Adams Theater Presents 'Note From a Sheep I Met at the Dawn'

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ADAMS, Mass. — The Adams Theater will present NYC based Japanese theater maker, performer, animator, and visual artist Maiko Kikuchi's "Note From a Sheep I Met at the Dawn," on Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. 

It's part puppetry work, part performance art, all focused on the boundaries between dreams and reality, and finding a way to bring our daydreams to life, stated a press release. 

Tickets, which range from $20-$35, are available at www.adamstheater.org/eventsThis is the second of the theater's three-part puppetry series this season; the third, "Feral," by Sandglass Theater, takes place Oct. 18.)

According to a press release:

Maiko Kikuchi has been studying this phenomenon for years through her theater, puppetry and installation practice. Her works are visible daydreams, the extension of a world inside her mind; "Note From a Sheep I Met at the Dawn" will take audiences through six vignettes where surrealistic worlds are created, inspired by diary-like narrations. Using props and ordinary materials, she transforms the neutral space into an immersive installation of visible daydreams, inviting viewers to ponder the delicate boundary between reality and dreams. 

Kikuchi has spent time in the past working on "Note from a Sheep I Met at the Dawn" and other works in various other residency settings, including at LaMama Experimental Theater Club in New York.

After receiving her B.A. in Theater Arts and Fashion Design from Musashino Art University in 2008, and M.F.A. in Sculpture from Pratt Institute in 2012, Kikuchi's desire to broaden the expression of her daydreams led her to the theatre field in 2013. Her puppet theatre works have been produced or presented at The Puppet Lab, St. Ann's Warehouse, Dixon Place, the Public Theater, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has presented her visual art work in both solo and group exhibitions nationwide, creating animations for musicians, theatre companies and cultural organizations. Kikuchi is one of four curators of Object Movement Puppetry Residency and a board member of Puppetry Guild of Greater New York. Her recent project in collaboration with Spencer Lott at the Japan Society, "9000 Paper Balloons," reflected on Kikuchi's family history in Japan in relation to World War II.

Reserve tickets and see our full season lineup at www.adamstheater.org/events

The Adams Theater participates in Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program, in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Program, and the Mass Health Connector.

EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders receive free admission to our shows and events by presenting their cards at our Box Office. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBTWIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.

 

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Hoosac Valley Seeks to Prevent 'Volatile' Assessments

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass.— The "volatile" shifts in Hoosac Valley Regional School District's town assessments year to year is hard for smaller towns to absorb; however, a proposed change to the regional agreement would fix that. 
 
During the Select Board meeting last week, Superintendent Aaron Dean presented the proposed change to the regional agreement that would set assessments based on a five-year rolling average rather than the annual student enrollment.
 
"The long-term goal is to make the assessment process a little bit more viable for people from year-to-year," he said. 
 
An ad hoc committee was convened to review the district's agreement, during which concerns arose about the rapid fluctuations in assessments.
 
"I think you have to look short term, and you have to look long term. The goal is to kind of level it off and make planning easier and flatten that curve in terms of how it's going to impact both communities," Dean said. 
 
Every year, it is a little more difficult for one community because they are feeling disproportionately impacted compared to the other, he said. 
 
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