A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM DIRECTED BY TIM ROBBINS

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2 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM DIRECTED BY TIM ROBBINS This is the Midsummer Shakespeare dreamed original, madcap and completely engaging astonishing you want to get up and dance in the aisles a jovial evening has never been so well spent. The Huffington Post Academy Award winner Tim Robbins and his critically acclaimed LA-based theatre company, The Actors Gang, illuminate the forest of William Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream with original music and a fervent approach to the language. Relying on the bard s extraordinary text and the creative imagination of fourteen talented and versatile actors, Robbins irreverent and bawdy adaptation of this surreal world is expertly represented with minimal costumes, props, and scenery. Founded in 1981 by a group of renegade theatre artists led by Robbins, The Actors Gang creates bold, original works and daring reinterpretations of the classics. In the last 31 years, the company has produced over 100 plays in Los Angeles, in forty US states, and on five continents. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, PM (2HRS 30MIN / 15MIN INTERMISSION)

3 BANDALOOP A new definition of freedom. SF Chronicle LOOK UP NASHVILLE! A pioneer in vertical dance performance, BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality and intricate choreography to create graceful weightlessness in dance. As a precursor to full-length performances at OZ, BANDALOOP presents Look Up Nashville! - a one-of-a-kind spectacle with the Nashville skyline as a backdrop. Take a picnic to work on October 6th and witness BANDALOOP dancers stunning response to the architecture of a Music City skyscraper. MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, PM (15MIN) Check oznashville.com/lookupnashville for location details HARBORING BANDALOOP reimagines Harboring, their evening length work of sweeping drama and athletic grace, in three surprising locations at OZ. Set to original music, dancers perform eight distinct scenes as a chorus of local artists guide the audience from one performance site to another. Each vignette offers a different and breathtaking perspective from the company s signature, interactive, and unconventional approach to the art of dance. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, PM (60MIN, NO INTERMISSION) Bandaloop.org Under the artistic direction of Amelia Rudolph. photo: Atossa Soltani

4 VIJAY IYER: Music of Transformation MUSIC BY VIJAY IYER FILM BY PRASHANT BHARGAVA INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE / Conducted by David Fulmer [one of] today s most important pianists. The New Yorker Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer, recently awarded a 2013 MacArthur fellowship, a 2012 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award and an unprecedented quintuple crown in the 2012 Down Beat International Critics Poll, is known for his fresh, vitalizing approach to modern music. OZ Arts is proud to present a unique two-part program celebrating Iyer s collaborations with an extraordinary collection of world-class artists. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014, 8PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2014, 2PM (80MIN PLUS 15MIN INTERMISSION) Mutations I-X Vijay Iyer, Piano and electronics; Miranda Cuckson and Michi Wiancko, Violins; Kyle Armbrust, Viola; Kivie Cahn-Lipman, Cello Mutations I-X showcases Iyer s unconventional style through a composition scored for piano, electronics, and string quartet. Through the interweaving of acoustic and electronic sound-textures and decisive improvisational interventions in notated music, Vijay Iyer has created a suite whose very subject is change. RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi Music by Vijay Iyer / Film by Prashant Bhargava / With the International Contemporary Ensemble, Miranda Cuckson, Tyshawn Sorey and Michi Wiancko / Conducted by David Fulmer Inspired by the Holi festival, known around the world as a joyful, chaotic, and colorful celebration of springtime in India, RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi was one of the most brilliant and exciting commemorations of last year s 100th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky s The Rite of Spring. In collaboration with celebrated filmmaker Prashant Bhargava, Iyer composed new music within the structural framework of the famed Russian composer but from an entirely new cultural perspective. RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi was created for and commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Additional commissioning funds for revision and completion of the work were provided by The Brooklyn Academy of Music/Next Wave Festival, CAP UCLA and The Strathmore Hall Foundation. photo: Craig Marsden / Prashant Bhargava

