The Near Misses
The Near Misses
(2018-20)
Performances
January 11, 2020 – Vox Populi w/ Daniel de Jesús – Philadelphia, PA
January 3 & 4, 2020 – Baltimore Theatre Project – Baltimore, MD
January 5, 2020 – DC Arts Center – Washington, DC
November 11, 2019 – Black Iris – Richmond, VA
November 10, 2019 – Dwell w/ Cal Folger Day – Washington, DC
November 8, 2019 – Samek Art Museum – Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
September 8, 2019 – The Jefferson Theater w/ Richelle Claiborne – Charlottesville, VA
August 25, 2019 – Camp Corduroy Festival w/ Devon Sproule & Diane Cluck – Louisa, VA
June 1, 2019 – Live Arts, Charlottesville, VA
May 31, 2019 – The Southern Café & Music Hall, Charlottesville, VA
January 11, 2020 – Vox Populi w/ Daniel de Jesús – Philadelphia, PA
January 3 & 4, 2020 – Baltimore Theatre Project – Baltimore, MD
January 5, 2020 – DC Arts Center – Washington, DC
November 11, 2019 – Black Iris – Richmond, VA
November 10, 2019 – Dwell w/ Cal Folger Day – Washington, DC
November 8, 2019 – Samek Art Museum – Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
September 8, 2019 – The Jefferson Theater w/ Richelle Claiborne – Charlottesville, VA
August 25, 2019 – Camp Corduroy Festival w/ Devon Sproule & Diane Cluck – Louisa, VA
June 1, 2019 – Live Arts, Charlottesville, VA
May 31, 2019 – The Southern Café & Music Hall, Charlottesville, VA
The Near Misses is an experimental pop opera in the form of an all-woman band. The show contains an original song cycle, sound collages, choreography, and video projections centered around true near-death stories. These survival stories are curated to represent a range of scenarios and power dynamics from the personal to the global.
The performers evoke through music, movement, video projections, and sound recordings true accounts of peril and intersecting trauma. They embody the survivors’ own interpretations of what is beautiful and innately dysfunctional about humanity, and examine the role of personal and collective memory. As we’ve gathered these trauma stories, we see what they share in common are exquisite recollections of beauty, dark humor, and courage, as well as gaps in memory, lasting changes in perspective, and reconfigured identities.
The stories The Near Misses are telling have been gathered from woman-identified women, mostly from the Charlottesville community. Though the stories are personal and specific to their circumstances, we have chosen them because they are archetypal. We are devoted to amplifying voices and stories that are particular to women in some cases.
Personnel include Paige Naylor (co-Producer, composer & performer) Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell (co-Producer, director & lyricist), Kara McLane Burke (performer), Katie Baer Schetlick (performer), Catherine Monnes (performer) & Mona Kasra (video projection design).
For more info, please visit The Near Misses website.
photo by Elizabeth Swider
photo by Elizabeth Swider
photo by Elizabeth Swider
photo by Billy Hunt
photo by Corbett Simpson
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