Amontaine Aurore takes her newest one-woman show into the exploration of afterlife, the search for soul mates and the possibility of reincarnation.
“‘Love Letters’ takes place at a much more mature place in my life, reflecting on a major turning point that forever changed the way I viewed reality,” said Aurore.
The major turning point involved a relationship, but Aurore said that’s all she will say about as she doesn’t want to give too much away before the show.
“Love Letters Beyond the Veil” will play for one night only, Saturday, June 13 at the Orcas Center Mainstage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25, $19 for Orcas Center members, $11 for students and can be purchased at www.orcascenter.org.
Aurore is a Seattle-based writer and performer with a degree in writing from Antioch University. In addition to being a Seattle resident, she has also lived and studied in Los Angeles, New York, Italy, Egypt and Bali. She has been a writer-in-residence at the Hedgebrook Writer’s Retreat for Women on Whidbey Island. She has been on stages and sets in Seattle, Montana, Los Angeles, New York and overseas, and is the winner of a national acting competition. Since 2006, Aurore has written and performed in multiple self-penned solo plays including “Waiting for Billie Holiday” and “My Name is Trazar.” In 2008, she toured her solo performance show “Queen Rita’s Blues Alley” to New York and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Her solo show “Free Desiree,” which came to Orcas in 2012, was accepted into the New York Fringe Festival in the summer of 2013 where it was named by Theater is Easy as a Fringe Festival Best Bet and by Indie Theater Now as one of the best new scripts in the 2013 Festival.
“Love Letters Beyond the Veil” uses storytelling, music, dance and spoken word. Aurore is interested in all forms of artistic expression, and how each type of expression communicates its own story.
“Dance is a type of language that is different than the language of spoken words, which is different than the experience of written words, yet all are just as influential in transmitting thought and emotion,” she said. “I am multifaceted in my artistic perspective, so it is natural for me to draw upon and integrate multiple forms in creating a theatrical experience.”
For this show, she has not only delved into many creative forms, but has also collaborated with various artists including original music, choreography, set design and clothing pieces designed specifically for the show.
This is the fourth collaboration Aurore has had with Tikka Sears who is the director for her solo work.
“Let’s just say that I don’t know if I would have had the success I’ve enjoyed without her,” said Aurore. “She is a take charge kind of person, which is an important quality for a director to possess, but she also knows how to balance that with the spirit of collaboration and a respect for all of the various elements and people that are involved in bringing together the overall vision. Her ability to combine finely honed skills and intuitive knowing to her work is her own special brand of brilliance.”
