Schedule of Events & Artists The Yockadot Poetics Theatre Festival takes place from 4/26 - 5/5 with events in Alexandria, VA, Arlington, VA; Fairfax, VA; and Baltimore, MD. The festival features staged readings, outdoor performances, poetry readings, and poetry performance projects. (schedule subject to change and many details are still being finalized - Check back often for updates)
THURSDAY, APRIL 26th St. Elmo's Cafe 7:00 pm - Free 2300 Mount Vernon Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22301 Del Ray Neighborhood www.stelmoscoffeepub.com Get Mapquest Directions		Poetry Reading Alexandria Poets >> Peter Lattu >> Judy Knepper >> Dan Logan >> Keith Donaldson >> Joe Cantone >> Mary McElveen (recently selected Alexandria Poet Laureate)
FRIDAY, APRIL 27th St. Elmo's Cafe 8:00pm - Free Alexandria, Virginia Del Ray Neighborhood www.stelmoscoffeepub.com Get Mapquest Directions		Poetry Reading Mid-Atlantic Poets "The Poetry Reading as Performance/ the Poem as Theatre" >> Buck Downs >> Jeremy Gardner, >> Ryan Walker, >> Chris Casamassima >> J.D Smith
FRIDAY, APRIL 27th - IN BALTIMORE! 14 Karat Caberet 9:00pm - $6 218 W. Saratoga Street Baltimore, Maryland http://www.normals.com/14k.html Get Mapquest Directions		Ffrummsbo! Two nights of text-based performance and performing writers, toward an aesthetic of grotesque lo-brow transcendentalism. Brought to you by the Yockadot! Poetics Theatre Festival. >> Blaster Al Ackerman >> John Eaton >> Megan McShea >> John Berndt >> Rupert Wondolowski >> David Franks >> Buffluxus >> Kevin Thurston
SATURDAY, APRIL 28th, 4:00pm - Free Gunston Arts Center 2700 South Lang Street Arlington, Virginia 22236 http://www.potomacstages.com/ Gunston.htm Get Mapquest Directions		Staged readings in conjunction with Dominion Stage www.dominionstage.org >> Lee Ann Brown and Tony Torn - Staged reading of "Sop Doll," a modern Noh play Director: John T. Adams III.  Cast:  Gregg P. Skall, Natasha Parnian, John T. Adams III, Cal Whitehurst >> Brent Cunningham - Selected works Cast: Jessie Roberts, Joan Fiddle-Ferder, Scott Olson, Ken Clayton
SATURDAY, APRIL 28th Del Ray Artisans Gallery 8:00 pm - Free 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22301 Del Ray neighborhood www.thedelrayartisans.org Get Mapquest Directions		8:00pm Rodrigo Toscano and his Collapsible Poetics Theater >> Gregory Stuart >> Kelly Brown >> Rod Smith, >> Cole Swenson >> Tom Orange >> Jeremy Gardner >> Jason Conger >> Rodrigo Toscano 9:30pm Ffrummsbo! Two nights of text-based performance and performing writers, toward an aesthetic of grotesque lo-brow transcendentalism. Brought to you by the Yockadot! Poetics Theatre Festival. >> Blaster Al Ackerman >> John Eaton >> Megan McShea >> John Berndt >> Rupert Wondolowski >> David Franks >> Buffluxus >> Kevin Thurston
MONDAY, APRIL 30th 7:30pm - Free George Mason University Johnson Center, Gold Room. 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Website Get Mapquest Directions		Seminar with Yockadot Artists The English department of George Mason University will host a seminar featuring Yockadot Festival artist Lee Ann Brown. Lee Ann will discuss her modern Noh Play "Sop Doll." The seminar will examine the structural correspondences between the play and traditional Japanese Noh theatre.
SATURDAY, MAY 5th United States Patent and Trademark Organization Free 3:00 pm - Mark Greenwood ongoing performances 4:00 pm - Dominion Stage Group 7:00 pm - Enoch Chan Troupe Madison Building 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314 near King Street Metro stop Website Get Mapquest Directions		3:00pm Performances >> Mark Greenwood 4:00pm Staged readings in conjunction with Dominion Stage www.dominionstage.org >> Lee Ann Brown and Tony Torn - Staged reading of "Sop Doll," a modern Noh play Director: John T. Adams III. Cast:  Gregg P. Skall, Natasha Parnian, John T. Adams III, Cal Whitehurst >> Brent Cunningham - Selected works Cast: Jessie Roberts, Sam Simon, Scott Olson, Ken Clayton 7:00pm Staged readings by: >> Thalia Field >> Tina Darragh (website) >> Ellen Redbird Pieces performed with ensemble of DC area actors directed by Enoch Chan (website) Cast: Courtney Bell, Thembi Duncan, Dee Ann Lehr, Rachel Lee Poole, Ashley Robinson, Laura Rocklyn, April Sigman, and Shelby Sours. Stage Manager/ Dramaturg: poet Lynne Dreyer