Latino Soul, Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater; Under(world), TBD Immersive; Richard II & Punching People You Never Met, Longacre Lea. TV: TWD: World Beyond, The Good Lord Bird, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Handmaid’s Tale and the movie Wonder Woman 1984. She’s recently appeared in commercials for VA lottery, Inova & Destination DC. When Florence is not onstage or onset, you may find her: musicking, scene painting, or brushing up on a language. Love and thanks to her family and friends. Go DUKES! www.florencebabatunde.com
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Zoe Walpole (Friend) (she/her/hers) is thrilled to make her Arts on the Horizon debut! She most recently played the titular character in Factory 449’s production of Agnes of God. Other favorite roles include Frankie in The Member of the Wedding (1st Stage); Vixen in Elaine May’s Adult Entertainment (The Klunch); Clementine in Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies (Mosaic Theater Company); and Nell Gwynne in Or, (Theatre Prometheus). She teaches young actors at Studio Acting Conservatory, where she completed the three-year curriculum and is represented for stage and film by Capital Talent Agency. Find out more @zoewalp and www.zoewalpole.com.
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Camilo Linares (Musician) is excited to be back for the touring remount of Drumming with Dishes. Camilo is a DC actor originally from Bogotá, Colombia. Recent credits: Theory (Mosaic Theater Company), La Vida es Sueño, Picasso in Picasso (GALA Hispanic Theatre), Philadelphia Community Mass (The Kennedy Center), Much Ado About Nothing (PG County's Shakespeare in the Parks), La Gallina y la Arepa de Maíz (Teatro La Bolsa), A New Nation (Convergence Theatre), and Óyeme, The Beautiful (Imagination Stage). TV credits include: Copycat Killers (Reelz Channel), Hell House and For My Man (Investigation Discovery). Camilo received his associate's degree in theatre performance from Montgomery College and is a graduate of the British American Drama Academy.
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