EXILE 2588
AN ACROBATIC ADAPTATION OF THE STORY OF IO
SET 500 YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
“Breathtaking physicality… haunting musical harmonies… top-notch design. After captivating us with movement, music, and storytelling, Exile 2588 leaves us pondering the timeless questions about mortality and wondering if unending life at all cost is truly better than a natural life cycle and ultimate death. This is really heady stuff; don’t miss it.”
— Deb Miller, DC Metro Theater Arts
The hit of the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Smashing together the genre of space epic with the sweet strains of American folk music, Almanac’s physical vocabulary swells to include break dance, static trapeze, and ever more innovative ensemble acrobatics, asking timeless questions about mortality and how much control we have over our bodies. Almanac’s signature style of physical storytelling, dance, and circus is accompanied by an original song cycle by Chickabiddy (Aaron Cromie and Emily Schuman).
CREDITS
Exile 2588 was originally performed at the Painted Bride Art Center, September, 2016.
Created and performed by Nicole Burgio, Nick Gillette, Ben Grinberg, Lauren Johns, and Mark Wong with live original music by Chickabiddy
Created and directed by Nick Jonczak
Outside Eye Dan Rothenberg
Set Design by Peter Smith
Lighting Design by Robin Stamey
Costume Design by Natalia de la Torre with assistance from Sarah Mitchell
Production Managed by Robin Stamey
