Artist Presentation: Actor Bill Bowers in Philipsburg
Join us for 2 impressive presentations with Bill Bowers, Open AIR Artist-in-Residence in Philipsburg.
Workshop 2-3 pm: Bill will lead a mime workshop that will introduce participants to this ancient art form. The workshop will include a brief history of mime, physical warm-up, and movement improvisations. Participants will have the opportunity to create original stories and share their work. This workshop is open to all. Please dress comfortably and prepare to move!
Presentation 7:00 pm: Bill will perform and mime, sharing stories With and Without Words.
For accessibility concerns, please email info@openairmt.org
These events are free and open to the public. Registration is appreciated, but is not required. Register here.
About the Artist: As an actor, mime and educator, Bill Bowers has traveled and performed throughout all 50 of the United States, Europe, and Asia. His Broadway credits include Zazu in The Lion King, and Leggett in The Scarlet Pimpernel. A student of the legendary Marcel Marceau, Bill is hailed by critics as one of the great mimes of our generation. An award-winning performer and playwright, Bill’s work has garnered top honors and rave reviews worldwide, including The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, International Thespis Festival in Germany, MonoMafia in Estonia, United Solo in NYC and Poland, the Fresh Fruit Festival, the Nature Festival of Korea, among others. His original plays include All Over the Map, Beyond Words, Under a Montana Moon, It Goes Without Saying, Heyokah/Hokehay, Johnny Got His Gun, and The Traveler. Bill is currently working on his memoir and has been awarded fellowships at the Hermitage, The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Ohio University, University of Wyoming, Williams College and Princeton University. “To watch Bill Bowers is to see the technical elements of a style that brings Marcel Marceau readily to mind, joined to the American West. Mime can be wonderful - the air between him and us is his palette.” New York Times Bill is featured in the film Two Weeks Notice, and on television in Disney’s Out of the Box, Remember W.E.N.N, All My Children, the PBS adaptation of Peter and the Wolf, and the PBS documentary series Brief But Spectacular. Bill holds an MFA from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, and an Honorary PhD from Rocky Mountain College