5 FEATURING DEAN & BRITTA [13 Most Beautiful] highlights yet another of Warhol s artistic endeavours with just the right mix of reverence and charm. BBC UK Andy Warhol is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century. His Screen Tests are revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals both famous and anonymous who were visitors to his studio, the Factory, between 1964 and Each subject was asked to pose, lit with a strong keylight, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera. Each screen test lasted only as long as the 100-foot roll of film. 13 Most Beautiful is a selection of Warhol s four-minute, silent film portraits set to music performed by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, both formerly of the indie NYC downtown band, Luna. The multimedia performance incorporates a large-scale video projection of Warhol s Screen Tests above the musicians performing live on stage. 13 Most Beautiful Songs for Andy Warhol s Screen Tests is a project jointly commissioned by the Andy Warhol Museum and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, PM (70MIN, NO INTERMISSION) Andy Warhol, Screen Test: Edie Sedgwick, Andy Warhol, Screen Test: Mary Woronov, Andy Warhol, Screen Test: Freddy Herko, Andy Warhol, Screen Test: Ann Buchanan, Andy Warhol, Screen Test: Ingrid Superstar, Andy Warhol, Screen Test: Billy Name, All 16mm film, black and white, silent, 4 minutes at 16 frames per second, 2008/2009 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved. Film still courtesy of The Andy Warhol Museum. 13 MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS FOR ANDY WARHOL S SCREEN TESTS warhol

6 THE LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE LAURIE ANDERSON [Laurie Anderson] is the reigning performance artist of her time. The Boston Globe Laurie Anderson is one of America s most renowned and daring creative pioneers. She is globally recognized as a groundbreaking leader in the use of technology in the arts. While known primarily for her multimedia presentations, Anderson has also cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist. The Language of the Future is a collection of songs and stories about contemporary culture and the latest chapter in Anderson s ongoing exploration of the American narrative. Anderson s work continues to evolve as she strives to reimagine and redefine the relationship between reality and dreams, sparking thoughtful discourse among her audiences worldwide. THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 FRIDAY, MARCH 13, PM (70MIN, NO INTERMISSION) photo: Leland Brewster

7 PI DAY ROY WOOTEN, LAURIE ANDERSON, CANO OZGENER, BEN DAVIS (ISHKY), MARK HANF, BRYCE MCCLOUD AND MORE After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are artists as well. Albert Einstein TNT thursday night things Thursday Night Things (TNT) is a curated series of unexpected collaborations by Nashville-based artists. Every third Thursday of the month audience members will get a glimpse into the imagination and artistic perspective of Nashville creators as they turn our non-traditional space into a unique visual expression. OZ Arts is thrilled to be in discussion with diverse and multi-faceted artists and collectives, including: Cory Basil, Brooke Waggoner, David Perry - The North Road, Stephanie Pruitt, William Tyler, Alex Lockwood, Bryce McCloud, Joseph Hazelwood, Banning Bouldin - New Dialect, Michael Weintrob, and Tony Youngblood. On Pi Day 2015, OZ Arts brings together visual art, live performance, and discussion with a focus on the connections of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. OZ Arts will showcase the conceptual artworks of multiple visual artists including its founder, Cano Ozgener, whose Pi Synesthesia uses color to express the mathematical constant. OZ Arts will also display photographs from Ben Davis s Pi in the Sky, the world s largest ephemeral installation of pi. Five-time Grammy-winning percussionist Roy Wooten, with an ensemble, will perform his score for the constant, and artists and scholars, including Laurie Anderson, will come to OZ Arts from across the country to discuss the intersection of mathematics and art. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, AUGUST 21 SEPTEMBER 18 OCTOBER 16 NOVEMBER JANUARY 15 FEBRUARY 19 MARCH 14 (PI DAY) APRIL 16 thursday night things thursday

8 TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY A RETROSPECTIVE IN THREE PARTS [Ms. Brown s work] is unexpected, virtuosic, funny, arbitrary, subtle, detailed, poetic. The New York Times Trisha Brown is recognized as an avant-garde and postmodernist choreographer whose more than forty-year contribution to contemporary dance has made a significant impact on the field. OZ Arts is proud to present two distinct evenings of performance by Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC), with works from the late 1960 s to Program A features multiple, iconic works created for the proscenium theatre. Program B employs the manicured grounds of OZ for a series of Brown s Early Works, then moves into the Grand Salon, which will be transformed into a performance space with seating on two sides of the stage. In between these two main stage performance evenings, OZ Arts brings a live performance installation, Planes, to Nashville in collaboration with local contemporary dance collective New Dialect and Zeitgeist Gallery. Zeitgeist Gallery will host the multi-media installation from May 2-30, 2015, with weekly performances in the installation by New Dialect. A special performance evening featuring both New Dialect and TBDC dancers takes place on May 15, photo: Ian Douglas PROGRAM A THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015, 8PM OZ, INDOOR - Newark (1987) - Opal Loop (1980) - Rogues (2011) - Present Tense (2003) PLANES (1968) FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015 ZEITGEIST GALLERY PROGRAM B SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015, 7.30PM OZ, INDOOR/OUTDOOR - Early Works (1960s-1970s) - You Can See Us (1994) - Son of Gone Fishin (1981) photo: Babette Mangolte

