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Jimmy Tingle for President
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Drawing on 25 years of comedic insight, outrage and commentary the nationally known Comedian, Jimmy Tingle has constructed another hilarious thought provoking and politically charged one-man show based on his 2008 run for the White House. For 90 minutes Tingle campaigns with passion, intellect and creativity on every issue from immigration and education to global warming and national healthcare. Running as the nominee of “The American Peace Party” which he founded in 2000 it is Jimmy Tingle's hope to use his campaign and the party to create a vehicle to raise the consciences of the American people and help move this great nation out of the wilderness of partisan politics and despair and into the “promised land” of hope, laughter, optimism, progress, prosperity and peace with humor. |
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Portrait Of A Coast, 21st Century June 14 – 7pm
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James Gabriel's recent remake of his stunningly beautiful story of our ever-shifting Outer Cape coastline.
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June 13th will be a co-fundraiser for Provincetown's Center for Coastal Studies and Payomet, tix $35 (includes a champagne toast). A discussion after the screening will feature Jim Gabriel and Graham Giese, senior scientist at Provincetown’s Center for Coastal Studies. June 13 Benefit Screening– 7pm |
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At Home In Utopia June 20 – 7pm Payomet’s regular discounts do not apply to the screening of this film. Payomet is screening this film as part of the Provincetown Film Festival. Tickets on Sale through the Provincetown Film Festival’s Box Office: ptownfilmfest.org |
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A home of one's own… But what happened when the dreamers were poor Jewish immigrants, factory garment workers and Communists? In the 1920s they pooled their resources to build four cooperatively owned apartment complexes (the Coops) in the Bronx, seeking to create a modern utopia. What they found was something else. Director Michal Goldman, founder and President emerita of the Filmmakers Collaborative in Boston, will attend the screening and discussion to follow.
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The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt Sun-Mon-Tues June 23 -July 22
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American Gypsy: June 27 – 7pm
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“You keep to yourselves to remain pure, and as soon as you go into the non-Gypsy world you are entering a danger zone.” - quote from the film |
There are one million Gypsies in the United States. That's “Gypsy” spelled with a capital “G,” a group that is also ethnically referred to as Roma. Never before has a camera been allowed to explore their world.
Shot over the course of five years, this feature documentary tells the story of Jimmy Marks, a Rom and Romani community leader whose fight for his civil rights exposes him to double jeopardy: first, from the dominant white culture and, second, from his own people, as he defies the hush-hush conventions of the Roma. |
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John Jorgenson Quintet Tix $20
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The John Jorgenson Quintet features guitarist John Jorgenson, a founding member of the Desert Rose Band, the Hellecasters, and six-year member of Elton John's band. Artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to Bonnie Raitt to Earl Scruggs have sought out Jorgenson's guitar work. Recently, John Jorgenson was chosen to portray Django Reinhardt in the feature film Head in the Clouds. John Jorgenson is known as one of the pioneers of the American gypsy jazz movement. He has performed as a solo artist as well as collaborated with other musicians all over the world. His articles and lessons on gypsy jazz have appeared in prominent guitar magazines and he has given master classes around the country, and he has performed with some of the most respected European proponents of this style, Bireli Lagrene and Romane. |
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare Every Wed-Thursday, July 9-Sept. 3 at 5pm
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The most exciting recent development in this region's theatre scene is the emergence of the gifted young troupe of actors:
Shakespeare on the Cape.
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Recent graduates of the prestigious theatre training program at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, these professional young actors have consistently wowed audiences from Provincetown to Wellfleet and beyond with their breathtaking stagings of Moliere's School for Wives, Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and Romeo and Juliet, among others.
Payomet is thrilled to have them on stage for our 10th anniversary season with their production of what many consider the Bard's greatest play -The Tempest, a masterpiece of magic, mixups, monsters and great comedic moments. Don't miss it! |
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Patty Larkin July 5 – 8pm
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Legendary songwriter, singer and acoustic guitarist, Patty Larkin has been called “riveting” by the Chicago Tribune, “hypnotic” by Entertainment Weekly and “drop-dead brilliant” by Performing Songwriter.
