It may be early August, but the Naked July festival is still going strong at the National Pastime Theater. Time is quickly running out, however, so if you have not yet seen the great shows yet or taken time to view the excellent art on display in the NPT lobby, you will have to act quickly because Naked July closes this weekend. Individual tickets are still on sale, and you can use these links to go directly to the Brown Paper Tickets site to purchase tickets for References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot or The Living Canvas: Eureka. There are two performances remaining for each of these two Naked July headline shows. Show times are at 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Friday, August 10, and Saturday, August 11.
References to Salvador Dali is the 8:00 show each evening and centers around the experiences of a lonely women trapped in an isolated desert existence. The show features a surrealistic set design populated with dreamlike characters who help Gabriela to escape from the grim reality of her life and marriage. She excites the passions of all-seeing Moon, fends off the advances of a teenage admirer, and watches the raw animal sex drives of a Cat and a Coyote who perform nude covered only in body paint. The show is a bold and clever interpretation of Jose Rivera’s play, and the staging fits well with the Naked July concept.
Eureka is the 10:00 show each evening and is the latest in a long and successful series of Living Canvas productions created by Pete Guither. Come see a large and very talented ensemble of nude performers doing a program of original and creative vignettes clad only in an amazing collection of colorful textures and patterns that are projected on their bodies. Better yet, be sure to join the fun onstage. There is a segment at the midpoint in the show when audience members are invited to shed their clothes and try out the “living canvas” experience for themselves. Very often, people who attended Living Canvas performances early in the festival decide to come back a second or a third time because they are blown away by the spectacle and want to take advantage of this very unique audience participation opportunity. It is great fun and a very liberating experience.
August 11 will also be the last day to view the collection of fine art pieces on display in the NPT lobby and to place a bid on any of the pieces that you may want to purchase. In keeping with the Naked July theme, all of the artwork celebrates the beauty of the naked human form. Each piece on display is available for purchase, so if you see an item that interests you, be sure to ask one of the NPT staff members for more information when you visit the theater.
Naked July 2012 has been a great success in its new home at the Preston Bradley Building on Lawrence Avenue, and the members of the artistic team at the National Pastime Theater are already making plans for an even bigger event next summer. Don’t miss the final performances of these shows before they close on Saturday night!
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