Great God Pan

A song and acting performance from the New Energy Encounter Group featuring Erik Bluhm, Paul Gellman, Alice Könitz, Ruby Neri, Lawrence Rengert, Bonnie Perkinson, Amy Cooper, and Tom Watson.

Through imagery derived from English folk ballads, master/disciple initiation talks, and contemporary observations, the denizens of the Garden Grove Creative Community examine issues of inspiration, purpose, and group dynamics. When Michelle (Alice Könitz) feels unmotivated within the cloistered learning center she is attending, she sets out on her own, seeking answers. Eventually she stumbles upon a rival community, led by the sage Bonnie Bleu (Bonnie Perkinson), where she “relearns” the most important lesson of all, that breathing itself is the primary creative force. “When what has been esoteric becomes exoteric, you will have arrived,” explains her new spiritual guide. Returning to the Garden Grove, Michelle reveals her new knowledge, unveiling her potent energies to her old friends, with catastrophic yet ultimately cleansing results.

"The events and characters depicted in this play are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental."

The Garden Grove Creative Community is part of Off-Screen—an evening of film, video and performance organized by Darin Klein.

presenting...
Lawrence Rengert
F-Stop Serenade
Lucas Michael
New Energy Encounter Group
Kelly Sears
and the Ryan Heffington Dancers

Thursday, March 15 2007
8:00pm
Free admission
(Seating is first come first served, so arrive early!!!)
Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
LA, CA 90024
310.443.7040