Sailing on String was first produced in 2019 at The Lab at Convergence
If you are looking for information on the 2024 performance at The Kennedy Center, click here
If you are looking for information on the 2024 performance at The Kennedy Center, click here
Created by Becca Drew Ramsey
Directed by Kate Debelack
Best for children ages 0-2 and their families
A simple piece of yarn can become so many things! Follow two curious explorers on a voyage into a world made of string! Yarn birds fly through the air. A string ship travels the sea. This gentle, engaging performance features object transformation, movement, live string music, and captivating design. Follow the twists, turns, and eventual tangles of this special immersive performance for our youngest audience members!
This show runs about 20 minutes in length and will be followed by a 5-10 minute
hands-on exploration of the props used in the show.
Directed by Kate Debelack
Best for children ages 0-2 and their families
A simple piece of yarn can become so many things! Follow two curious explorers on a voyage into a world made of string! Yarn birds fly through the air. A string ship travels the sea. This gentle, engaging performance features object transformation, movement, live string music, and captivating design. Follow the twists, turns, and eventual tangles of this special immersive performance for our youngest audience members!
This show runs about 20 minutes in length and will be followed by a 5-10 minute
hands-on exploration of the props used in the show.
The Lab at Convergence
1819 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, VA 22302
May 2-18, 2019
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Photos by Ryan Maxwell Photography
Sail On String At Home!
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Click here for a list of activities you can do at home to engage your child in creative play!
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Artistic Team
Becca Drew Ramsey (Playwright, Designer) is a NC-based theatre maker who specializes in creative drama, theatre design, and theatre for the very young. She earned her MFA in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities from the University of Texas at Austin. In Chicago, she served as Artistic Director of Bubbles Academy, an arts-integrated enrichment center where she developed innovative programming for babies to five-year-olds. At Lexington Children's Theatre, Becca Drew worked as Education Associate, teaching theatre classes to young people, designing for MainStage productions and performing for young audiences. Becca Drew's Artistry is heavily influenced by young people. She believes passionately in the power a practicing artist can have in the classroom and the powerful influence young people have on practicing artists.
Kate Debelack (Director) is a DC-area director and actor and a proud company member of Arts on the Horizon. Kate created and directed By the Seashore and directed Sunny and Licorice with Arts on the Horizon. Other directing credits include the One Minute Play Festival, Capital Fringe, and Cherry Red Productions. D.C. acting credits include: Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences (American Scrapbook), The Shakespeare Theatre (Ion), The Studio Theatre (Fat Pig, Long Christmas Ride Home, Ivanov, Blue Heart), Studio Theatre 2ndstage (Bat Boy the Musical, Love’s Fire, The Wild Party), Taffety Punk (Measure for Measure), Forum (The Memorandum), Longacre Lea (Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s Macbeth), MetroStage (Electra), and Cherry Red Productions (Cinema Verité, Anger Box, Worm Girl, Spamlet, andZombie Attack!). Regional: New York International Fringe Festival, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre. She is the Associate Artistic Director of The Klunch and teaches at the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory.
E-hui (Lighting Designer) is currently based in Singapore and is very excited to be back for her second show with Arts on the Horizon! Previous and current local designs include Outside the Lines (Arts on the Horizon), 14 (Theatre Prometheus), Sweeney Todd (The Arlington Players), Tartuffe (Perisphere Theater), No Word in Guyanese for Me (Rainbow Theatre Project), Rabbit Summer (Ally Theatre Company), The Real Americans & Draw the Circle (Mosaic Theater Company), To Tell My Story (The Welders), King John & Lion in Winter (4615 Theatre Company), Source Festival 2017, .d0t :: a RotoPlastic Ballet (Pointless Theatre), and Marx in Soho (Nu Sass Productions). Extra love and thanks to her pillar of support, for being the sweetest and most understanding throughout this period of having sailed abroad (though sadly not on string!) Portfolio: www.e-hui.info
Drew Neitzey (Stage Manager) is delighted to be teaming up with Arts on the Horizon once again! This past season, he was the Stage Manager for Outside the Lines. Previous D.C. credits include Three Sisters, The Hard Problem, and Hand to God (Studio Theatre). Other credits include productions and events with the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre, The Glimmerglass Festival, Endstation Theatre Company, and the American Pops Orchestra. In addition to his stage management work, Drew was fortunate to work with Aurora Productions on the Pre-Broadway production of Mean Girls at the National Theater. Drew received his B.A. in Theatre Arts and Communication Studies from Stetson University.
