About
The Counterpoint Players
Mandate: To develop, produce, and play with theatre that provides a counterpoint – engaging the audience and actors in a consciousness-raising theatrical event that makes use of contrasting and complementary elements. Each element, perspective, or “melodic line,” is individual and unique, creating effective contrasts that transfigure the theatrical work and affect the audience.
The Counterpoint Players develops new works by creating an innovative and fresh story inspired by a particular playwright or era in theatre or world history. Through these projects, the Counterpoint Players exposes its artists and its audience to seminal theatrical works, while creating new stories and characters in the context of today’s world.
coun·ter·point
n
1. the sounding together of two or more melodic lines in a piece of music, each of which displays an individual and differentiated melodic contour and rhythmic profile
2. in a piece of music, a melodic line or part that is sung or played at the same time as another
3. a theme or element in a work of art that forms a contrast with another
vt
1. to make an effective contrast with something, especially in a work of art
2. to add one or more melodic lines in counterpoint in a piece of music
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