SPRING ’26
RENA BUTLER
JAMES GREGG
OLIVIER WEVERS
JAMES GREGG
OLIVIER WEVERS
May 8-16, 2026
CORNISH PLAYHOUSE
Founder & Artistic Director: Olivier Wevers
Executive Director: Mink Boyce
Operations Manager: Amanda Eaker
Strategic Community Liaison: Hannah Schirman
Studio Manager: Devin Oshiro
Venue Manager: Leah Crosby
Front of House & Box Office Manager: Morgan Romero
Production Stage Manager: Becca Blackwell
Lighting Designer: Michael Mazzola
Static Bloom
Choreography: James Gregg
Dancers: Jacob Beasley, Owen Fulton, Stella Jacobs,
Aliya Janov, Jemoni Powe, Ashley Rivette, Yoshi Sanders
Musics: AGF, Boy Harsher, LVDF, Osheyack, Tim Hecker &
Daniel Lopatin, & Wulfflux XCIV
Costumes: James Gregg
Black Moon
Choreography: Rena Butler
Dancers: Jacob Beasley, Owen Fulton, Aliya Janov,
Jemoni Powe, Ashley Rivette, Yoshi Sanders
Musics: Hoover, Jim Spencer, Mac Miller, Parcels & Sky
Costumes: Kevin Lloyd
Dark Echoes Come Shining
Choreography: Olivier Wevers
Dancers: Jacob Beasley, Owen Fulton, Stella Jacobs,
Aliya Janov, Jemoni Powe, Ashley Rivette, Yoshi Sanders
Original Composition: Philip Daniel
Costumes: Mikayla Villa-Howells
RUNNING TIMES
(in minutes)
| Program | 90 min |
|---|---|
Static Bloom |
22 min |
| INTERMISSION | 15 min |
Black Moon |
18 min |
| INTERMISSION | 15 min |
Dark Echoes Come Shining |
20 min |
| Program | 90 |
|---|---|
Static Bloom |
22 |
| INTERMISSION | 15 |
Black Moon |
18 |
| INTERMISSION | 15 |
Dark Echoes
|
20 |
CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTES
Static Bloom
Even the smallest seed can bloom—cradled in the silence between signals, shaped by what the noise tries to drown.
Black Moon
Black Moon traces the sour edge of solitude, where the cycles of love wane and return only to leave us alone again. Time moves like phases overhead—each connection ripening, dimming, and disappearing—while the body carries the fatigue of what remains unspoken. In this orbit, intimacy dissolves into reflection, and we are left to face the quiet gravity of ourselves.
Dark Echoes Come Shining
Light and darkness reveal one another.
We come to know one through the presence of the other.
There is a natural pull to turn away from what feels uncertain or overwhelming.
What if we allow our relationship to darkness to change,
to become something we could embrace rather than avoid?
And in that meeting, a light begins to emerge within us,
something that cannot be explained, only deeply felt,
where trust takes root and transformation begins.
Dark Echoes Come Shining
Light and darkness reveal one another.
We come to know one through
the presence of the other.
There is a natural pull to turn away from
what feels uncertain or overwhelming.
What if we allow our relationship
to darkness to change,
to become something we could embrace
rather than avoid?
And in that meeting, a light
begins to emerge within us,
something that cannot be explained,
only deeply felt,
where trust takes root and transformation begins.
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