Cucalorus Stage, November 13-17, 2019
A performance for everyone
Cucalorus has a long history of showcasing outlandish, alternative, heartwarming and original new performers. Festival favorites like Dance-a-lorus, Bus to Lumberton, and Visual/Sound/Walls distinguish Cucalorus as a venue for exploration at the boundaries between music, theatre, dance, comedy, performance, installation, and film. Cucalorus Stage brings rigorous, intentional curation to these live events and present all kinds of performances: stand-up, storytelling, music, cabaret, theatre, comedy, happenings, installations, live art, and more!
2019 Stage Performances
Animal Law w/ Mime Explains String Theory!
Julia Gladstone, Sheila Kerrigan
Animal Law is concerned with elucidating the subtle dynamics of child’s play as an allegory for the larger political strokes at hand in modern life. The condition of a jungle...
Dance-a-lorus
Various
A festival tradition, Dance-a-lorus pushes boundaries by pairing filmmakers and choreographers for an exploration of film and dance. This live stage event encourages collaboration as a fundamental form of creative...
Don’t Let Me Fall Too Far
Rozalind MacPhail
Don't Let Me Fall Too Far tells a timeless story of self-discovery experienced by a young woman navigating her way through a vulnerable period in her life. She’s haunted by...
IT IS TIME
Tom Whiteside
Filmmaker/film historian Tom Whiteside presents IT IS TIME, a multiscreen program of clips and short films that manipulate, flex, or upend time. With a rich selection of films more than...
LiZez LIVE! A Play, Act V: 100 things (or so)(and counting) I’m learning from makings 100s of tiny versions of myself w/ Color Wheel
Liz Clayton Scofield, Rae Red
LiZez LIVE! A Play, Act V is a loosely improvised performance and lifestream video making experiment in which I play with myself. with: Color Wheel is a live color experience...
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Tommy DeFrantz
In this unique performance, SLIPPAGE explores the provocation of Kara Walker’s “Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War” series with shadowplay, dance, and image subtraction technology. Wondering at the place...
Shirley Gnome: Victory Lap
Shirley Gnome
A comedy cabaret one-woman extravaganza, featuring the world class vocals and catchy melodies of award-winning, chart topping Canadian Shirley Gnome. Delight in a blend of biting satirical country/pop originals and...
Stand Up at Dead Crow: Ben Gleib
Ben Gleib
Esquire said he “could be comedy’s next big thing” but now with his candidacy for the Democratic nomination, he could be America’s next president! Come see his standup tour now,...
The Filmmakers Party featuring Billy Heathen with The Frondeurs and Emily Burdette
Various
Billy Heathen Surf Punk, Art Rock. Less a band, more an identity crisis. High energy story-driven rock from Wilmington NC. It’s loud. Sometimes it’s not as loud but then it...
Visual/Sound/Walls featuring G Yamazawa with Shirlette Ammons and Kid Ethnic
G Yamazawa, Shirlette Ammons, Kid Ethnic
An interactive music video concert featuring G Yamazawa, Shirlette Ammons and the visual stylings of Kid Ethnic. An interactive evening of live performers with a selection of NC's best music...
What The River Knows: From Screenplay to Silver Screen
Alicia Inshiradu
Join your friends for a very special journey from Screenplay to Silver Screen. This unique event will explore Alicia Inshiradu’s project “What the River Knows” with a screenplay reading and...
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra presents: Latin Soul
Austin Piazzolla Quintet
This concert will feature El Amor Brujo by De Falla with its familiar “Ritual Fire Dance.” This is an Official Cucalorus Film Festival Stage Event. The Austin Piazzolla Quintet specializes...
