Newly Announced Hermitage Artist Retreat Programs

Rebecca Crenshaw

 

Newly announced Hermitage Artist Retreat programs begin with “Stage, Page, and Useful Rage” from Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez (Olga Dies Dreaming), alongside award-winning playwright and librettist Julia Jordan (Murder Ballad), on Friday, April 5, 6:30pm, on the Hermitage Beach. On Wednesday, April 24 at 3:30pm, hear from Hermitage Fellow Sarah Gancher, an Obie Award-winning playwright, who will share excepts of her original work and offer insight into how she approaches a range of theatrical writing projects during “Writing for the Stage”, at the Venice campus of the State College of Florida, 8000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice. In May, one of the nation’s greatest mimes and storytellers Bill Bowers, who was trained by the legendary Marcel Marceau, and Kavita Shah, an award-winning vocalist and composer who has performed all over the world, present, “Sound and Silence”, on Thursday, May 2, 6:30-7:30pm, at Historic Spanish Point, 401 N. Tamiami Trail, Osprey. Two innovative Hermitage Fellows present “Waves: Movements that Shape Us” on the Hermitage Beach, 6660 Manasota Key Road, on Friday, May 10 at 6:30pm. Rebecca Crenshaw is a New Orleans-based artist, educator, and violinist; her practice is shaped by the soundwaves she creates with bands like Grammy Award-winners “Arcade Fire” and “Mumford & Sons”. Bess Wohl is a Tony Award-nominated playwright with Broadway and off-Broadway plays “Camp Siegfried”, “Grand Horizons” and “Small Mouth Sounds”. An Obie Award-winning Hermitage Fellow, playwright, and director, Shayok Misha Chowdhury, shares work and talks process in a candid and empowering program. “Seeing Oneself & Celebrating Identity” on Friday, May 15 at 6:30pm in the Asolo Repertory Theatre’s Koski Center, 1009 Tallevast Road, Sarasota. Returning Hermitage Fellow and composer Robert Pound’s original piano piece, “Sonata in Memoriam Lloyd Arriola”, will be performed on Friday, May 24 at 5:30pm at the Oak Street Stage, 2050 Oak Street, Sarasota. He will share insights and the composition will be performed by Juilliard-trained pianist, Charles Hulin IV. Each of these programs have a $5 registration fee. To view the complete schedule and register, go to hermitageartistretreat.org. Photo: Violinist Rebecca Crenshaw will be at the Hermitage Beach on Friday, May 10th.