9 MEMORY RINGS PHANTOM LIMB COMPANY Over the course of 65 minutes (not a one of which is wasted), this entrancing multimedia work creates a portrait of humanity locked in eternal struggle with nature extraordinary. - Boston Globe, 69 S. (The Shackleton Project) Known for their unconventional approach to storytelling and use of marionette puppetry, New York City-based Phantom Limb Company combines multi-media production design and installation to create a three-dimensional visual landscape on stage. In July 2014, Phantom Limb puppeteers, designers, composers, choreographers, and makers land in Nashville for a two-week residency. Utilizing OZ s 9,000-square-foot warehouse, the company begins the final phase of development for Memory Rings, their second work in a three-part series focused on humanity s relationship to the environment. In June 2015, OZ is honored to present the WORLD PREMIERE of Phantom Limb Company s Memory Rings. Told from the perspective of the world s oldest living tree, this theatrical presentation tells the story of 5,000 years of human and environmental change. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 PREVIEW FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015 SATURDAY, JUNE 20, PM (75MIN, NO INTERMISSION) photo: Pavel Antonov, 69 S, 2012

10 [OZ is] securing its place among Nashville s most intriguing and inspiring cultural venues. The Tennessean WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING... Billed as a destination for innovative contemporary art experiences, OZ Nashville has not disappointed in its inaugural season. Nashville Scene Now the city is embracing modernism. The New York Times OZ is filling a vital gap in our artistic landscape. ArtsNash, Evans Donnell Imagine what this will do for the city s art scene and let your imagination off the chain. Nashville Scene If Utopia had a creative arts center, it would be OZ. Jaz Dorsey [OZ] bodes well for the artistic future. ArtsNash

11 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OUTREACH OZ Arts has created partnerships with a wide-range of institutions to deliver artistic opportunities to the greater community. Partners receive educational content that seeks to create unique learning experiences for the lifelong learner. BANDALOOP Vertical dance workshop Oct 4, 2014, 10am 1pm OZ Arts, 6172 Cockrill Bend Circle, Nashville $25 per person Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC) Masterclasses May 12 & 13, 2015 $25 per person For detailed information on all Community Engagement Programs as well as Education and Community Partners go to: oznashville.com/education OZ SCHOOL DAYS OZ Arts is pleased to launch a new program created for working families! OZ School Days are offered when Metro Nashville Public Schools are out of session for public holidays. Each full day session is focused on dance, drama, music and/or visual art and is available for $50 per session on the following dates from 9am 4pm: 2014: Oct 13 Nov : Jan 19 Feb 16 March April 3 Columbus Day Parent-Teacher Work Day MLK, Jr Bday Washington s Bday Spring Break camp Spring Holiday SUMMER CAMP Save The Date for the 2015 Summer Arts Camp at OZ, Carnival of Culture, June 25 & 26, 2015 MEMBERSHIP FOR DETAILED INFORMATION, GO TO OZNASHVILLE.COM/MEMBERSHIP Membership in OZ is designed to provide on-going operating support for Nashville s new contemporary arts organization. OZ is committed to bringing the best contemporary arts possible to Nashville to serve as yet another example of our city s national and international status. The creative spirit has given Nashville a place in the world s cultural landscape. It is our belief that OZ will help to nurture, strengthen and elevate that spirit to meet the opportunities ahead for our city. We welcome your support as a member. And, we invite you to be part of what we are doing bring your energy and enthusiasm to experience Brave New Art. THE ARTIST CIRCLE, $50,000 THE PRODUCER CIRCLE, $25,000 THE DIRECTOR CIRCLE, $10,000 THE VANGUARD, $5,000 THE CRITIC, $1,000 TAKE OZ, $100 (AGES 21-39) THE CREATOR S CIRCLE TICKETS FOR TICKET SALES GO TO OZNASHVILLE.COM/PROGRAMS A discount on all performance tickets is available to working artists, educators, and students. For more information go to: oznashville.com/creatorscircle photo: W.O. Smith StringSmiths students performing with Ethel

