The Birdsinger

The Great Bear Folk Theatre

LOCATION: Rexburg, Idaho

SYNOPSIS: “The Birdsinger” tells the story of a young woman who is lost, after the death of her parents. Searching for solace and healing, she feels compelled to leave her village and travel into the wild. There, she is visited by different spirit animals who teach her how to find her true nature (her wildness) and the healing power found in nature. She also becomes aware of an ominous presence, that plays upon her mind and uses her sorrow to tempt her to abandon all she has learned and return to her village to take what is hers.

Will she listen to the spirit watchers and continue on her chosen path, or to the mysterious presence that tests every instinct inside her?

This theatre piece, written in verse uses music, masks and puppets to tell a magical story in a magical way.

GENRE: Theatre, Drama, Dance, Original Script, Music, World Premiere, Mask, Puppets

RATING: F - Family Friendly (PG)

ARTIST BIO: Omar Hansen is a published playwright, with his plays and musicals being produced at schools, Universities, and theatres across the country. The winner of numerous play competitions, he is also the recipient of the Idaho Fellowship for the Arts, for his wealth of work as a playwright.

Omar is the founder of the Great Bear Folk Theatre, a group dedicated to theatre productions that feature strong actors, his own scripts, and very little set. He is a lover of “Poor Theatre”. He also has formed the Great Bear Folk Theatre Licensing Company, where his work is available for licensing. Featuring many of the plays written for the Byu-Idaho Children’s Theatre, as well as humorous, and hard-hitting full-length plays and musicals, there is something there for everyone.

With his wife, Lori, and daughter, Isabel, he has spent the last two summer seasons touring a concert version of his full-length musical “Pioneer Song”, which tells the story of the Oregon Trail, as seen through the eyes of the women who made that journey.

He received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Idaho Commission on the Arts for his current work, “The Birdsinger.”

ARTIST DEMOGRAPHICS: Student Artists

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