What is QuestFest?
Quest Visual Theatre presents QuestFest, a two-week, biennial international festival celebrating visual theatre. QuestFest features groundbreaking work from exceptional performers and companies dedicated to the use of movement, gesture, and digital media to tell stories. By stripping away the artifice of language, QuestFest builds bridges between disparate communities and cultures.
QuestFest embraces the community through a variety of dynamic programs:
Festival
QuestFest presents a two-week festival featuring more than 15 professionally produced plays and over 50 performances. All shows exhibit excellence in telling stories from a strong visual base.
QuestFest Conservatory
Artists participating in QuestFest conduct master classes and workshops in aspects of visual theatre such as mime, creative sign language, and movement for university students, theatre professionals, and the general public.
QuestFest In Your School
QuestFest artists conduct workshops and residencies for children in school settings. Workshops, residencies and performances are all part of exposing students to the power of expression through visual theatre.
QuestFest Forum
Regional leaders in the arts community engage in panel discussions for area theatre professionals, critics, and the general public.
Students participating in QuestFest residencies will share visual theatre pieces that they have created at the QuestFest Community Showcase. The showcase is free and open to the public and will take place Saturday, March 24 at the Creative Alliance.
QuestFest@Gallaudet (FreeFest)
For QuestFest 2012, Quest and Gallaudet have joined forces to produce a free open-air festival on Saturday, March 31 from 10 AM – 4 PM on the university campus. The free festival will feature performances, food, art, and crafts.
Talk Backs
Post-performance discussions provide audiences with insights to the artistic process.
Internships
College and university students gain valuable theatre experience by assisting QuestFest staff and partners in the planning and production of QuestFest as well as the creation of new work to be featured at the festival.
For more information on QuestFest or Quest Visual Theatre contact Tim McCarty at info@questfest.org
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