Doug Berky Theatre

Kairos Residency

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This residency is designed for college acting students. Minimum time for this residency is one week, maximum is three weeks. This residency involves working with a group of at least ten student actors. Students will learn the techniques of mask theatre and improvisation. During the residency the students will incorporated into the production of “Kairos.” The last night of the residency the students will perform with Doug in this production.

Seminars

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Humor Happens

Doug shares his insights into the role of humor in health and healing. Combining thirty years of physical comedy experience with family stories of living with chronic illness, he leads his listeners into a conversation about the healing capacity of laughter.

Production Direction and Consultation

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Production Direction

Doug is available to direct full productions or projects.

Consultations

Doug is available to productions to help actors understand acting styles, mask work, physical theatre concepts and mask design.

Workshops and Residencies

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For schools, K-8th grade, classes may include creative dramatics, theatre games, mime, mask theatre, storytelling. Long term residencies could include the development of literature into a theatrical performance presented by the students.

High School and university classes include movement for actors, mime, mask, theatre, mask-making, commedia dell’arte, and circus skills.

No Show

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Doug combines the classic performance arts of mime, mask theater, and physical comedy into his performance of No Show. A performance has been scheduled, but the actor fails to show. Or does he? What will happen when a lone spectator finds himself unwittingly on stage? Doug is transformed into several characters ranging from a gorilla to a ballerina as he explores the props and masks on stage. Audiences experience a variety of theatre forms: mime, mask theater, circus arts, and storytelling in this hilarious performance for the whole family.

The Soldier’s Tale

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by Igor Stravinsky

The Soldier’ Tale was written during World War I by composer Igor Stravinsky and Swiss poet and novelist C.F. Ramuz. Inspired by Russian stories, it is a Faust-like tale in which a soldier eventually looses his soul to the Devil.

Written for a “portable” ensemble of seven instruments and three actors, this production is directed by Doug Berky. Working with Doug in this production are; Dr. Steven Ward, professor of conducting at Abilene Christian University, and Thomas and Sherry Ward, actors and faculty at Baylor University. Musicians are provided by local orchestra. For more information contact Loyd Artists.

Kairos

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Kairos is an impressionist telling of the story of Jesus of Nazareth as found in the first four Gospels in the Christian New Testament. This production utilizes large stylized masks and symbolic visual images to help the audience consider the Gospel story, its context, and popular cultural assumptions.

Kairos Residency

On college and university campuses, Kairos can be a one week to a three week residency. A group of 10-20 students work intensively with Doug on mask and movement theatre techniques and are incorporated into a performance of Kairos at the end of the residency period.

Foolosophies

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Foolosophies is a collection of dramatic and comic reflections inspired by the role of the fool throughout history. The sketches included in this performance are selected for each audience. Foolosophies includes circus, vaudeville slapstick, mask and contemplative theatre meditations. It ‘s variety format makes it appropriate for adult and college audiences.

Gems: The World’s Wisdom Stories

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Doug Berky presents stories from around the world. Classic collections such as “Aeosop’s Fables” from Greece, the “Jataka Tales” from India, and stories of Hans Christian Andersen from Denmark have inspired and educated the world’s young people for years. Also included in the performance are stories from lesser known collections of folklore and mythology from Asian, African, the Middle Eastern, and Native American peoples. It is through story that people around the world have passed on knowledge and wisdom to their children.

In a performance of Gems, Doug weaves together many art forms to create the fabric of the stories. Masks, puppets, mime, drama, comedy, music, and storytelling are integral elements that help the audience to experience these treasures of wisdom. The composition of each performance of Gems is determined by considering the audience, the occasion, and the venue of an engagement. A performance might include a selection from the following stories:

The Lion and the Mouse
The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Aeosop’s)
The Drip Nose Boy (Native American)
The Lame Man and the Blind Man (Middle East)
The Tiger’s Whisker (Korea)
The Crocodile and the Monkey (India)

Performances

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A Doug Berky performance is an intricately woven fabric of several art forms. Doug uses the antics of physical comedy, the disguise of the mask, the illusion of mime, and the dynamics of story, to bring laughter and compassion to performances that transcend age, race and culture.