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2013-2014 Arts Program Grant—Spring 3
<br /> Orange County Arts Commission
<br /> The ArtsCenter: School Show Series
<br /> The founder of Bright Star Touring Theatre, David Ostergaard, is no stranger to the theatre world.
<br /> Committed to professionalism, he has assembled a talented and dedicated team of actors, directors and
<br /> designers.
<br /> Information from artist's website (www.brightstartheatre.com)
<br /> GUY DAVIS: Guy Davis is a blues musician, composer, actor, director, and writer. Davis has done
<br /> residencies teaching about the blues to children at such prestigious locations as the Lincoln Center,
<br /> NYC and Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. For this show, Guy will perform on the guitar and
<br /> harmonica and present the traditional blues music and stories from the Mississippi Delta, providing both
<br /> a geography and history lesson deeply rooted in the Black experience in America, making this a great
<br /> celebration of African-American History, as well as exploration of music for students.
<br /> Mr. Davis, notably the son of actors Ossie Davis, a Kennedy Center honoree, and Ruby Dee, an
<br /> Academy Award winner, is a musician, composer, actor, director, and writer of worldwide acclaim. He
<br /> performs solo, with his guitar, sharing heartfelt blues songs and stories. Guy grew up in a middle-class
<br /> New York suburb and always had an interest in the varied experiences of some of his family members'
<br /> lives and struggles in other parts of the country. That tied in with a special passion for acoustic blues
<br /> music and, while he has had great acting experience, his current focus is his music and sharing that with
<br /> eager crowds. Guy's television appearances include `Late Night with Conan O'Brien' and he has
<br /> appeared on nationally syndicated radio shows including Garrison Keillor's `A Prairie Home Companion'
<br /> and David Dye's `World Cafe'.
<br /> As an educator Guy has performed residency programs for the Lincoln Center Institute, the Kennedy
<br /> Center, the State Theatre in New Jersey, and works with "Young Audiences of NJ", doing classroom
<br /> workshops and assembly programs all across the country, and in Canada for elementary, high school,
<br /> and college students.
<br /> Information from artist's website (http://Euydavis.com)
<br /> DOKTOR KABOOM: Doktor Kaboom! is an interactive one-man Science variety show suitable for all
<br /> audiences. The creation of Actor/Comedian David Epley, Doktor Kaboom! creatively blends theatre
<br /> arts with the wonders of scientific exploration.
<br /> Join him for a sidesplitting journey of increasingly spectacular, and often successful, experiments and
<br /> demonstrations. Doktor Kaboom! keeps his crowds riveted with interest and rolling with laughter.
<br /> Doktor Kaboom! takes his audience on an amazing educational tour of the modern scientific method,
<br /> using humor and comedy while demonstrating spectacular applications of the physical sciences.
<br /> Whether he is performing for school children, families, retirees, corporate executives, late-night
<br /> cabaret, or Shakespeare sophisticates, Doktor Kaboom! leaves his audiences thoroughly fulfilled and
<br /> cheering for more.
<br /> David Epley has been fortunate enough to discover two passions in his life. Science, his first, took him to
<br /> studies at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. His second, performing, became his
<br /> career, and for 20 years David has made his living writing, performing, and directing original interactive
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