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DESCRIPTION:Shadow of Giants is about the struggle over one redwood tree. It is a 
 struggle with international ramifications, a struggle that involves 
 tree-sitters, ghosts and mythology. An athletic ensemble of five actors 
 portrays the ongoing conflict between environmentalists desperately 
 fighting to preserve the last of the ancient forests, and the big timber 
 companies who own them. It’s a story of a divided community, greed, hope, 
 and power, told through dynamic physical theatre.   As the implications and 
 complications of this issue continue to resonate all over the country, 
 playwright and Dell’Arte graduate, Matthew Graham Smith, says he wrote 
 this piece because “this conflict is not being dealt with on a human 
 level; so much of it is politics.  “The narratives generated by all sides 
 of this conflict have gotten to the point where no one is capable of 
 listening to anyone anymore,” Smith said.  “We are left with a stew of 
 deaf, entrenched interest groups and communities in deep conflict with no 
 possibility of dialogue.”  “This is a true story of a woman whose path 
 led her to sit in a tree for a year as an act of resistance. It is a 
 powerful story as the events of that year tested her very soul,” said 
 Director Michael Fields, the Dell’Arte Company’s producing artistic 
 director. “The process of developing Shadow of Giants has also been a 
 fascinating investigation into the different aesthetics and modes of 
 political theater. The production is physically dynamic, highly 
 entertaining and politically revealing. It is part of Dell’Arte’s 
 exploration of ‘theatre of place’ and we are thrilled to be bringing 
 this work to San Francisco, which we think of as our ‘city home.’”  
 Based in a former logging town on California’s north coast, the 
 Dell’Arte Company is an artist-managed professional touring company with 
 a long history of creating original work that is inspired by their region.  
 This ongoing ensemble of artists has created more than 35 award-winning, 
 original works of theatre since 1977, and has toured with acclaim to 
 international festivals. Dell’Arte International is the United States 
 center for the development, exploration, training, creation and performance 
 of the physical theatre traditions and their contemporary applications.  
 For more information on Dell’Arte, visit http://www.dellarte.com. For 
 more information on Shadow of Giants, visit http://www.dellarte.com/shadow  
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SUMMARY:SHADOW OF GIANTS: inspired by true story of a Nor
LOCATION:2789 24th St. (at York) San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/03/16/91983.php
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