Patty's new album, Watch The Sky, is getting raves all around: “Profound results… richly contemplative” (New York Times), “Masterful” (Billboard), and “Gripping” (Boston Globe), “One of America’s Most Distinctive Guitarists” (Associated Press). |
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Women of Faith July 11 – 7pm
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Through interviews with nuns, former nuns, and a female priest, filmmaker Rebecca Alvin examines the choice to lead a profoundly religious life in the post-feminist era.  |
Alvin explores the world of nuns the same way she examined sex workers in her 2001 film, 'Our Bodies, Our Minds' --- letting them speak for themselves. Interviewees include several active and contemplative nuns, a former lesbian nun, and a woman who became an illicit Roman Catholic priest in the face of possible excommunication.
The film, just finished, has been six years in the making, and was shot in New York, Washington, D.C., and Cape Cod. Alvin will attend the screening and panel discussion to follow. |
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Wayne Martin Puppets Tix $9.
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Wayne Martin Puppets presents “Strings Attached!”
Wayne Martin returns to the tent this year with his fun and frolicsome band of puppets for a delightful late afternoon entertainment. Comedy and pathos, vignettes of human emotions and fantasy, set against a backdrop of dramatic lighting and theatrical effects. No matter what age and no matter what language you speak, this show will keep everyone clinging to the edge of your seat and clucking with laughter. |
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Banished July 18 – 7pm
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For more info, see www.banishedthefilm.com |
From the 1860s to the 1920s, dozens of towns and counties across America violently expelled all their African American families, forcing thousands to abandon their homes. Today, a hundred or more years later, these communities remain all-white, their shameful history unspoken --- until now. Banished was an official 2007 selection of the Sundance Film Festival. Filmmaker Marco Williams attends screening and discussion after. |
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Cape Cod Opera July 19 – 8pm
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Not just a night at the opera, but “Songs for a Summer Night” will fill the Truro night air on July 19th. Payomet is proud to present performers from the renowned Cape Cod Opera for an evening of songs, arias, duets and quartets from the world of Opera, Operetta, and Musical Theatre. Gorgeous melodies from composers Bizet, Bernstein, Mozart, Sondheim and more in a unique program of equal parts beauty, tragedy, comedy and soul. |
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Provincetown USA July 25th – 8pm
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The year, 1989. The town, Provincetown. For a full year, documentary filmmaker Seth Rolbein tracks the lives of four residents. The result wins awards across the country, and sparks controversy for years to come. For the first time in almost 20 years, the documentary will be screened again.
A panel discussion, Provincetown–Then and Now follows the screening. Artist Jay Critchley, one of the film’s subjects, will join Seth Rolbein. |
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Erin McKeown July 26th – 8pm
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From pop and folk-punk to rock, sweet electronics to swing, Erin McKeown has been wowing audiences nationwide with her prolific and diverse styles “executed with more intuition and charm than many latter-day stars.” (USA TODAY)
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Gloves Off 5 weeks, Jul 28–Aug 26 Tix $25. Curtain @ 8 pm.
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Set in a boxing ring, this is a heavyweight comedy in 15 rounds, with literary giant Vladimir Nabokov facing off against critic Edmond Wilson. Named one of the Cape’s best plays of 2007 during its initial 4-performance run at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre. Cape Cod Times Arts and Entertainment editor Debbie Forman wrote: “very funny… a fast moving play with smart, sparkling dialogue… clever, witty and entertaining.” A cast of 9 actors in a professional Actors Equity production. |
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The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo July 19 – 8pm
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A life of extremes against a backdrop of revolution |
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Sebastian Junger and Willy and the Po Boys August 2 – 7pm, doors open 6:45.
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A unique night - Sebastian presents for the first hour on his travels with American troops in Afghanistan.
After a break featuring Po Boy sandwiches, Sebestian performs on harmonica with his group, Willy and the Po Boys. |
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Steve Charney & The Amazing Harry
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Magic, comedy & ventriloquism |
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Greensboro: Closer to the Truth July 11 – 7pm
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Five members of the Communist Workers Party are killed in broad daylight by the Ku Klux Klan. Though the murders are captured by TV news cameras, no one is ever convicted of the crime. The Greensboro Massacre haunts the survivors, Klansmen and the city of Greensboro for a quarter of a century, with no hope of resolution.
