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Zoo Human
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ZOO HUMAN
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 Eric Michael Kochmer and Keri Meoni  Ian Tabatchnick and the Cast of Zoo Human  Eric Michael Kochmer and Natalie McLennan |
 Natalie McLennan and Eric Michael Kochmer  (l.
to r.) Dawn Medina Keri Meoni Eric Michael Kochmer, Anne Winkles,
and Brian Clanadra and Josh Mattes in table
 Dawn Medina and Anne Winkles on swings
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ZOO HUMAN is a parade of isolated moments on stage that juxtaposes mankind's everyday activities with animal imagery. Creating a link between our evolutionary past and our rush to create an advanced future, the play is a spectacle of meta-theater that reminds us how we hilariously continue to forget why we are human.
Invoking the spirit of experimental theater of the 1960's and 1970's, director Emanuel Bocchieri turns an unorganized vaudeville performance into a metaphor for the confusion of modern human reality. This socially defiant spectacle showcases buffoons who stumble through stage directions from a script that slowly but surely encourages them to reconcile their animal origin.
By exploring conventions of ensemble theatre these buffoons learn how to create a performance by: building community, understanding themselves in relation to the audience/universe, and exploring basic ways to communicate ideas and emotions. They achieve these goals by transforming everyday activities such as laughing and crying into "acts" and use their discoveries to color a performance that starts with a hesitation but ends with a flourish of enthusiasm for the zoo human in us all.