Cynthia Hopkins: The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success) November 18, 2010

Cynthia Hopkins:
The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success)

Thu, Nov 18-Sat, Nov 20, 8pm: The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success)
Fri, Nov 19: Post-show Q&A with the artist
Sat, Nov 20, 2pm: Artist Talk: Cynthia Hopkins and Erika Chong Shuch
“Part Bob Dylan, part Louise Brooks… she might remind you of another Cindy as she tries on personas as disparate as an old Korean sage and an astronaut.” - Annie-B Parsons, Bomb Magazine
“Cynthia Hopkins is the definition of postmodern artistry. Her work… transcends single genres and mediums and defies definition.” - Joseph Alexiou, New York Press
Writer-composer-performer Cynthia Hopkins is dedicated to creating groundbreaking, original, multimedia music-theater works that meld unbelievable fact with outrageous fiction, stimulating the senses while enlivening the mind. The third and final installment of her acclaimed Accidental Trilogy, The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success) is an epic folk tale and musical journey set in the far distant future, depicting the saga of a secret mission to save the universe. Blending fact and fantasy, Hopkins wraps herself inside this outrageous sci-fi fairy tale to reveal the real story about the mother she lost, her battle with addiction and her own heroic survival. Once again teaming up with designers Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg, and director D.J. Mendel, Hopkins delivers a deeply personal and moving conclusion to her Accidental Trilogy, a spellbinding, intergalactic adventure told through her signature hybrid of storytelling forms, including mind-boggling and often humorous text, heart-wrenching songs, innovative orchestral elements and immersive videoscapes.

Artist Talk: Cynthia Hopkins & Erika Chong Shuch
FREE w/ RSVP
Join us in a conversation between two artists who delve deeply into the stories of their own lives to create powerful work. YBCA brings together Cynthia Hopkins, the New York writer-composer-performer with San Francisco’s own Erika Shuch. Cynthia will discuss her work The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success), the third of a autobiographically-based trilogy that is part outrageous sci-fi fairy tale and part personal story about the mother she lost, her battle with addiction and her own heroic survival. Both artists will speak to the process of mining and crafting personal source material into a performance piece and invite audiences to a Q&A.

Where:
The Success of Failure (or, the Failure of Success) – 700 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 – YBCA Novellus Theater

Artist Talk: Cynthia Hopkins & Erika Chong Shuch—701 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103—YBCA Screening Room

Public Info:
415-978-2787 or ybca.org

Admission:
The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success)
$25 Reg; $20 YBCA Mem/Stu/Sen/Tea

Artist Talk: Cynthia Hopkins & Erika Chong Shuch
FREE w/ RSVP

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