Hand2Mouth Theatre

Hand2Mouth Theatre is a theater group in Portland, Oregon.  The group works together to create their performances. They decide all languages, movements and designs themselves, instead of working from a script.

Influences
Hand2Mouth Theatre is influenced by the work of Forced Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2003990369_mouth03.html Elevator Repair Service, and Jerzy Grotowski.

History
Jonathan Walters founded Hand2Mouth in 2000. He had trained with street theatre troupe Teatr Biuro Podrozyhttp://www.teatrbiuropodrozy.ipoznan.pl/indexeng.html in Poland. As of 2009, Hand2Mouth had created 15 original performances. The group had grown to include a core of company members and associate artists. Company members have traveled and studied in London, New York, Poland, Denmark and Mexico City.

Performance History
2002 - Blue Mountain Community College, Pendelton, OR (Jerusalem)

2003 - River Theatre, Astoria, OR (Posture Queen)

2004 - Open Theatre International Festival, Katowice, Poland (Blue with Stacja Szamocin)

2004 - Pablo Neruda Centenary Festival, Portland State University, Portland, OR (Slender with Carpetbag Brigade)

2004 - PuppetLove! Festival, San Francisco, CA (The Wild Child)

2004 - River Theatre, Astoria, OR (Thirst)

2005 - Festival Malta, Poznan, Poland (Blue with Stacja Szamocin)

2005 - Kalisz Theatre Festival, Kalisz, Poland (Blue with Stacja Szamocin)

2005 - Edmonds Community College, Seattle, WA (The Wild Child)

2005 - Willamette University, Salem, OR (The Wild Child)

2006 - Just Add Water Festival, Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR (After Hours)

2007 - On the Boards, Seattle, WA (Repeat After Me)

2007 - Time-Based Art Festival, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR (Repeat After Me)

2007 - Northwest New Works Festival, On the Boards, Seattle, WA (Repeat After Me - excerpt)

2008 - Myrna Loy Center, Helena, MT (Repeat After Me)

2008 - Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA (Project X: You Are Here)

2008 - NW New Works Festival, Seattle, WA (Undine)

2008 - 10 Tiny Dances, Portland, OR (Project X: You Are Here)

2009 - Fury Festival, Fury Factory, San Francisco, CA (Repeat After Me)

2013 - The Left Hand of Darkness, Portland, Oregon.

2015 - Time, A Fair Hustler, Fertile Ground Festival, Portland, OR.

References

Other websites
 Official website  - www.hand2mouththeatre.org
 Portland Mercury feature article on Repeat After Me
 Seattle PI review of Repeat After Me
 Oregonian review of Project X: You Are Here
 Portland Mercury review of Undine
 Oregonian review of Everyone Who Looks Like You

Category:Portland, Oregon
Category:Theatre