Wildflowers – A Feminine Genesis

In live performances from the Hollywood Bowl to New York’s Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, from Hong Kong to France’s International Festival at La Roque d'Anthéron, and in recordings for ECM, InFiné, Bedroom Community, and Arabesque — Bruce Brubaker is the new musician, visionary virtuoso, artistic provocateur. Named “Young Musician of the Year” by Musical America, Bruce Brubaker performs Mozart with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and plays Philip Glass’s piano music around the world. Profiled on NBC’s Today show, Brubaker has performed with Meredith Monk, Nico Muhly, Lorraine Hunt, and John Cage. Brubaker is featured on Nico Muhly’s album Drones and Meredith Monk's Piano Songs. Brubaker performs frequently with Maureen Fleming in the U.S., as well as South America, and Asia. 

Maureen Fleming is renowned for her original form of visual theater. With the discipline of a classicist and the imagination of an iconoclast Fleming connects cultures and art forms in an interdisciplinary celebration of femininity and the universality of the soul’s journey. A Fulbright Scholar to Ireland, S. Korea and Colombia, her solo and group works have toured spanning five continents including the Spoleto Festival in Italy, FILO Festival Brazil, Performing America’s Tour Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay, the O’ Shaughnessy Women of Substance Series in St. Paul, Jacob’s Pillow Festival, Emerson Majestic and Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and NY City Center Fall for Dance Festival. “She appeared to transcend the material world and enter the realm of pure spirit...wondrous choreographic metamorphosis.”–The New York Times

Christopher Odo has worked as a designer and performer with Maureen Fleming Company in the USA, Asia, Europe and South America. Designs and performances include New York’s City Center Fall for Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Festival and festivals in Italy, Mexico, Iceland, France, Germany, Russia, and at La MaMa E.T.C., Cleveland Museum, Virginia Museum, Emerson Majestic Theater and Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston among others. Before joining Maureen Fleming Company he performed with butoh artist Min Tanaka in Delphi, danced with Solaris/Lakota, a cross-cultural project with Native American artists in the USA, Africa, France and Sweden. He performed Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Public Theater and Lincoln Center Institute and danced in the original Tony award production, M. Butterfly.

Colm Mac Con Iomaire is a Violinist & Multi instrumentalist Composer from Dublin. He is a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Irish band The Frames. For the last 25 years they’ve toured internationally and to sold out venues all across the world.

Colm released his first solo instrumental record The Hare's Corner in 2008 to critical acclaim. The follow up album this April, And Now The Weather, was an Irish top Ten. He toured the record in USA, Australia and Europe. His music draws on a wide range of styles and influences ranging from classical to traditional, though his music has a unique sound all of it’s own. Colm writes for feature film, contemporary dance, animation, television and theatre. Colm tours as a composer with a full band and also a solo artist.

James Mahon has been at the forefront of the traditional Irish music scene nationally and internationally for over 17 years. He has collaborated, performed and recorded with some of the most significant figures in Irish and world music such as Ronnie Drew, Donal Lunny, Iarla Ó lionard, Michael Mc Goldrick, Steve Cooney, Ódhrán Ó Chaiside, Séan Ó Sé, Moya Brennan, John Spillane, Imelda May, Mundy, and was a member of the Grammy nominated Afro Celt Sound System from 2010 – 2017. Most recently he has been touring, writing and recording with the Oscar nominated band Kíla. He has worked with IFTA nominated film composer Steve Lynch on the TG4/ Smithsonian documentary “Sacred Sites of Ireland” and composed and performed in the premiere of Maureen Fleming’s "Wildflowers, a feminine genesis."

About La MaMa

La MaMa is dedicated to the artist and all aspects of the theatre. La MaMa's vision of nurturing new artists and new work remains as strong today as it was when Ellen Stewart first opened the doors in 1961. La MaMa has presented more than 5,000 productions by 150,000 artists of all nations, cultures, races and identities. Cultural pluralism and ethnic diversity are inherent in the work created on our stages. Here, artists find a supportive environment for artistic exploration, and audiences are part of the development of an artist’s work over time.

A recipient of the 2018 Regional Theater Tony Award, and more than 30 Obie Awards and dozens of Drama Desk, Bessie, and Villager Awards, La MaMa has been a creative home for thousands of artists, many of whom have made lasting contributions to the arts, including Blue Man Group, Ping Chong, André DeShields, Adrienne Kennedy, Harvey Fierstein, Diane Lane, Warren Leight, Michael Mayer, Tadeusz Kantor,  Bette Midler, Meredith Monk, Peter Brook, David and Amy Sedaris, Julie Taymor, Kazuo Ohno, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.