EPISODE SEVEN - JAN 10, 7:30 PM EST
Power to the Puppet!
NYC puppeteer Hunter Canning and
LA Indie rock band/visual artists,
the Holy Cuts,
let their puppets do the talking and
singing and laughing and loving,
as their teams compete in this
Puppet Show Challenge installment
of Director Vs Director.
LIVESTREAMING ON
In this interactive, livestream challenge,
two competing teams come together for three hours to create ART!!
Then, they present their offering in a live-stream broadcast.
You vote for the winning team!
Special Musical Guests
(all collected donations for this episode go to Hypers Kids Africa)
Hosted by National Treasure Mark Bedard
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PAST EPISODES
WINNER: Team Evan Lennon of OSU
EPISODE SIX - DEC 13, 8:00pm EST
RAH! RAH! SIS-BOOM-BAH!
The Mighty Oklahoma Sooners take on the Ferocious North Dakota Bisons
in this college face-off, where talented young people,
led by Directors Evan Lennon and Scobie Bathie, respectively,
pull out ALL the collegiate stops.
These students are primed!
SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS
Lisa & Curtis!
WINNER: Team Joshua Turchin
EPISODE FIVE - NOV 1, 7:30pm EST
Veteran Composer/Musical Director David O will attempt to crush the youthful,
plucky spirit of fourteen year old Musical Theater Whiz-kid Joshua Turchin,
who has major tricks up his sleeve.
SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS
The HolyCuts
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WINNER: Team Jacob Perlmutter
EPISODE FOUR - OCT 4, 4pm EDT
London Vs São Paulo
Team Jacob Perlmutter Vs Team Artur Contardi
UK filmmaker and musician Jacob goes up against
Brazilian singer-songwriting performance artist Artur,
who was a team member in Episode One.
These two are sure to bring an international pizzazz to their competing presentations.
SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST
Chris Wells of The Secret City
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WINNER: Team Ben Cameron
EPISODE THREE - SEPT 20, 7:30pm EDT
Broadway Babies Go to Bat!
And Janis Siegel Sings with Trombonist to the Stars!
(Google all of 'em, they're bitchin.)
Lauren Elder is the reining DvsD champion...
except for Marc Devine, who won last Sunday.
(We'll need to figure that out.)
No matter, Ben was on Lauren's team,
but thinks he can win by directing a team of his own.
A significant number of Broadway performers are on the two teams.
Oh, it's going to get sloppy-ugly in the battle for dominance.
SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS
Janis Siegel and Don MIkkelson
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WINNER: Team Marc Devine
Marc
EPISODE TWO - SEPT 13, 7:30pm EDT
TEAM MARC DEVINE VS TEAM JIM HICKCOX
Movement Theater professor at North Dakota State University, Marc Devine,
goes head to head with Jim Hickcox, professor of film in Houston.
Look to these directors to take a unique approach to playing the game. 💥💥💥
WINNER: Team Lauren Elder 
EPISODE ONE - AUG 16
TEAM LAUREN ELDER VS TEAM BRANDON BRANDON
Broadway belter Lauren Elder (Side Show and Hair)
gathers her talented New York friends to compete with
superstar designer from Los Angeles, Brandon Baruch,
and his posse of fellow art stars.
With Special Guest Performer Kristen Lee Kelly (Broadway: Rent, Rocky Horror Picture Show)
Team Members include Kelly Lynne D’Angelo, Jenny Soo,
Artur Contradi, Hugo Armstrong, Naathan Phan, Mara de la Rosa,
Lauren Flans, Jonathan Cottle, Jon Michael Reese,
Maya Sharpe, Alice Ripley, Ben Cameron...
You are invited to be a competing director
in a new interactive, online game.
Directors will meet with
moderator Ken Roht to discuss logistics for the challenge.
Directors will then assemble a
winning team of collaborators from a wide array of artistic disciplines.
Director vs Director - The Game
Two creative leaders will compete by bringing
together a team of 10 people, each.
After an orientation meeting with the moderator and
the two teams, each team will break out into their own meeting to start
collaborating.
Teams will collaborate for three hours to create a
theatrical presentation for a Zoom-type platform.
Presentations must include music, a video component,
costumes, and the use of three props agreed upon by the creative leaders.
All
spoken and sung words must be scripted. All other art forms are welcomed and
encouraged.
At the end of three hours, each team will have a
dress rehearsal on the moderator’s online meeting site.
Soon after, both teams will be joined by a paying
audience that will watch the presentations and vote on them, based on established
criteria.
The director/team with the most votes wins.
Money collected from the event will go to all of
the participating artists.
Get in touch
with Ken: 323-308-9493 opcircus@mac.com orpheancircus.com
