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Read a review of Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man
Farm Arts Collective presents a site specific performance from Appalachia entitled EZELL: Ballad of a Land Man. The performance by Clear Creek Creative includes a walk about Willow Wisp Organic Farm (mobility assistance available), a sit-down farm-fresh meal with live Appalachian music.
SCHEDULE:
Friday, June 3rd at 6:00pm
Saturday, June 4th at 6:00pm
Sunday, June 5th at 4:00pm
at Farm Arts Collective on Willow Wisp Organic Farm
Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man, an environmental, cultural and spiritual parable created by the farm-based theatre company, Clear Creek Creative based in rural Kentucky.
Written & Performed by Bob Martin, the performance is derived from living in the foothills of Appalachia, and tells the story of one man seeking to make sense of the time, place and condition in which we live. In the story, Ezell’s choices, traumas, and ancestors intersect with themes of domination and resilience as he seeks to take advantage of an anticipated fracking boom and the opportunity to reconnect with the people and land of his raising.
Ezell is in part a study of domination in the wide range of its forms — domination between a man and the land, between a man and other people, between a man and himself. It is a story about how climate change, the extractive resource industry and inter-generational trauma impact the choices and decisions of a man and the land he would like to call home.
The performance is also a ceremony that calls to our desire for connection and belonging, that reveres nature and binds us intimately within her, that invokes the resilience, love and lessons of our ancestors and generations yet to come.
Produced by Carrie Brunk, directed by Nick Slie, designed by Jeff Becker, music & sound led by Cory Shenk, guide performance by Faye Adams-Eaton, Nicole Garneau & Lisa Shattuck, Jess Beveridge, John Roth, Colette Ballew, guest musicians Doug Rogers, Roger Brinkerhoff, Elizabeth Rose, production support by Hannah Burt, technical support & additional music by Jacob Mudd, food by Tannis Kowalchuk and Willow Wisp Organic Farm.
The national tour of Ezell is made possible by a National Theater Project award from the New England Foundation for the Arts as well as support from Alternate ROOTS, Chorus Foundation, National Performance Network, Network of Ensemble Theaters and local partners in each community we visit.
