Verbatim Theater
“Don’t You Know How to Make Your Own Coffee?” — a 30-minute original theater piece by Guild Hall’s Teen Arts Council — will be onstage at the arts center on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
The piece is “rooted in the ethnodramatic practice pioneered by Anna Deavere Smith,” according to Guild Hall, and “developed in collaboration with Professor Joe Salvatore, creator of N.Y.U.’s Verbatim Performance Lab.” In preparation for the production, members of the arts council looked at the rising cost of living on the East End, interviewing people in the community to learn how that “shapes daily life, work, and belonging.” The research was then turned into a theater piece, with interviews performed verbatim, channeling the interviewees’ gestures and mannerisms.
Student Art Show
The Southampton Arts Center will kick off a new educational initiative with its first student exhibition, “First Light: Celebrating Student Artists of Southampton.” The show features work by artists in kindergarten through 12th grade and their art teachers Andrew DeLeo, Jennifer Charron, Pamela Collins, and Justine Moody. Opening receptions on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. and Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. will include activities, refreshments, and a children’s Valentine’s Day collage workshop led by Deborah Acquino.
The exhibition will be on view through May 3, and during that time the arts center will also offer expanding children’s programs.
Family Dance
A family dance party at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Friday, Feb. 13, will include pizza, ice cream, and free play. The fun will begin at 5 p.m. Tickets, which cost $60 per family, or $40 for member families, are available on the museum’s website.