Archipelago Theatre: Gallery



	OUT OF THE BLUE by Ellen Hemphill, director of Archipelago Theatre In collaboration with: Jan Chambers,Allison Leyton-Brown, Nor Hall, Jim Haverkamp, Jesse Belsky and Mark Dendy. Sheafer Theater Duke University February 2010 EXIT THE KING by Eugene Ionesco created by Ellen Hemphill of Archipelago Theatre and Basil Twist, master puppeteer Duke University Theatre Studies Department Directed by Ellen Hemphill Music by Allison Leyton Brown Choreography by Ellen Hemphill Sheafer Theater Duke University April 2009 WHEN THE BULBUL STOPPED SINGING Directed by Ellen Hemphill Playmakers REP Company Joe Haj (solo performer/Director Playmakers REP) Kenan Theater September 2007 THE TROJAN WOMEN A new music/theatre version of the classic created by Ellen Hemphill of Archipelago Theatre Duke University Theatre Studies Department Directed by Ellen Hemphill Music by Allison Leyton Brown Choreography by Ellen Hemphill Sheafer Theater Duke University November 2005 THE WOMAN IN THE ATTIC A Music/Movement Theatre piece on relationships and loss Directed by Ellen Hemphill Music by Allison Leyton Brown Choreography by Ellen Hemphill Co-Produced Duke Performances Sheafer Theater Duke University Spring 2005 AND MARY WEPT A Music/Movement Theatre piece on the absence of feminine paradigm in contemporary society Written by Ellen Hemphill and Nor Hall Directed by Ellen Hemphill Music by Penka Kouneva Choreography byEllen Hemphill Co-Produced by The Duke Institute for the Arts Sheafer Theater-Duke University- September 2002 IN MEMORIAM Elizabeth Mayer (Mary in And Mary Wept) 18/11/1936 - 08/12/2009 Click here for a memorial page. Mary's (Liza's ) Lines (inspired by Maria Sabina) In “Mary Wept” Archipelago 2002. I am a woman who knows, says I am a woman who cannot say, says I am a woman who knows one knew, says I am a woman who knows one is too few, says *I am the woman shepardess beneath the water, says* *I am the woman shepardess beneath the sea, says* *There is the harvest, there is wealth, says* *These are her goats, her animals, says,* *We are going to herd together, says* *We are going to protect, says* *Our babies, says* *Our children, says* *Drink aquadiente, says* *Dissolves, says* *Remember below- Lethe says,* *Forget above- Alethe, says* My mind is antideluvian My hag's heart scowls at this waning planet A NEW FINE SHAME A Music Theatre piece on The Life and Loves of Lou Andreas Salome Music and Lyrics by Sam Piperato in collaboration with Ellen Hemphill and Nor Hall Directed by Ellen Hemphill and Terry Beck Manbites Dog Theater in Durham NC in May 2001 SNOW A piece for 7 actors about family and lift transitions Written by Ellen Hemphill and Nor Hall Directed by Ellen Hemphill Music by Sam Piperato Co-Produced by The Duke Institute for the Arts Performed in May of 2000 at Reynolds Auditorium at Duke University AMOR FORTUNA A piece for 8 actors about the Circus and Dance of Love and Relationships Written by Ellen Hemphill and Nor Hall Directed by Ellen Hemphill Music arranged by Christopher Adler Performed at Manbites Dog Theatre in Durham, NC-May 1999 BLUE ROSES A solo piece on the life of Rose Williams (sister of Tennessee Williams) focusing on mental illness in women in the early twentieth century Written by Christine Morris Directed by Ellen Hemphill Music by Sam Piperato November 12-22 1998 at Manbites Dog Theatre in Durham NC, Portland, Oregon 1999 EULOGY FOR A WARRIOR Written by Ellen Hemphill and Nor Hall, Directed by Ellen Hemphill A piece of reconciliation about Vietnam and the wounded masculine in society Sheaffer Theatre-Duke University May 7-16 1998 SHE DIDN'T LIKE THE MOON WITHOUT CLOUDS (Reprise) A Solo by Ellen Hemphill on Calamity Jane's Letters to her Daughter: Directed originally (1991) by Rafael Lopez-Barrantes September and November 1997 SunValley ,Idaho Sun Valley Performing Arts Center and Pontine Movement Theatre in Portsmouth, New Hampshire February 1998-Duke Institute of the Arts- Durham, NC ANOTHER TIME...ANOTHER PLACE...SOMEONE ELSE A Cabaret created and performed by Ellen Hemphill Co-Creators: Rafael Lopez-Barrantes and Lauri Macklin Music arranged by Sam Piperato A cabaret based on songs -American, German and French of the late 30's-early 50's and the story of a woman who lives life from the compartment of a train as she travels across Europe, and her own past. Performed at the Carrboro ArtsCenter, Carrboro, N.C 1997 TEN IN ONE Text and music and performance by Sam Piperato Directed by Ellen Hemphill A one-man- show with 4 musicians-based on "freaks in history" and the universal confrontation of those with a terminal illness (in this case AIDS) Co-Produced: Archipelago and Duke Institute for the Arts Performed at Shaeffer Laboratory Theatre - Duke Univ. 1997 THOSE WOMEN by Nor Hall and Ellen Hemphill Directed by Ellen Hemphill Music: by Sam Piperato Music/Theatre piece for 15 actors (7 women + male chorus) and 5 musicians Based on the Dionysian Ritual for midlife in women (in contemporary times) Performances: Co-Production with the Duke University Drama Program 1996 LANDSCAPE, SILENCE AND NIGHT based on the plays by Harold Pinter Directed by Ellen Hemphill and Johannes Theron Performance for 5 actors and 2 musicians Performance: Manbites Dog Theatre, Durham, N. C. 1995 BINKY KITE AND THE OXYMORONS written and created by Ellen Hemphill Directed by Ellen Hemphill Music arranged by Sam Piperato Musical Performance piece for 5 actors Performances: Carrboro ArtsCenter, Carrboro, N,.C. 1994 CASSANDRA'S LULLABY created by Ellen Hemphill Co-directed by Terry Beck and Rafael Lopez-Barrantes Music by Sam Piperato and Penka Kouneva Performance piece for 3 actors Performances: Manbites Dog Theatre 1994 IF MY BOUNDARY STOPS HERE Based on the Diaries of Tamsen Donner Written by Cynthia Mitchell and Ellen Hemphill Directed by Ellen Hemphill Solo Performance piece by Cynthia Mitchell with 1 musician/narrator Performances: Goldsboro, N.C., Kenansville, N.C. Manbites Dog Theatre, Durham, N.C. 1993 THE ABDICATION by Ruth Wolff Directed by Ellen Hemphill Music: Penka Kouneva Performance for 6 actors Performances: Carrboro ArtsCenter, Carrboro, N.C. 1993 OUTRAGED AND ON THE WIRE Created by Rafael Lopez-Barrantes and Ellen Hemphill Directed by Rafael Lopez-Barrantes Movement Theatre piece for 6 actors/singers/musicians Performances: Manbites Dog Theatre- Durham, N.C. 1993