A hysterical romp through America’s spiritual enterprise exposing the blurry line between self-help and faith. Yoga gurus, healthy chocolate peddlers and Buddhists with God complexes ego-trip their way toward absurdity.
Seth Lepore
(Performer and playwright)
Seth Lepore(Writer/Performer)holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies, focus: Creativity in Education from Naropa Universityin Boulder, CO. Since 1996 he has created severalself-produced one-man shows. I am not Fragile: A Confessional (1996); 5Perspectives on Public High School (1997); Jobs Galore (1998) which wasperformed in tandem with a one-act play entitled Versus which Lepore wrote anddirected. Two Minutes to Midnight (1999) was the last monologue Leporeperformed before taking a ten year break to focus on several musiccollaborations especially his solo project Older Than Hours.
In2010 he embarked on a parallel trilogy of solo shows about the underbelly ofthe self-help movement. The first installment, Losing My Religion: Confessionsof a New Age Refugee, has been self-produced in black box theaters and fringefestivals throughout the country. The show won an Encore Award at both theBoulder and Minnesota Fringe Festivals as well as being named one of the topten plays of 2011 by the Twin Cities Daily Planet. The second part of thetrilogy, SuperHappyMelancholyexpialidocious premiered in the Spring of 2012.Kicking Ass and Taking Names, the third part of the installment is indevelopment for 2014.
Leporealso tours War/Peace, a weeklong installation and participatory performanceproject involving community members throughout the United States.
Moreinfo is available at sethums.com
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Audience reviews:
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| Bridget Grounds
Feb 22, 2013
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Seth Lepore has put together a great show that keeps you laughing and thinking the whole way through. His ability to morph between different characters on stage is impressive. Not a dull moment.
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Jon Sobel
Feb 23, 2013
In intensely energetic style Lepore plays a variety of gurus, coaches, and facilitators.
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Martin Denton
Feb 21, 2013
for its intelligence and compassion it deserves intense praise; so too does Lepore's remarkable, deft acting.
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Michael Block
Feb 19, 2013
Spotlight on Seth Lepore
Losing My Religion is part of a trilogy of shows. I writing the last one right now and it's set to hit the stage in March 2014. It's called Kicking Ass and Taking Names.
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