AFOOT -- GAIA

In 2124 the world is an apocalyptic landscape after the cataclysmic events known as “The Windfall.”

Adelaide’s Botanic Gardens boast an intricate network of AI-controlled maintenance systems known as “GAIA,” a digitally-preserved testament to nature’s perfection. 

 Enter Inspector Lila Gardener, a homicide detective investigating the murder of Adelaide’s great botanist: Dr. Victor Hale. 

Who killed Hale? 

How

and why?  

What secrets lurk beneath the city’s sleek exterior? 

Lila is on the case, for beneath the vibrant foliage and synthetic streams, a mystery lays concealed…In this immersive, site-specific, new form of theater, you interact with your environment using our new AFOOT console. 

All you need is your smartphone, a pair of headphones, and yourself in this thrilling theatrical walking tour of Adelaide.

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CAST

Detective Inspector Lila Gardener — Amy Maiden
GAIA —  Anna O'Byrne
Yashido Natsuko — Gen Parton Shin
Dr. Amanda Narayan — Anula Navlekar
Ilan Zorillo — Mark Dickinson

"The Keepers:"
Shel Silverstein — Tony Sheldon
Madame Ranyevsky — Beverley Klein
Nessa Diffenbaugh — Ange Lavoipierre
Frankly Burnett — Nick Simpson-Deeks
Kew — Rosanna Hyland

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TEXT & STORY by: Alexandra Silber

DESIGN, sound, mapping + concept by: Asa Wember

PRODUCED by: Alley Scott + Alec Silver for Dutch Kills Theater

MUSIC by @wet__hands featuring Argh Reath

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AFOOT -- Shadows of the Past

SHADOWS OF THE PAST is part of AFOOT: Adelaide— a lush, haunting, and romantic 19th century ghost story. 

The story centers around Amelia Edwards and William Gardener— who come together and fall in love across class divides in 1885. 

 Set in the founding years of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, this romance intertwines local Australian history and supernatural elements. 

Weaving together history, romance and a touch of the supernatural, SHADOWS OF THE PAST explores themes of love, loss, and the enduring connection between people and places across class, death and time. In this immersive, site-specific, new form of theater, you interact with your environment using our new AFOOT console. 

All you need is your smartphone, a pair of headphones, and yourself in this theatrical walking tour of Adelaide, South Australia. 

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CAST 

Amelia Edwards — Anna O'Byrne

William Gardener — Nick Simpson-Deeks 

Florrie — Alexandra Silber

Marianna the Medium — Ange Lavoipierre 

Jonathan Edwards — James Robertson Malt 

Policeman — Mark Dickinson

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TEXT & STORY by: Alexandra Silber

DESIGN, sound, mapping + concept by: Asa Wember

PRODUCED by: Alley Scott + Alec Silver for Dutch Kills Theater

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AFOOT -- Whisper Walk

 WHISPER WALK explores the power of uttered personal stories. 

Inspired in part by the "Phone of the Wind" (風の電話, kaze no denwa) of Otsuchi Japan, WHISPER WALK is a conceptual piece of moving, living, documentary-style testimonial art of life-like personal stories “whispered” into the ears of the audience at ordinary, everyday locations-- all told as they move through the guided walk. 

The private audience thus serves as a confidant and a kindly stranger on the road to whom the speaker can perhaps speak more candidly than to a regular character in their everyday lives… 

In this piece we explore the notion that memory is tied heavily to place, and that a singular place can contain a multitude of “stacked” memories and stories from the countless humans who cross the location from the hours to centuries.

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Text by Alexandra Silber

Structure by Asa Wember

Produced by Alley Scott and Alec Silver for Dutch Kills Theater

Performance direction by Alexandra Silber 

Walking routes, Recording & Sound Design UI & Web Programming all by: Asa Wember

With performances by:

Michael Cormick

Mark Dickinson

Rosanna Hyland

Beverley Klein

Ange Lavoipierre

Amy Maiden

James Robertson Malt

Rishi Mutalik

Anula Navlekar

Gen Parton Shin 

Tony Sheldon

Nick Simpson Deeks 

Geena Quintos 

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“PS. I bless you with all my heart”

Absolutely no words to encapsulate the experience of Our Class at BAM other than enormous:

Enormous was the challenge.
Enormous were the relationships formed
Enormous is my love of Rachelka
Enormous is my gratitude for having been a part of it.

Farewell for now, friends. 🎈

“PS. I bless you with all my heart”