Why Does Theatre Matter?

Join Visionbox Studio for a discussion with Bill Pullman, Sean Cawelti and Jack Pullman Aug. 1, 4 p.m.

Today more than ever, in a disconnected age, live performance can help us find meaning and bring us together to connect more deeply.

This event is free and open to the public. Email info@visionbox.org to reserve seats. Made possible by Denver Arts & Venues Cultural Partner Program.

The panelists:
Bill Pullman (Resident Artist, Writer and Actor, Seeking Charlie Russell) has film credits that span ninety features with directors including David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Mel Brooks, Roland Emerich and Nora Efron. His Broadway credits include Edward Albee's Tony Award-winning play "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?". He has been nominated for four Drama Desk awards for Best Actor. He directed and produced the TNT movie The Virginian (Best Picture/Wrangler Award, 2000). For his role in the current cable series The Sinner he has been nominated for a Critics Circle Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In his community work, he co-founded Hollywood Orchard, a non-profit initiative that, since 2011, has organized neighbors to harvest and share fruit from urban environments. Bill serves on the boards of Alfred University and If Not Us Then Who.

Sean Cawelti (Video Designer, Seeking Charlie Russell) is a director, puppet designer, video designer and creator of immersive and site-specific experiences. Sean is a graduate of the University of California Irvine with honors in Directing, and studied puppetry at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. He is the founding Artistic Director of Rogue Artists Ensemble in Los Angeles and has won awards for his work as a designer, director and playwright, including a UNIMA Citation of Excellence and the Sherwood Award from the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles. His work has been seen at the Getty Villa, South Coast Repertory, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Cornerstone Theater Co., Chicago Opera Theater, LA Theatre Works, The Geffen Playhouse, Long Beach Opera, Imago Theater in Portland, NY City Opera and the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. Sean is a member of USA829.

Jack Pullman is an artist and puppet designer/fabricator based in Los Angeles, California. Cherished productions include "Señor Plummer’s Final Fiesta" and "Woodboy Dogfish," both with the Rogue Artists Ensemble, and "Plikten Kaller" under director Petter Width Kristiansen in Oslo, Norway. He is also the principal designer for Norwegian art-pop band Moviestar.