BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15182@kmun.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250503T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250503T210000 DTSTAMP:20250424T173410Z URL:https://kmun.org/events/you-cant-be-serious-2025-05-03/ SUMMARY:You Can't Be Serious DESCRIPTION:You Can’t Be Serious\nA solo show that brings Death to life\n Choreographer and Performer Andrea Parson brings her award winning solo sh ow to the heart of Astoria\, Oregon at Ten Fifteen Theater this May!\nWith dreams of becoming a professional dancer and artist\, Andrea Parson grew up studying dance in Hillsboro Oregon\, earned a dance degree from Loyola Marymount University (LA)\, and became a leading dancer for the acclaimed contemporary dance company\, Northwest Dance Project in Portland\, OR. She is now coming back to Hillsboro to bring her story back home\, to the pla ce where she grew up\, Main street. It’s here at the Vault Theater that she will share her award winning solo show that shines a light into the da rk waters of a tragic loss through an eloquent blend of dance and physical storytelling.\nThe journey of this show is extraordinary and unique. Afte r Andrea’s loss of her sister to cancer in 2020 she decided\, bravely\, to turn this deeply personal tragedy into art. In 2021 she was accepted in to the residency program with Portland based non-profit\, From the Ground UP\, an organization that supports the development of female and fem ident ifying artists and aims to create risky new art. Over the next few years A ndrea worked closely with From the Ground UP’s artistic director\, Kathe rine Murphy Lewis\, who also was going through her own journey of loss of her father to cancer\, who passed away in 2022\, just months before the wo rkshop in performance hit the stage. These two continued to collaborate an d have gone on to create what has become a profoundly moving new work that places grief center stage.\nIn November 2023 the world premier of You Can ’t Be Serious was met with sold out shows and rave reviews at BodyVox Da nce Center in Portland\, Oregon. After such a run it became clear this sho w had quite the life ahead of it from the Oregon Fringe in Ashland last sp ring to Hollywood Fringe (LA) this past summer. This fall You Can’t Be S erious met Portland Audiences again in partnership with Open Space at thei r studio theater before heading to New York City’s 42nd street as a part of the largest curated festival of solo work in the world\, United Solo a nd received an award for Best Physical Theater.\nEssential Information:\nP resenter- From the Ground UP\nYou Can’t Be Serious\nMay 2nd &\; 3rd\, 7:30pm\nA community discussion will follow each performance.\nThe Ten Fif teen Theater - 1015 Commercial St\, Astoria\, OR 97103\nTickets are $25\, and available online at www.thetenfifteentheater.com\nWriter/Performer/Cho reographer- Andrea Parson\nDirector/Dramaturg- Katherine Murphy Lewis\nMus ician/Composer- Joe Kye\nShow Description: A final bow in Germany\, a canc er diagnosis\, a death\, a cookie\, a conversation with God. This evening of solo dance and storytelling by Andrea Parson explores the loss of her s ister to breast cancer to 2020. You Can’t Be Serious is a hilarious and tragic story about witnessing\, and grappling with death. Andrea sinks to the bottom\, attempts a stand up routine and shines a light into the deepe st waters of the ocean. The audience is pulled toward Andrea as she direct ly asks them questions about death and love. A dance between down and up\, between the weight of tears and the levity of laughter\, each movement of this story collides into the next in a captivating collage of grief that brings death fully to life.\nhttps://youcantbeserious.my.canva.site/solosh ow\nLink to the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcF0rgkaQT4 Photo graphy by: Scotty Fisher @sleeperstudios\nLink to Review from LA: https:// nohoartsdistrict.com/you-cant-be-serious-review/\nAndrea Parson- Lead Arti st\nAndrea Parson’s performing career began in the basement of her child hood home where she put on original plays for 25 cents. She began choreogr aphing at a young age\, making dances for friends and family\, and often i mprovised down grocery store aisles. She furthered her formal studies at t he Joffrey Ballet\, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance\, and Loyola Marym ount University\, where she received a BA in dance in 2009. After graduati ng she joined Northwest Dance Project in Portland\, Oregon\, where she rec eived a Princess Grace Dance Fellowship award in 2010. For 11 years she pe rformed and toured nationally and internationally\, finding much delight i n dancing dramatic roles such as Hedda Gabler and Carmen. A love of drama and storytelling led her to self produced three solo dance theater pieces for live theater and film. A study of theater improvisation\, physical the ater and stand-up comedy greatly influences her creative work. When she’ s not daydreaming and devising solo shows\, she teaches dance and choreogr aphs both for educational institutions and professional dance companies.\n https://andreaparson.com/\nKatherine Murphy Lewis- Director and Dramaturge \nKatherine Murphy Lewis is the founding Artistic Director of From the Gro und Up. Since 2013 Katherine has championed programing\, workshops\, resid encies and new art development. In the past six years\, Katherine has spea rheaded a refocusing of the organization’s mission towards serving femal e and female identifying populations\, launching an all femme Artist Resid ency that produces upwards of ten new works for a cohort of multigeneratio nal artists\, each presented in From the Ground UP’s annual Mini Festiva l of New Art.\nIn addition to her work in leadership and education\, Kathe rine has enjoyed collaborating locally and internationally\, most notably in residence with Company of Wolves in Glasgow Scotland\, traveling and to uring their show Achilles at Edinburgh Fringe and throughout the UK and Eu rope. She locally co-wrote and co-produced a new play\, Tonight Nothing\, in partnership with Merideth Clark\, which premiered at CoHo Production’ s summer of 2019. Most recently she served as Director and Dramaturge for You Can’t Be Serious which premiered fall of 2023 to sold out audiences. Currently Katherine is leading From the Ground UP into its next phase of\ nevolution\, bringing forth a new phase of programs\, all aimed at creatin g risky New Art\, fostering innovation\, and expanding artistic spaces.\nh ttps://www.fromthegrounduppdx.net/our-mission-our-team-copy\nFrom the Grou nd UP:\nFrom the Ground UP : A Research and Development Center for New Art is a Portland OR\, based organization that fosters the creation of new ar t. We seek to expand\, reimagine and invent new ways of making\, producing and presenting art. Focusing on marginalized populations we elevate sidel ined voices\, invoke important community dialogues and support the creatio n and presenting of stories that are often overlooked. Knowing that by bri nging these stories to the forefront we can create spaces that empower art ists\, invite the unusual\, challenge norms and forge new pathways that up lift individuals and communities both here and beyond. https://www.fromthe grounduppdx.net/\nA Selection of Audience Feedback :\n“Beautiful\, heavy \, a visceral expression of being human and experiencing grief and loss. ” -World Premier 2023\nA bright spot in the theater universe. -World Pre mier 2023\n‘The best one person performance I have ever seen’ -World P remier 2023\nThis show cultivates an atmosphere to process with others to feel free\; to laugh\, cry\, ask questions It reminded us to let life be m essy and celebrate those moments\, not to quiet them. -World Premier 2023\ n‘A beautifully told meditation on loss and grief’ NYC 2024\n‘remark able\, funny\, and heartbreaking’ LA 2024\n‘Taking you fully into grie f and finding peace.’ NYC 2024\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kmun.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/YCBS -Insta.png CATEGORIES:Public Events LOCATION:Ten Fifteen Theater\, 1015 Commercial St \, Astoria\, OR\, 97103\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1015 Commercial St \, Astor ia\, OR\, 97103\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Ten Fifteen The ater:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR