The Builders Association: Continuous City, World Premiere

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Venue: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Address: 500 S. Goodwin Ave. , Urbana

Cost: Flex: 33 / SC 28 / Stu 23 / UI & Yth 18 Single: 35 / SC 30 / Stu 25 / UI & Yth 20

Entry Age: all

posted 2:01 pm Jul 15
modified 2:01 pm Jul 15

Marianne Weems, director

The Builders Association has twice engaged Krannert Center audiences with its seamless integration of technology in the theatrical performances of Aladeen (2002) and Super Vision (2006). Now, these artists return to ask, “What does it mean to be constantly connected, and how does it alter our sense of distance, intimacy, and the world around us?”

In 2008, Krannert Center is proud to be a lead commissioner and premiere presenter of Continuous City, a provocative piece that explores social networks and the connectivity of our increasingly global society through the lives of one traveling father and his daughter back at home (portrayed by Champaign-Urbana native Caroline O’Neal).

Through electronic connection and with many characters, the father weaves a fanciful bedtime story for his daughter into a cityscape drawn from many corners of the world. The show reaches directly into Champaign-Urbana through a participatory website and on-site filming to create a global and local production. Continuous City is about people far from home. Continuous City is where we live now.

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