The Nosdrahcir Sisters
Created and Performed by: Kimberly Richardson & Sara Richardson
Lighting Technician: Richard Keyser
Sound Technician: Jason Ballweber
Music: Herb Alpert, David Bowie performed by Ulu and Vitamin String Quartet, Vangelis as Performed by BBC Concert Orchestra, Heaven 17, The Hitmaker, Journey, Patty Smyth, Leonel Richie as covered by ProSound Studio Band, Barry de Vorzon as performed by Ronnie Aldrich, and clips from Plan 9 From Outer Space.
Choreography: Kimberly Richardson with contributions from Sara Richardson and reference to Kathy Smith Videos of the 80’s & 90’s
Three show on the night of September 17th 2008 and this is the only show with a program and it gives credits. “The Nosdrahcir Sisters” get 25 extra bonus points! One way I tell if a show is good is if I DO NOT start counting lighting instruments in the theatre. I counted no lighting instruments during their show.
“The Nosdrahcir Sisters” were the breath of fresh air of the evening shows. They were original, incorporated many of their personal talents and training. The music they used, which is often used as a crutch in many other shows “The Nosdrahcir Sisters” used very well. The dance moments of the show were refreshing and add and developed their characters moving their story and show to a higher theatrical level. The elderly lady dance you have to see. Some of the dances did not even look like dance they were incorporated into the show so well. There costume elements and quick changes in the show were fun. If you want a lesson in how to use props well see “The Nosdrahcir Sisters”. They used everything on stage and more than once all in their own style and some objects for totally different theatrical reasons. Many moments in the show touched me. The working relationships between them was excellent and I look forwards to seeing what these two do in the future. Kimberly Richardson earned a BFA in Modern Dance from University of Utah and Sara Richardson was trained at Sarah Lawrence College in NY and at Ecole Jacque Lecoq in Paris, France.
These two wonderful performers are also in “Bury My Heart At Dumbass Cowboy” Saturday September 20th at 4 PM and Sunday September 21st at 7:30 PM.
“The Nosdrahcir Sisters” have two more shows Friday September 19 at 7 PM and Saturday September 20 at 6 PM
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The other two shows “Glass of Wine” & “The Big Bang” used lots of famous artists music – wonderful musical creations that drove most of the emotions of theirs shows, but there was no credit as to whom these musicians where and of course no small note in a program about these wonderful musicians that “Glass of Wine” & “The Big Bang” used. Of course using the music and rights to use music is for a lawyer to talk about. “Glass of Wine” was a juggle and object manipulation show with a good object manipulator. The other show “The Big Bang” was a mime show that had some nice moments and both of these had some theatrical problems plus no program.
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We had no credits on the music because there was no program! I am a member of ASCAP, and I had original music written for the show by High Priestess, Tribalogical and myself - as well as a Ray Charles tune. The Fats Waller music for the finale is in the public domain. I would have liked to credit the choreographer and my actors as well, but budget and time constraints kept me from making separate programs. The cast and others are listed at MimeMan.com.
We expected a shared evening, but the Brick decided to keep the shows as separate entities, which IMHO was unfortunate for both performers and audience.
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