WHY EXPERIENCING LIVE ARTS IS WORTH YOUR TIME.

In pursuit of Silvia, a Bare Bones Theater production at the Sandra Jones Campbell painting studio.I use this bare bones play as an example how you can do big impact with almost no budget. The play reveals its power in its way it is presented, bare bones. Without set decoration, costumes and props. There is a closeness that you can not feel in a movie or in front of a big screen TV, being in an arm’s lengths distance from each actor. There is a discussion right after the play where you can talk about your experience with the performers. It reminds you that art is all about humanity and its imperfections which make this play fresh. Seeing it in Sandra Jones Campbell painters studio, an attraction on its own, only amplifies the intimacy of this experience.

Why you want to see this play? The sing along music of Jason Feddy and the cast’s odd funny scenes that are only amplified by being performed as a movie table-read. You want to see this play because it makes you feel good. It is little rehearsed and screw- ups get the biggest laughs. If you prefer Playhouse quality, the Grammy level music of Jason Feddy and the exceptional comedic performance of Rachel Rosenfeld, will make the experience worth your time.

My only gripe, I find Bare Bones limits itself by defining the play high school and college focused, with an educational slant being Shakespearean. Classifying it as such defeats its purpose. Kids over 10 don’t like things made for kids and adults might judge it as too banal for their taste. Never did such niche description enter my mind during the play. In my opinion there is only art that works or does not. This play works, and it works well in all it supposed to deliver.

Now in its third year, Bare Bones Theater has carved out its niche where actors and audience experience plays in their raw infancy. It demonstrates why the arts are important. If you want to have an uplifting experience that Netflix can not offer yet, enjoy this live performance and support this Laguna grassroots art movement. Expect more Bare Bones in the fall of 2018.   

Multimedia artist Michaell Magrutsche has written three art books I created The Self-Aware Artist's Creative Voice Workshop because that is the dream workshop I imagined, and it is. After 90 graduates, as a facilitator and participant, I have never had a more rewarding artistic experience than this gathering of artists that want to elevate their destiny as creatives. www.selfawareart.com/workshop

I created The Self-Aware Artist's Creative Voice Workshop because that is the dream workshop I imagined, and it is. After 90 graduates, as a facilitator and participant, I have never had a more rewarding artistic experience than this gathering of artists that want to elevate their destiny as creatives.

The Self-Aware Art is art science that provides the most powerful solutions to allow engagement with your creations through your creative Voice and understanding the functions of art. Voice Workshops weekends and weekdays www.SelfAwareArt.com

Michaell Magrutsche is an Austrian-Californian multi media artist, personal coach, educator and author of How To Place Public Art & All Other Art Maximizing Aesthetics to Engage Audiences,