A Thousand Natural Shocks by Sharp & Fine and Kat Howard

A project in San Mateo, CA by Megan Kurashige
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An evening-length dance and text collaboration that explores life and death and the stories we are and tell in between.
Backers: 141
Average Pledge Per Backer: $47

Funded: $6,659 of $4,000
Dates: Jun 23rd -> Jul 26th (34 days)
Project By: Megan Kurashige
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Latest News

Long Time No See

February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, wonderful people. Either you are seeing this and saying, "oh, here are those laggards!" or you have completely forgotten about us and this is a missive out of the blue. In any case, this is us saying hello and apologizing, fervently, for the... (Read More)

delays!

September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, splendid ones! I'm sorry to have to say this, but there is going to be a bit of a delay on getting some of our backer rewards out to you. Shannon's hard drive recently decided to commit suicide (cruel, thoughtless machine!). We have mourned... (Read More)

reading material

August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, splendid ones! Just a quick note to point you to some short stories, if you have a hunger for that sort of thing. Kat, being a busy and brilliant woman, has THREE stories out in various publications this month. You can even read two of them... (Read More)

THANK YOU.

July 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, magnificent ones. Last night, we performed the second (and possibly, though hopefully not, the last) show of A Thousand Natural Shocks. We raced through the speediest tech rehearsal ever (45 minutes of stage time for a 55 minute piece... hit... (Read More)

grab bag: last day of the Kickstarter, show # 2, Shot of the Day No. 4

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, fine beauties! This is the last day of our Kickstarter and I wanted to THANK YOU, in capital letters that would, if such things were possible, leap straight from the screen on which you are reading this and ravish you with hugs. (Having read... (Read More)

back to work + postcards

July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday, we returned to the studio to start rehearsing for the July 30 performance of A Thousand Natural Shocks. We spent the first hour or so talking. It's been less than two weeks since the premiere, but we have all been so variously busy or... (Read More)

BANG BANG

July 10th - via: kickstarter.com
This update really has nothing to do with A Thousand Natural Shocks. Except, perhaps, as evidence of the long-running affection for ridiculous film shootouts that Shannon and I share (for the uninitiated: A Thousand Natural Shocks contains a... (Read More)

We held our breaths... and everything went BANG.

July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Monday night was our performance number one, our world premiere, our first time stepping out onto a stage to light a fuse and race, madly and wildly, ahead of the explosion. (photo from rehearsal on the stage... I think our friend, the lovely Heather... (Read More)

Out of the Gate!

June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
We are overwhelmed. And delighted. And very, very thankful. Our project has only been up for a few days, but it is already 84% funded and has been selected as a Kickstarter staff pick. It's such a huge, warm response to something that we've been... (Read More)

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