The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival & The Fire Odyssey
July 11 to 14
The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival celebrates creativity through fire and light with a spectacular open-air exhibition of interactive fire art.
The centerpiece and finale of the Festival is the Fire Odyssey, a modernized theatrical interpretation of Homer’s epic poem, blending industrial fire theatre with ballet, opera, hip hop, and aerial dance, accompanied by live music provided by Mark Growden and a handpicked ensemble. The cast includes ballet star Easton Smith as Odysseus, opera singer Aimee Puentes as Penelope, Mongolian contortionist Serchmaa Byamba as Circe; members of the renowned hip-hop troupe Flavor Group as Odysseus’ men, puppeteer Jonathan Youtt in a monstrous puppet suit as the Cyclops, and more. Four 35-foot-tall welded sculptures of Greek gods, created by Dan Das Mann & Karen Cusolito, interact with performers: Poseidon, connected to an Oakland Fire Department pumper truck, sends sea storms across the 8,000-gallon moat that surrounds the stage; Aeolius bedevils Odysseus with steam-filled gales; Zeus shoots white hot lightning bolts, while Athena has fire at her command.
Surrounding The Fire Odyssey stage is the work of forty installation artists, an amazing collection of interactive fire sculpture and art that invites (and sometimes requires) you to become a part of the event. Michael Christian’s IT, a forty-foot tall, spider-like structure, looms high above the crowd. The Serpent Mother, a 168' long, sculpture of a skeletal serpent, sends jets of flame aloft from the 41 flame-throwers that erupt from the top of her vertebrate.
For more information: www.thecrucible.org/fireartsfestival or call 510-444-0919
Dates & Times: July 11 to 14; 8PM to 12:30 AM; The Fire Odyssey begins at 10PM.
Location: The Crucible’s Fire Arts Arena at Kirkham Street and 7th Street in Oakland.
Ticket prices: $40 on July 11 & 12 and $45 on July 13 & 14, with a $5 discount for purchases made before July 1. For Crucible members, tickets are $30 on July 11 & 12 and $35 on July 13 & 14. Purchase tickets online at www.thecrucible.org or by phone at 415.256-TIXX (Mon-Fri, 9-5). Crucible members can purchase tickets with their discount by calling 510-444-0919 (Mon-Fri, noon to 5) or visiting www.thecrucible.org/fireartsfestival and clicking on "Member tickets."
July 11 to 14
The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival celebrates creativity through fire and light with a spectacular open-air exhibition of interactive fire art.
The centerpiece and finale of the Festival is the Fire Odyssey, a modernized theatrical interpretation of Homer’s epic poem, blending industrial fire theatre with ballet, opera, hip hop, and aerial dance, accompanied by live music provided by Mark Growden and a handpicked ensemble. The cast includes ballet star Easton Smith as Odysseus, opera singer Aimee Puentes as Penelope, Mongolian contortionist Serchmaa Byamba as Circe; members of the renowned hip-hop troupe Flavor Group as Odysseus’ men, puppeteer Jonathan Youtt in a monstrous puppet suit as the Cyclops, and more. Four 35-foot-tall welded sculptures of Greek gods, created by Dan Das Mann & Karen Cusolito, interact with performers: Poseidon, connected to an Oakland Fire Department pumper truck, sends sea storms across the 8,000-gallon moat that surrounds the stage; Aeolius bedevils Odysseus with steam-filled gales; Zeus shoots white hot lightning bolts, while Athena has fire at her command.
Surrounding The Fire Odyssey stage is the work of forty installation artists, an amazing collection of interactive fire sculpture and art that invites (and sometimes requires) you to become a part of the event. Michael Christian’s IT, a forty-foot tall, spider-like structure, looms high above the crowd. The Serpent Mother, a 168' long, sculpture of a skeletal serpent, sends jets of flame aloft from the 41 flame-throwers that erupt from the top of her vertebrate.
For more information: www.thecrucible.org/fireartsfestival or call 510-444-0919
Dates & Times: July 11 to 14; 8PM to 12:30 AM; The Fire Odyssey begins at 10PM.
Location: The Crucible’s Fire Arts Arena at Kirkham Street and 7th Street in Oakland.
Ticket prices: $40 on July 11 & 12 and $45 on July 13 & 14, with a $5 discount for purchases made before July 1. For Crucible members, tickets are $30 on July 11 & 12 and $35 on July 13 & 14. Purchase tickets online at www.thecrucible.org or by phone at 415.256-TIXX (Mon-Fri, 9-5). Crucible members can purchase tickets with their discount by calling 510-444-0919 (Mon-Fri, noon to 5) or visiting www.thecrucible.org/fireartsfestival and clicking on "Member tickets."
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