{"id":6461,"date":"2012-09-17T11:33:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T15:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?post_type=bates_events&#038;p=6461"},"modified":"2012-09-17T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T15:35:22","slug":"1000-airplanes-on-the-roof","status":"publish","type":"bates_events","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/events\/1000-airplanes-on-the-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"1000 Airplanes on the Roof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6463\" title=\"Mazlin.Steven.ThorsHelmet.hires\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2012\/09\/Mazlin.Steven.ThorsHelmet.hires_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2012\/09\/Mazlin.Steven.ThorsHelmet.hires_.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2012\/09\/Mazlin.Steven.ThorsHelmet.hires_-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2012\/09\/Mazlin.Steven.ThorsHelmet.hires_-600x433.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">The production of the <em>1000 Airplanes on the Roof <\/em>is an innovative interdisciplinary trilateral artistic collaboration between the Bates College Museum of Art, the Department of Music, and the Department of Theater and Dance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This science fiction music drama, written by playwright David Henry Hwang, centers a Kafkaesque single character M., who has trouble sorting out reality from imagination. Once a determinedly rational person, now confused and terrified, he tells us that he has been repeatedly abducted by extraterrestrial beings, transported to a spaceship hovering above the earth, and subjected to painful and bizarre experiments.<\/p>\n<p>To visually represent M.&#8217;s exploration of alternate realities the production incorporates several astrophotographic images from the Bates College Museum of Art\u2019s recent <em>Starstruck<\/em> exhibition, curated by Anthony Shostak.\u00a0 The text is beautifully supported by an original music composed by William R. Matthews, Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music.\u00a0 The character M. is performed by a senior from Winnetka, IL, Thomas J. Holmberg.\u00a0 Whether to accept M.&#8217;s story or write him off as psychotic, the direction, by Katalin Vecsey, Senior Lecturer in Theater, is leaving it open for the audience to decide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The production of the 1000 Airplanes on the Roof is an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":6463,"template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_bates_event_start":"2012-10-25 19:30:00","_bates_event_end":"2012-10-25 21:30:00","_bates_event_allDay":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"event-tag":[],"class_list":["post-6461","bates_events","type-bates_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"start":"2012-10-25T19:30:00","end":"2012-10-25T21:30:00","location":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bates_event-full-location\"><span class=\"bates_event-building\">Bates College, Schaeffer Theater<\/span><br><span class=\"bates_event_street\">305 College<\/span><br><span class=\"bates_event-city\">Lewiston<\/span>, <span class=\"bates_event-state\">ME<\/span> <span class=\"bates_event-zip\">04240<\/span><\/div>","simple":" Bates College, Schaeffer Theater, Lewiston, ME, 04240"},"featured_image":{"url":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2012\/09\/Mazlin.Steven.ThorsHelmet.hires_-600x433.jpg","id":6463},"structureddata":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\n    \"@context\": \"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n    \"@type\": \"Event\",\n    \"location\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Place\",\n        \"name\": \"Bates College: Bates College, Schaeffer Theater\",\n        \"address\": {\n            \"@type\": \"PostalAddress\",\n            \"streetAddress\": \"305 College\",\n            \"addressLocality\": \"Lewiston\",\n            \"addressRegion\": \"ME\",\n            \"postalCode\": \"04240\",\n            \"addressCountry\": \"US\"\n        }\n    },\n    \"endDate\": \"2012-10-25T21:30:00\"\n}<\/script>","associated_urls":false,"rsvp":false,"isdone":true,"isallday":false,"map":"https:\/\/maps.googleapis.com\/maps\/api\/staticmap?center=Bates+College%2C+Schaeffer+Theater%2C+305+College%2C+Lewiston%2C+ME%2C+04240&amp;size=300x300&amp;maptype=roadmap&amp;key=AIzaSyBQSXYPq_JrQb5qNSnkPrxAeY0e7K1rciA","addtocalendarbutton":"<div