Kate Debelack (Director) is a DC-area director and actor and a proud company member of Arts on the Horizon. Kate created and directed By the Seashore and directed Sunny and Licorice with Arts on the Horizon. Other directing credits include the One Minute Play Festival, Capital Fringe, and Cherry Red Productions. D.C. acting credits include: Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences (American Scrapbook), The Shakespeare Theatre (Ion), The Studio Theatre (Fat Pig, Long Christmas Ride Home, Ivanov, Blue Heart), Studio Theatre 2ndstage (Bat Boy the Musical, Love’s Fire, The Wild Party), Taffety Punk (Measure for Measure), Forum (The Memorandum), Longacre Lea (Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s Macbeth), MetroStage (Electra), and Cherry Red Productions (Cinema Verité, Anger Box, Worm Girl, Spamlet, andZombie Attack!). Regional: New York International Fringe Festival, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre. She is the Associate Artistic Director of The Klunch and teaches at the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory.
E-hui (Lighting Designer) is currently based in Singapore and is very excited to be back for her second show with Arts on the Horizon! Previous and current local designs include Outside the Lines (Arts on the Horizon), 14 (Theatre Prometheus), Sweeney Todd (The Arlington Players), Tartuffe (Perisphere Theater), No Word in Guyanese for Me (Rainbow Theatre Project), Rabbit Summer (Ally Theatre Company), The Real Americans & Draw the Circle (Mosaic Theater Company), To Tell My Story (The Welders), King John & Lion in Winter (4615 Theatre Company), Source Festival 2017, .d0t :: a RotoPlastic Ballet (Pointless Theatre), and Marx in Soho (Nu Sass Productions). Extra love and thanks to her pillar of support, for being the sweetest and most understanding throughout this period of having sailed abroad (though sadly not on string!) Portfolio: www.e-hui.info
Drew Neitzey (Stage Manager) is delighted to be teaming up with Arts on the Horizon once again! This past season, he was the Stage Manager for Outside the Lines. Previous D.C. credits include Three Sisters, The Hard Problem, and Hand to God (Studio Theatre). Other credits include productions and events with the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre, The Glimmerglass Festival, Endstation Theatre Company, and the American Pops Orchestra. In addition to his stage management work, Drew was fortunate to work with Aurora Productions on the Pre-Broadway production of Mean Girls at the National Theater. Drew received his B.A. in Theatre Arts and Communication Studies from Stetson University.
Cast
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Paige O’Malley (Twine) graduated from New York University with degrees in Art Therapy and Spanish language. She is a long-time puppeteer having performed on several national tours. Most notably on tour, she played the title character in Swazzle's puppet adaptation of The Little Prince. Some of Paige’s local credits include: Tame (Blind Pug Arts Collective), A Bid to Save the World (Rorschach Theatre), Widower’s Houses (Washington Stage Guild), and Adult Entertainment (The Klunch). Paige is currently working on a new adaption of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (opening Halloween 2018) and of Treasure Island (Spring 2019), both produced by We Happy Few. Paige also works at the Library of Congress narrating audiobooks for the blind. You can also catch her Wednesday mornings at 11am performing a weekly puppet show at Walls of Books DC.
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Rafael Sebastian (Tangle) is making his Arts on The Horizon debut. Folger Theatre: Macbeth; Mosaic Theatre Company: Paper Dolls (American Premiere); National Gallery of Art: Color’s Garden; The Kennedy Center NNPN: Cartography; Adventure Theatre MTC: The Jungle Book; Imagination Stage: Wiley and the Hairy Man (Helen Hayes Award - Outstanding TYA Production); Shakespeare Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet; Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Fantasticks, Romeo and Juliet; The Hub Theatre: Carried Away on the Crest of a Wave (American Premiere). Regional: Constellation Theatre Company, Forum Theatre, Marin Shakespeare Company, Sacramento Theatre Company, Sierra Repertory Theatre. International/Teaching: Artists Striving to End Poverty (Chennai, India) and Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School: @rafaelsebastian_ www.rafaelsebastian.com
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