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January 5, 2009 - Miller & Wilson's Theater of Marvels announced the performance dates for the 2009 season. This year marks the fourth season for Miller & Wilson's Theater of Marvels at Otter Creek Hall. The performance dates are: June 27, July 11, July 18, July 25, August 1, August 8, August 15, August 22, and August 29. Admission is only $8 for adults, $5 for persons 12 and under, and free for those 2 and under. Performances begin at 7:00 pm. The performances benefit the Otter Creek Aid Society, which maintains the historic Otter Creek Hall. In 2008, in addition to ten performances at Otter Creek Hall, Miller & Wilson's Theater of Marvels was selected as by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce as the entertainment for their annual banquet. Miller & Wilson's Theater of Marvels also appeared at the REACH Performing Arts Center in Deer Isle, Maine, at the Alamo Theatre in Bucksport, Maine, as part of the Bucksport Bay Festival, and as part of Starry Starry Night, a New Year's Eve celebration in Orange, Massachusetts. |
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Miller & Wilson's Theater of Marvels will open its fourth performance season at Otter Creek Hall on Saturday, June 27, at 7:00 pm as part of Bar Harbor's Legacy of the Arts festival. Magicians Professor Miller and Dr. Wilson will be joined by the three-member bellydance group Mystic Gypsy as well as by an additional solo dancer. Theater of Marvels began as a collaboration between two magicians seeking to develop material that goes beyond the colorful surprises of conventional magic. They open the show with as much beautiful magic as they can pack into a brief "nightclub" segment. Then they put aside the beautiful silks and floating objects to explore some of the traditional magic of the East. Professor Miller researched the Hindoo Sands, a feat of Indian magic that was first performed in the United States in the nineteenth century. He found the secret of this amazing feat in the pages of a magic book published in the 1930s, and was able to duplicate it. Once he began to perform the Hindoo Sands, he received an email from a magician in India begging him for an explanation. Professor Miller is proud that his efforts to revive a feat of Indian magic have resulted in its return to its native land. Dr. Wilson found new material not in books, but in experiential training from performer Harley Newman, an expert in shamanism. Over a period of three days, Dr. Wilson and his fellow students explored the limits of human endurance through traditional feats like the Bed of Nails and the Ladder of Swords. He returned able to alter his heart rate and pain response, abilities which he demonstrates in performance. Besides the performances at Otter Creek Hall, Theater of Marvels has appeared at the annual banquet for the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce, the Great Boston Burlesque Exposition, and in collaboration with other performers throughout the state. Theater of Marvels was featured at Starry Starry Night, the New Year's Eve celebration in Orange, Massachusetts. Professor Miller has won awards in magic competitions with his performance of the Chinese Rings and the Hindoo Sands. Dr. Wilson has been a featured performer at the annual Sideshow Gathering, at Jugglefest 2009, and has performed with the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus in New York City. Theater of Marvels has attracted the interest of local bellydancers, who joined the show on a regular basis last season. This year, dance groups Tribal Spice, Mystic Gypsy, Paradigm East and several solo dancers will join the Theater of Marvels throughout the season. Admission is only $8 for adults, $5 for persons 12 and under, and free for those 2 and under. The performances benefit the Otter Creek Aid Society, which maintains the historic Otter Creek Hall.
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Bar Harbor is the best place to be in Maine for the Fourth of July! The Fourth of July parade is like nothing that you have ever seen! The parade has elements from traditional to fantastical woven together. Don't miss the Independence Day Parade on July 4 in Bar Harbor at 10:00 am. Dr. Wilson, Professor Miller, and friends will march in the parade handing out gifts! Here is a partial schedule of events:
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Miller & Wilson's Theater of Marvels returns to Otter Creek Hall after Independence Day Weekend for eight weeks of performances every Saturday night! Tribal dance trio Mystic Gypsy and sword dancer Labyrinth will return to Theater of Marvels on July 11. Admission is only $8 for adults, $5 for persons 12 and under, and free for those 2 and under. The performances benefit the Otter Creek Aid Society, which maintains the historic Otter Creek Hall. |
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Dr. Wilson will appear in The Odditorium, Boston's very own circus side show, on Friday, October 9, at the YMCA Theatre in Cambridge. There will be a seance from 6:30 - 7:00 pm hosted by medium Rory Raven. The doors to The Odditoriun open at 7:15 pm for an 8:00 pm curtain. Please see the web site for The Odditorium for more information. Tickets go on sale September 21! |
June 27, 2009 - 7:00 pm
July 4, 2009 - 10:00 am
July 11, 2009 - 7:00 pm
October 9, 2009 - 8:00 pm