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Moshe Cohen & NOHspace CoPresents Mr. YooWho’s Holiday NOHspace 2840 Mariposa Street, San Francisco 94110 Fridays through Sundays December 18th – January 3rd; Friday at 8pm Saturdays at 3pm and Sundays at 3pm. No show December 25th.
TIX: $10-15 sliding scale Box office line: (415) 621-7978 http://www.theatreofyugen.org Celebrated European Clown Moshe Cohen brings his one man show, Mr. YooWho’s Holiday, back to San Francisco for a second run at NOHspace. Yearning to see the world, Mr. YooWho sets out on an international adventure. His travels take him and his audience across many borders – geographic ones to be sure, but more importantly borders of the imagination. About the Work Mr. YooWho’s Holiday Performed by Moshe Cohen Mr. YooWho (Moshe Cohen) discovers his dream of traveling the world in the most unlikely of places, a field of sunflowers. His holiday takes him through a myriad of countries generating wonder and laughter that transcends generational barriers. Enter a world where humor and poetry intermingle with precision high diving and plastic bag flamenco dancing, a world where European clown and mime mix with Japanese Kyogen and Yiddish Absurdism. Following tours in Europe and Japan, Moshe Cohen brings his show back home to San Francisco. In collaboration with Theatre of Yugen’s artistic director Jubilith Moore, Moshe unleashes a humorful world that is engaging, deeply human and enlightening for audiences of all ages. About the Artist Moshe Cohen is an internationally acclaimed performer and teacher, who has given over two thousand performances in forty countries during his twenty-nine year career. He has performed on stages large and small, at international theater festivals, as well as circus and varieté shows. Moshe teaches contemporary clown in Theater and Circus Schools, Universities as well as Zen and mindfulness centers. As the founder of Clowns Without Borders-USA, he is involved in bringing performances and workshops to refugee camps and conflict zones worldwide. His latest projects have taken him to Sudan, Haiti, and Burma/Myanmar. Moshe’s roots in San Francisco stretch back to 1979 when he first moved here. He was part of the juggling community that used to fill up peacock meadow in Golden Gate Park (1979-81), performed at The Cannery (1983-1985), performed with Lesser Mortals (1985-1987) in various venues (Intersection, Noe Valley Ministry, Cobra Lounge), created/directs the Clown Conspiracy (1995-current), part of Cirque do Somethin' (2002-current). He has collaborated with A Traveling Jewish Theater (Nu Vaudeville, Moonwatcher) and Theatre of Yugen (Cycle Plays, NOHspace Presents). He is the co-founder of In The Street, the San Francisco Street Theater festival that ran for 11 years. More information at www.yoowho.org. About NOHspace NOHspace is the home to Theatre of Yugen, an experimental ensemble whose physically based, original work is informed by a discipline in the classic forms of Japanese theater – Noh and Kyogen. Founded by Yuriko Doi in 1978, Theatre of Yugen’s work has played to great acclaim in San Francisco and on national and international tours for three decades. In 2001 the company transitioned to a collective leadership by long time members Jubilith Moore, Lluis Valls, and Libby Zilber. Highlights since then include Erik Ehn's Noh-distilled Frankenstein, Jubilith Moore’s adaptation of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, Lluis Valls’ Don Q, and the all-day performance event The Cycle Plays. In addition to it’s fresh adaptation of Candide this Spring, Theatre of Yugen is in the midst of working on a Yerba Buena commissioned work for Fall, 2009. Currently Theatre of Yugen is co-directed by Lluis Valls and Jubilith Moore, and Throughout the year Theatre of Yugen offers opportunities to other groundbreaking artists by co-presenting other experimental and Asian-based artists through the NOHspace Presents program. ### NOHspace Co-Presents 2840 Mariposa Street San Francisco, CA 94110 p (415) 621-0507 f (415) 621-0223 b (415) 621-7978 www.theatreofyugen.org |
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