Wyoming Arts Council

Michael Moschen with special guest Bob Berky Oct. 19 in Jackson


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From the Center for the Arts in Jackson:

Michael Moschen with special guest Bob Berky
October 19 at 6 p.m.
Center Theater

Ranked as one of the world’s leading jugglers and one of America’s most visionary performing artists, Michael Moschen has transformed this ancient circus art into a mesmerizing concert form that has garnered critical acclaim as “genius,” “exhilarating virtuoso entertainment” and “flawless purity” from leading media such as the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. Moschen has performed both solo and collaboratively with leading artists Off-Broadway, in major concert halls, and on arts festivals in Europe, Asia and North and South America. His work crosses ethnic and social borders, and is greeted with standing ovations and critical acclaim in every country and from audiences of all ages. Recognized as a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, his work is seen often on stages, film and television.

Bob Berky, an OBIE AWARD winning clown, has performed in major theatres and theatre festivals throughout the world. He received a Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival for his one-man show “FOOLSFIRE”, is also a recipient of the Kennedy Center’s New American Plays Award for his first play “Cooking the World” and the Sarrett National Playwriting Prize in 2002 for his third play, “The Redness Of The Woodpecker”. His play, “The Fourth Nail” premiered at the Jackson Hole Center for The Arts in 2009.

Mr. Berky has taught at many universities and theaters as a guest artist and Master Teacher. In 2010, he taught Clowning and Physical Theatre in the Graduate Theatre Program at Brown University/Trinity Rep Company and performed as Reverend Parris in the Trinity Rep production of “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller in 2011. He has also worked as movement coach for such performers as Donal Donaldson, Gregory Hines, Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer. Mr. Berky has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Council on the Arts and the Wyoming Arts Council. He was Artistic Director of OffSquare Theatre in Jackson Hole for seven years.

At present Mr. Berky is directing a new play, “Yo Miss”, with the EarSay Theatre organization in New York, working on his newest play, “Burning The Ocean Dry” and a novel, “Mr. Wiggily’s Final World Tour”.

During the decade of the 1980’s Michael Moschen and Bob Berky worked together on two original productions, “Is Sixty Minutes Enough?” and “The Alchemedians”. “Is Sixty Minutes Enough?” also featuring Fred Garver, won an OBIE and toured worldwide. “The Alchemedians” a duo show created by Moschen and Berky, was featured at the BAM Next Wave Festival, subsequently ran on Broadway and also toured throughout the world.


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