October 17-18, 2015
Reed Theatre: Bread and Puppet Theater Residency, Fire
Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., Diver Studio Theatre, PAB
*This event is SOLD OUT. However, there will be a wait list available one hour prior to the start of each performance. Please feel free to sign up at that time if you wish to add your name to the wait list.
Reed Theatre is delighted to welcome Vermont's legendary Bread and Puppet Theater to Reed for their sole Portland stop on this rare West Coast tour. Created in 1965, and later dedicated to three Americans who immolated themselves in protest against the war in Viet Nam, Fire is a glimpse into seven days in a Vietnamese community which is incinerated by firebombs, followed by a scene referencing the protest self-immolations. Fire is performed with life-sized puppets which resemble their manipulators. George Dennison, author, educator, and longtime observer of Bread & Puppet, said: "To some extent (Fire) is a service to the dead. Beyond this it manifests certain of the deep premises of the human condition, the inequitableness of life, our dependencies on each other, the social nature of the self." Tickets: $10–20.