Interviews!

Here is the link to hear my interview with rep radio a few weeks ago!

http://repradio.org/2011/10/10/theorphantree/

Also - our local newspaper wrote an article about Naked Feet!

http://reach.inm.com/viewer/ViewerApplication.php?user=232&name=SPIRIT-111012&key=x323332603230303731313039313431323432602D313339303038383738

On Monday I had a great radio interview with the iiour show on www.wnjc1360.com
check in in a few days when the recorded show is up! It was awesome!
Enjoy!!!

What is The Orphan Tree?

'The Orphan Tree' was born from an experiment in ensemble exploration. Hannah Tsapatoris MacLeod, Vivian Appler, Jackie Ruggerio and Makaria Tsapatoris created this piece in collaboration using group movement exercises, explorations of gesture and sound and later individual and group writing experiments. We explored, developed and finished our play over the course of 5 years.

We were searching for the Great Mother that seems to be lost in our culture. Her presence is distinct in older religions and mythologies - but where was she now? And what impact did her absence have on our society? How could our society have become so unbalanced?

To fully comprehend Her absence, we needed to know where we came from. We  delved deeply into the mythos of our collective consciousness to unearth the ancient archetypes that shape our understanding of 'woman energy', immersing ourselves in the study of myths, legends and fairy tales from countries all around the world.
We also felt there was a need to find the silent voices or our society and pay them homage. We poised the questions  "Who are the silent voices? Who are the orphans of our society? Who has lost their power?" The answers came with an investigation into abuse, sexual slavery, domestic violence and hate crimes. This work was deeply involved, emotional, raw and uncomfortable at times. In the end, we were blessed with the privilege of hearing the silent ones of the earth and giving them voice in our play.
For the first three years we wrote hundreds of scenes using a process we developed which we called 'Writing by Consensus'. This process involved writing one line of potential dialogue and then passing the paper on to our fellow collaborator who in turn would write a response and pass it on again to the next woman and so on. Through this process of "Writing by Consensus", The Orphan Tree was born.

We hope to produce a fully realized World Premiere of The Orphan Tree in  2012. This will require having a fully functioning tree that the actresses can hang off of, climb, jump out of and sleep in and a giant shadow puppet theatre.

Currently we have a kickstarter campaign on - there is only a week left.
Help this dream become a reality by donating ANYTHING AT ALL to

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1919429298/the-orphan-tree-by-naked-feet-theatrical-productio

Thank you!
Hannah Tsapatoris MacLeod
Founder/Producing Artistic Director
Naked Feet Theatrical Productions
www.nakedfeetproductions.com  
nakedfeetproductions@verizon.net