Thursday, October 21 – Saturday, October 23 at 7 p.m., with staggered group excursions
Sunday, October 24 at 2 p.m., with staggered group excursions
Friday, October 29 – Saturday, October 30 at 7 p.m., with staggered group excursions

Paperplay! Adventures in Kamishibai

Created by the Student Ensemble with Prof. Natsu Onoda Power

Welcome back to creative play in the Davis Center! This series of short works created by student performer-designer-storytellers and Natsu Onoda Power is inspired by kamishibai, a style of Japanese street performance that uses illustrated paper placards. PAPERPLAY inventively retools the pre-cinema form of kamishibai, when a solo performer would ride a bicycle around towns and then perform, stopping at street corners to mesmerize children with folk tales, intrigue grown-ups with pulp fiction, and sometimes sell candy. Join us for this solo and ensemble performance that moves in and beyond the Davis Center, using kamishibai! 

Designed for small live audiences, this piece opens our Makers in the Space: Making Space Home Season. All performers and audience members will remain masked while inside. Paperplay is an ambulatory interactive performance that travels between multiple non-traditional performance sites in the Davis Center. While the performance takes place on several floors, elevators are available throughout the tour for accessibility.

DAVIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | ROVING, BEGINS IN MAIN LOBBY
Estimated run time: 70 minutes with no intermission.

This event is open to the GU community of students, faculty, and staff with GUID. Masks and Eventbrite registration required.