Beowulf Alley offers a one-night only performance of indie artist, Amber Norgaard, http://www.ambernorgaard.com/, on January 30, 2011, 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $12 up to a day in advance of the performance, then $15 at the door the night of the performance. For more information, call the box office at (520) 882-0555.
Named the 2007 "Up & Coming Artist of the Year" at the Tucson Area Music Awards (TAMMIES), Norgaard "first recognized the power of music transcending language - and rhythm and beat bringing the community together" when she volunteered to work with a doctor and nurse team in a remote village in the Dominican Republic. It didn't matter that she knew little Spanish. Norgaard eventually captured-in-song the stories of indigenous people she met in Bethel, in Alaska's southwest bush region and while working as a community health nurse involved in public health education in the prison system, and in an HIV peer education program for kids.
Described as "the love child of Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant and Melissa Etheridge", she births and sings songs about everything that moves her - be it the ravages of PTSD and homelessness in "Hell Town" veterans, or passion itself in "Overtaken". (Excerpts taken from Tucson Green Times)
"One of Tucson's great musical trailblazers..." Tucson Lifestyle Magazine
"...the emotions are heartfelt, delivered with a quiet passion and authenticity." Tucson Weekly
"Her lyrics don't paint a picture, they grab your arm." The Iowa Entertainer
Beowulf Alley Theatre Company, a 501 (c)(3) organization, is committed to enriching the community and enhancing appreciation of the arts through the production of innovative, invigorating theatre and theatrical education with the highest standards for acting and production. Equal and fair treatment will be provided to all participants regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status and/or marital status. Founded on the basis of dialogues with local theatre artists who wanted a permanent home to practice their craft, its intimate 95-seat theatre provides a facility that meets professional standards where performing artists, educators, and technicians can present their skills. Because Beowulf Alley engages a talent and volunteer pool that calls Tucson "home" for its productions, the Theatre is committed to helping grow a new generation of Tucson talent with its programs including education for adults and youth, late night theatre to experiment with and gain experience, readers theatre for playwrights' unpublished works, lunchtime theatre to bring art to the workday and screenings of independent film artists. And true to its roots, the Theatre maintains ongoing dialogues with the community, including Dialogues with theatergoers after the first Sunday matinee performance of each of its main stage plays, at Readers' Theatre nights, and other presentations, providing an opportunity for theatergoers to discuss the plays with the director and artists. Writers who cover the Tucson arts scene say the Theatre provides its audiences with "the best total package"-plays, performances and productions that are high in artistic and technical quality. Beowulf Alley has received critical acclaim, including five Mac Awards and eleven MAC nominations. The company has presented over 400 performances to Tucson audiences since 2002 and has served hundreds of theatre artists. The theater also provides performance and rehearsal space for other Tucson theater companies.
For more information, log on to www.beowulfalley.org. We thank the Tucson Pima Arts Council, the Janet S. Brunel Residuary Trust, and our business sponsors for their support.
