LIGHTWIRE THEATER – The Adventures of Tortoise and Hare

Lightwire Theater has been featured as the winner of Tru TV’s Fake Off (Season One), semi-finalists on America’s Got Talent (Season 7) and as finalist on My TF1’s, The Best Le Meilleur Artiste in Paris, ABC’s Game of Talents and Italy’s Tu Si Que Vales. Internationally recognized for their signature brand of electroluminescent artistry and poignant storytelling, Lightwire Theater is based in New Orleans and continues to create and deliver innovative theatrical experiences to audiences worldwide.

Creators Ian Carney and Corbin Popp met while dancing in Twyla Tharp’s Broadway show Movin’ Out. An immediate connection was made as they discovered their mutual love of art, theater, and technology. After coming across a product called electroluminescent wire or “EL wire”, the lights turned on, and the possibilities seemed endless. Together they began to develop EL wire puppetry based on creatures that quickly gained personality. Each Lightwire performance is a unique interpretation of a story told by dancers and glow-in-the-dark puppets. These stories are told solely through movement and puppetry, without words, so it is up to your creative imagination to determine what is happening on stage!

The story begins with Aesop’s classic fable of The Tortoise and The Hare, where the “slow and steady” Tortoise defeats the nimble but overconfident Hare. For those who have ever wondered what happened after the race, Lightwire Theater continues the story, which finds the two opponents 10 years down the road, now with children of their own and exploring modern-day distractions. Smartphones and video games create a new landscape of lost connections to life experiences.  With dazzling visuals, poignant storytelling, and creative use of music from classical to pop, this production brings this classic tale into a brilliant new light.

“ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE” – ROLLING STONE

“THEIR CAPTIVATING COMBINATION OF DANCE, PUPPETRY AND LIGHTING EARNED LIGHTWIRE A STANDING OVATION” – TV GUIDE

“LIGHTWIRE CAME ON STAGE TONIGHT AND BLEW EVERYONE AWAY…” – E! ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION