Mime Company
The Mime Company is a group of students, graduates and faculty of Northwestern University dedicated to the study and practice of the art of mime. The Northwestern University Mime Company, founded in 1972 and directed by theatre professor Bud Beyer, has produced many major concert performances, a three week tour in Poland and a month of performances at the international theatre festival in Avignon, France, as well as events in smaller and non-traditional venues. The company also conducts numerous short term and long term educational residencies in the art of mime for school children of all ages, adults, special education groups, Chicago-area public and private schools, as well as other educational organizations and theatre workshops.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
An Evening of Mime
November 29-December 1, 2007 at 8:00pm
December 2, 2007 at 2:00pm
Struble Theater, Northwestern University Theatre & Interpretation Center
1949 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
The Mime Company returns for another evening of rich humor and poignant drama,with stories of contemporary human experience told in the ageless art of the mime. From love and loss to movies and popcorn, The Mime Company explores the sorrow and the joy of being human in this intimate, often funny, and most universal of languages - silence.
For tickets call 847.491.7282 or visit http://www.ticketweb.com (keyword: mime)
Included among the Mime Company’s many activities on campus are two formal classes: a beginning and an advanced class in the arts of the mime for undergraduate students in the theatre department. To learn more about the Mime Company's performances, residencies, volunteer opportunities or other Mime Company activities, please contact NU theatre adjunct faculty members Amanda Brown amandarosebrown@yahoo.com or Eliot Monaco eliotmonaco@yahoo.com.
We are pleased to announce that the Mime Company has been added to the Illinois Arts Council's Artstour Roster, allowing non-profit organizations presenting our work in Illinois to be eligible for partial funding through the Illinois Arts Council's Artstour Program. For more information about Artstour, please visit the Illinois Arts Council website. http://www.state.il.us/agency/iac/artstour/includes/grant.htm
Please visit us at www.themimecompany.com
