Event Host: Department of Dance
Short Description: The Mitch Show is a film/performance mashup, which brings together his comic films and audience-participation performance pieces. Manically funny, often poignant and always surprising, it appeals to those who love film, theater, dance and comedy.
Performance times include:
Friday, Oct. 2, 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 3; 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
The Mitch Show, created by Mitchell Rose, associate professor, dance, is the convergence of Rose’s two lives — a former choreographer/ performance artist, and now a filmmaker whose offbeat films have won 72 festival awards. His internationally known works are screened around the world on television and in locations as diverse as the Getty Museum, the CBS JumboVision in Times Square and a State Department tour of Kosovo.
The Mitch Show is a film/performance mashup, which brings together his comic films and audience-participation performance pieces. Manically funny, often poignant and always surprising, it appeals to those who love film, theater, dance and comedy. Pieces include Deere John, Learn to Speak Body and Podpeople: Malibu Mutants and the O.K. Corral.
“In the tradition of Chaplin, Keaton and Tati – funny and sad and more than the sum of both.” -The Washington Post
For tickets visit the OSU Theatre Box Office or call (614) 292-2295. For information visit the Department of Dance website.