This film also documents the first use of a Peace and Reconciliation Commission in the U.S. Filmmaker Adam Zucker, whose work has been shown on HBO, NBC and PBS, attends the screening and discussion to follow. |
For more info, www.greensborothemovie.com |
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Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian August 9 – 7pm, doors open 6:45.
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The music of Slambovia has been described as psychedelia folkpop, alt-country roots-rock, and “surreal Americana”.
Their celebrated new release FLAPJACKS FROM THE SKY continues to invoke waves of enthusiastic response from music fans worldwide. Dancing freely between existing religious and philosophical mythologies, their music is not only uplifting and empowering but fun–a lot of fun. |
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Holler Back: August 15 – 7pm
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First-time filmmaker Lulu Friesdat captures voter (and non-voter!) anger at a corrupt and unresponsive system. The film -- which recently won First Prize at the 2008 Sunscreen Festival -- examines what motivates people to become involved (or not) in U.S. elections.
The film digs into the underbelly of American democracy and gives voters (and non-voters!) a chance to HOLLER BACK on the eve of the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Friesdat will attend screening and discussion to follow. For more info, see HollerBackFilm.com |
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Mass Collegiate All Star Jazz Ensemble August 16 – 8pm
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Directed by Joseph Brogan.
They sold out last year at the tent and it’s no wonder! A 17-musician big band made up of prodigies from Berklee and beyond performing the works of Chick Correia, Charles Mingus, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Maynard Ferguson.
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The American Civil Liberties Union August 22 – 7pm
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For eighty years, one legal organization has supported the rights of the individual against the majority and the government, igniting rage in conservatives and liberals alike. That organization is the ACLU, and it has virtually transformed our national ideal of liberty. Its history reads like a case study of freedoms of expression and minority rights in the 20th century. This film traces the tumultuous history of that organization. |
Lawrence R. Hott and Diane Garey, who will attend this screening and discussion, have been producing award-winning documentary films since 1978. Their awards include an Emmy for Outstanding Historical Programming, two Academy Award nominations, a George Foster Peabody Award, five American Film Festival Blue Ribbons, fourteen CINE Golden Eagles, screenings at Telluride, and first-place awards from the San Francisco, Chicago, National Educational and New England Film Festivals. |
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Seaside Clowns August 22 – 4pm
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Bring in the clowns! The whole family will fall in love with the antics of these veterans of the Barnum and Bailey’s Ringling Brothers Circus. |
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Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas August 31 – 8pm
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The music of Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas is "like white lightning" that reaches your heart and soul and makes you want to move and groove, and is the expression of a remarkable family. Nathan William’s down-home parables are delivered with surprising musical turns and a distinctive Caribbean lilt, uplifting, new music that remains connected to its place in history. |
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Direct from Yakutsk Russia August 22 – 4pm
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Direct from Yakutsk, “the gateway to Siberia.” World music (and instruments!) like you’ve never heard. The Khatylaevs kick off their first major U.S. tour at Payomet, ending three months later with a concert in New York City. If you thought the Tuvans had the market cornered on throat singing, think again! Concert at 8 pm. |
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Benefit for Payomet Performing Arts & Castle Hill: Some Like It in the Rough Sept 25, 26, 27 Tix, $25.
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THURS FRI SAT @ 8 PM Payomet’s Golf Festival will culminate in a Benefit Golf Tournament for Payomet & Castle Hill Center for the Arts, on SUN Sept 28 |
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$25 Tickets for all theatre productions. $10 Tickets for all films. (except June 13 and 20th) $9 Tickets for all kids summerstage performances. Music- prices vary Seating is General Admission Payomet Discount: $5 off ticket price for Students and Teachers, Seniors, Union Members, and Outer Cape Voters. Applies to Film & Theatre events only. |
Online In Person Payomet Box Office Box Office Phone 508-487-5400 Mail: Payomet Performing Arts Center Business Phone 508-487-2300 Kevin Rice, Artistic Director |
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