12 MISSION OZ SUPPORTS THE CREATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF SIGNIFICANT PERFORMING AND VISUAL ART WORKS BY LEADING ARTISTS WHOSE CONTRIBUTION INFLUENCES THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR FIELD. STAFF AND CONSULTANTS STAFF CANO OZGENER Founder TIM OZGENER Chief Executive Officer LAUREN SNELLING Artistic Director PAMELA JOHNSON SVP of Development & Marketing ADAM SHEPARD Chief Financial Officer ROBERT CAMPBELL Creative Cultivator RUS SNELLING Production Manager MICHAEL MAUREN Technical Director SARA MOGGIO Director of Sales and Events KATHERINE DAVIS Events Coordinator and Executive Assistant to the CEO KATE ABRAMS Event Manager SHANNON HARVEY Development Associate KIM DALRYMPLE Marketing Associate BRIAN SOMERVILLE Artist in Residence JAMMIE WILLIAMS Artist in Residence CONSULTANTS AMY ATKINSON Owner, Amy Atkinson Communications, Marketing & Communications Consultant MIKE CONDER Finance & Operations, OZ and Principal, Crowned Heads Cigars DELEVANTE CREATIVE Creative Direction & Brand Development ARNITA OZGENER Development & Events AYLIN OZGENER Philanthropy, Education & Development AARON RAYBURN Brand Development Consultant PATTERSON SIMS President of the Board at ICI, Former Curator at MoMA, The Whitney (NYC), Arts Consultant, OZ NICHOLAS WOODS & BRYAN ROBERTSON Fuzz Interactive, Website Design and Development BLAKE ZIDELL Blake Zidell & Associates, Public Relations ADVISORY BOARD Amy Atkinson - Owner, Amy Atkinson Communications Anne Brown - Owner, The Arts Company Libby Callaway - Writer, Media Consultant Chase Cole - Partner, Waller Law Jen Cole - Executive Director, Metro Arts Commission Stephanie Conner - Tennessee Arts Commission Gavin Duke - Principal, Page Duke Landscape Architecture Kristy Edmunds - Artistic & Executive Director, Center for the Art of Performance, UCLA Karen Elson - Model, Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist Karen Hayes - Co-owner, Parnassus Bookstore Gavin Ivester - Partner, FLO Thinkery, Creative Leader, Nike, Puma Keith Meacham - Education and Learning Consultant at Homer Learning, Inc. Ellen Meyer - President, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film Dave Pittman - Editor, NATIVE Magazine SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS 4 Wall Entertainment Accurate Staging Elyse Adler Advocate Marketing & Printing, Inc. Dorothee Alemany Laurie Anderson Apollo Middle School Cory Basil BATCH Nashville Belmont University Best Brands Prashant Bhargava Emily Bills Blackhawk Audio Banning Bouldin Bob Bradley Trisha Brown Linda Brumbach Dorinda Carter Thomas Cavanagh Susie Clark The Clay Lady s Studio, Artist Co-Op Steve Cohen Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Ben Davis Amanda Dillingham Dina Dusko Kristy Edmunds Spenser Fritz Julia Glawe Good Food for Good People Jessica Grindstaff Dameon Guess AC Bill Gupton Simon Hanna Pacer Harp Ben Harrison Hip-Hues Lou Hockett Dr. Gary Hughes Brian Hull Irem Ikizler Mara Isaacs Vijay Iyer John Early Museum Magnet Middle School John Trotwood Moore Middle School Bob Kucher LEAD Academy Clarissa Lega Lipscomb University Alex Lockwood Paul Polycarpou - CEO and Editor, Nashville Arts Magazine Anne Pope - Executive Director, Tennessee Arts Commission Jill Robinson - Director of Executive Learning and Marketing, Belmont University Patterson Sims - President of the Board at ICI, Former Curator at MoMA, The Whitney (NYC) Mike Smith - Group Publisher Nashville, SouthComm Ronnie Steine - At-Large 2, Council Member, Metro Council Joseph Sulkowski - Artist Stacy Widelitz - Composer Betsy Wills - Founder at YouScience, ArtStormer Blog Mel Ziegler - Professor of Art, Chair, Department of Art, Vanderbilt University Carolyn Lucas Anne Stewart Lynde Dianne Madden Made First Bryce McCloud Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Moves and Grooves Nashville School of the Arts Nashville Shakespeare Festival National Museum of African American Music New Dialect Oasis Center Playing by Air Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing Jairo Prado Printers Press Stephanie Pruitt Alisa Regas ReMake Art Tim Robbins Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary School Mark Rowan Josh Rubin Andee Rudloff Amelia Rudolph Erik Sanko Commissioner Derrick Schofield Rena Shagan Patterson Sims Brian Somerville Star Education Casey Summar Tennessee Board of Regents Tennessee Department of Corrections Tennessee Governor s School for the Arts Tennessee Puppetry Guild Tennessee State University William Tyler Michael Weintrob Jammie Williams Sabra Williams Wising Chair Productions Roy Wooten Lain York Your Heart on Art Janice Zeitlin Manuel Zeitlin

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