class=\"batesevents-add-to-calendar-wrap\">\t<a class=\"batesevents-add-to-calendar\" onclick=\"this.classList.toggle('js-clicked');return false;\"\n\thref=\"#\">Add to Calendar<\/a><ul><li><a  href=\"?download-ics-bates-event_id=6461\" class=\"batesevent-add-to-calendar-choice-ics\">Add to iPhone\/Android<\/a><\/li><li><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/render?text=1000+Airplanes+on+the+Roof&amp;location=Bates+College%2C+Schaeffer+Theater%2C+305+College%2C+Lewiston%2C+ME%2C+04240&amp;details=%26nbsp%3B%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+production+of+the+1000+Airplanes+on+the+Roof+is+an+innovative+interdisciplinary+trilateral+artistic+collaboration+between+the+Bates+College+Museum+of+Art%2C+the+Department+of+Music%2C+and+the+Department+of+Theater+and+Dance.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+science+fiction+music+drama%2C+written+by+playwright+David+Henry+Hwang%2C+centers+a+Kafkaesque+single+character+M.%2C+who+has+trouble+sorting+out+reality+from+imagination.+Once+a+determinedly+rational+person%2C+now+confused+and+terrified%2C+he+tells+us+that+he+has+been+repeatedly+abducted+by+extraterrestrial+beings%2C+transported+to+a+spaceship+hovering+above+the+earth%2C+and+subjected+to+painful+and+bizarre+experiments.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo+visually+represent+M.%27s+exploration+of+alternate+realities+the+production+incorporates+several+astrophotographic+images+from+the+Bates+College+Museum+of+Art%E2%80%99s+recent+Starstruck+exhibition%2C+curated+by+Anthony+Shostak.%C2%A0+The+text+is+beautifully+supported+by+an+original+music+composed+by+William+R.+Matthews%2C+Alice+Swanson+Esty+Professor+of+Music.%C2%A0+The+character+M.+is+performed+by+a+senior+from%26hellip%3B&amp;dates=20121025T233000Z%2F20121026T013000Z&amp;trp=true&amp;output=xml&amp;action=TEMPLATE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"batesevent-add-to-calendar-choice-google\">Add to Google Calendar<\/a><\/li><li><a  href=\"?download-ics-bates-event_id=6461\" class=\"batesevent-add-to-calendar-choice-outlook\">Add to Outlook<\/a><\/li><li><a  href=\"https:\/\/calendar.yahoo.com\/?title=1000+Airplanes+on+the+Roof&amp;in_loc=Bates+College%2C+Schaeffer+Theater%2C+305+College%2C+Lewiston%2C+ME%2C+04240&amp;desc=%26nbsp%3B%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+production+of+the+1000+Airplanes+on+the+Roof+is+an+innovative+interdisciplinary+trilateral+artistic+collaboration+between+the+Bates+College+Museum+of+Art%2C+the+Department+of+Music%2C+and+the+Department+of+Theater+and+Dance.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+science+fiction+music+drama%2C+written+by+playwright+David+Henry+Hwang%2C+centers+a+Kafkaesque+single+character+M.%2C+who+has+trouble+sorting+out+reality+from+imagination.+Once+a+determinedly+rational+person%2C+now+confused+and+terrified%2C+he+tells+us+that+he+has+been+repeatedly+abducted+by+extraterrestrial+beings%2C+transported+to+a+spaceship+hovering+above+the+earth%2C+and+subjected+to+painful+and+bizarre+experiments.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo+visually+represent+M.%27s+exploration+of+alternate+realities+the+production+incorporates+several+astrophotographic+images+from+the+Bates+College+Museum+of+Art%E2%80%99s+recent+Starstruck+exhibition%2C+curated+by+Anthony+Shostak.%C2%A0+The+text+is+beautifully+supported+by+an+original+music+composed+by+William+R.+Matthews%2C+Alice+Swanson+Esty+Professor+of+Music.%C2%A0+The+character+M.+is+performed+by+a+senior+from%26hellip%3B&amp;st=20121025T233000Z&amp;et=20121026T013000Z&amp;view=d&amp;v=60&amp;type=20&amp;uid=\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"batesevent-add-to-calendar-choice-yahoo\">Add to Yahoo<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bates_events\/6461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bates_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bates_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bates_events\/6461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6464,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bates_events\/6461\/revisions\/6464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-tag?post=6461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}