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Guy Wolf, a man not afraid of drama, plans to put a little more of it in your life. |
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Lone Wolf with a pack of ideas about art
By Sue Harrison
Banner Staff
A familiar face is about to show up in some new places.
Guy Wolf, writer, actor and director, is starting a new organization to bring more arts to more people in more ways. In addition to his stellar work with the Provincetown Theater Company (now New Provincetown Players) as its managing and artistic director for eight years, Wolf also took over the reins at The Provincetown Theater for a period of time. Now he’s gone independent and is turning his artistic gaze in a different, though not totally different, direction.
Wolf is opening D.A.M.P., which stands for discourse, art, music and plays. He has put together an ambitious first season, and what is key is the mixing of art with commerce. Both, he says, should benefit the other and they are a natural fit.
“There has been a lot of talk about economic development and cultural tourism,” he says. “I thought it was time to do something concrete. To me, that is the future of Provincetown.”
He plans to hold three or four Artist Block Parties with open studios, craft vendors, food and entertainment and will create a moving artistic target with “Art on the Move.” “On the Move” will utilize alternative venues to hold art exhibits and performance pieces. In Provincetown and in Truro, he says, why not utilize restaurants, stores, vacant houses waiting for new owners as places to stage and see art? He tosses out the idea of a wearable art fashion show held up at the Monument or a play reading by the Pamet River.
Another piece of his art pie is “Gallery Paul Two,” a moving venue that is likely to pop up almost anywhere, from a vacant storefront to the old fire station next to Town Hall. The gallery would give wall space to unrepresented artists as they begin to establish their careers.
And, he says, he believes people want substance.
“One thing I noticed with [the performance of the play] ‘The Goat’ is that people are longing for plays that deal with political, social or environmental issues now. That’s what they are looking for.”
He plans to produce theater and literary events that offer those kinds of big meaty bites of issue and thought. And hey, he says, let’s not forget about the Broadway concerts. He loves those and expects to mount at least a couple of them.
He laughs. Despite all his ideas his first event will be a benefit for the new dog park. Then again, he says, “A dog saved my life. It was a dog that got me up when I was too depressed to get out of bed.”
The benefit, a reading of “Dog Play,” will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 12 at Fanizzi’s By the Sea in Provincetown.
The next already scheduled event, “Power Superpower,” will kick off the summer season May 30 through June 1. It is described as a theatrical political performance.
Later in June he plans to do a collaborative event with the Provincetown International Film Festival to screen “Freeheld” and bring in Stacie Andree, the partner of the female police officer dying of cancer who is the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary film.
After the recent loss of his own partner, Wolf has had to come to terms with changes. And it seems like it’s Wolf’s way to find solace by creating something new in the world. In this case the new is a stew of visual and vocal art finding new ways to express itself.
artseditor@provincetownbanner.com
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Apr 10th, 2008